Union minister Raosaheb Danve said the Railways has suffered losses to the tune of Rs 36,000 crore during the coronavirus pandemic, and termed goods trains as the real revenue generators for the national transporter. He also said that a bullet train project would be rolled out along the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, which is under construction at present.The Minister of State for Railways was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of an underbridge at the Jalna railway station. The passenger train segment always runs into losses. Only goods trains generate revenue. During the pandemic, these trains played an important role in carrying goods and providing relief to people. The Railways had undertaken the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project, which would connect Navi Mumbai to Delhi, Mr. Danve said. He assured doubling of tracks between Nanded and Manmad stations, and said he would check if the Jalna-Khamgaon railway line was viable or not.
