Costing and Pricing Issues in Transport Sector - Indian Railways ...

Freight rates for different classes
• Railway Board publishes a freight rate table which gives
– class wise freight rate,
– per tonne,
– for different distance slabs.
• It is a historical table and has been existing since times
immemorial.*
• Over the years it has undergone only minor cosmetic
changes,
– without any major changes having been attempted.
• There isataperwith ihincreasingi distance,
– which is the same for all commodities in that class.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011 INDRA GHOSH, Adviser/Rates Slide No. 57