| Year | Volume of freight progress (in million tonnes kms) | |
| Railways | Roads | |
| 1991-92 | 256,890 | 180,778 |
| 1995-96 | 273,520 | 287,778 |
| 2001-02 | 333,200 | 494,000 |
| 2005-06 | 439,596 | 643,000 |
| 2008 | 551,448 | 933,700 |
| 2009 | 551,448 | 1,021,600 |
| 2010 | 600,546 | 1,144,500 |
| 2011 | 625,723 | 1,144,500 |
| 2012 | 667,607 | 1,407,800 |
| 2013 | 665,810 | 1,508,000 |
| 2014 | 665,810 | 1,653,600 |
| 2015 | 681,696 | 1,822,300 |
| 2016 | 654,481 | 2,023,846 |
| 2017 | 656,444 | 2,210,850 |