Northeast Frontier Railway is busy keeping trains running and moving goods across the region without interruption. In 2025‑26, the railway’s freight haul has risen 3.9 percent over the same period last year, carrying 6.390 million tonnes of cargo by October.
The biggest jumps come in the most‑traded items. Cement shipments jumped 142.9 percent, while food grains rose 71.4 percent. Containers and fertilizers saw smaller lifts of 7.7 percent and 17.6 percent, respectively. Even stone chips—keystone for construction—soared 306.9 percent year‑on‑year.
“These numbers show that business in the Northeast is booming,” said Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer. “More cargo means more revenue for the rail network and more products getting to people.”
Noreast Frontier Railway, with over 7,300 track kilometres across Assam, Arunachal, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal and North Bihar, keeps four state capitals on the rail map: Guwahati, Agartala, Naharlagun (near Itanagar) and Sairang (near Aizawl). Work is under way to link Manipur’s Imphal and Nagaland’s Kohima to the national rail grid.
The railway plans upgrades to improve reliability and speed, keeping freight flow steady as the region’s economy expands.
Source: ianslive
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