Over 15 lakh passengers and Rs 54 Crores of ticket sales in the first year of Mizoram's railway services
Background
Mizoram's demand for the railway to be extended towards its international border rests on how heavily the existing services are used. The train services on the Bairabi-Sairang line have completed more than 1100 trips and carried over 15 Lakh passengers. All trains have run at over 100% capacity on every trip. The tri-weekly service from Sairang to Kolkata has recorded an average occupancy level of over 140%, the daily train from Sairang to Guwahati has stayed above 110%, and the Sairang Anand Vihar Rajdhani Express has achieved an average occupancy of over 145%. These train services have generated total ticket sales of Rs 54 Crores for the Indian Railways.
In plain words
Occupancy Occupancy — The share of a train's seats that are actually sold.
Tri-weekly Tri-weekly service — A train that runs three days in a week.