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Posted: Apr 05 2015 (09:54)
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Last Response: Apr 05 2015 (11:59)
7 Responses
Last Response: Apr 05 2015 (11:59)
Going thru the Premium trains list. I dont see even a single train with 100% patronage. PT Quota is good but having a full train with half the tickets proced at Airlines standard doesnt seem a feasible and sustainable. Air Pegasus & Air Costa should actually track the Railways bookings and lauch flights to the Tier 2 cities.
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Thieves loot people where the victims parts with the money unwillingly. Here the people are willingly and consciously paying that much and the fare is shown to them before making the purchase. When people are paying that much and going, whats the fuss all about? For those who couldn't afford, railways also run normal trains. Those who were late and couldn't secure a berth in the normal train cannot expect the railways to come give another train on a congested rail network at the same low fares.
Partly agree RaviRaj. But having a monopoly in any industry is as good as looting.
You arrived at 1AM in night at WFD with your parents. There are 2 autowalas. 1st auto driver quotes 500, 2nd quotes 600. You come back to the 1st guy and he wants 1000 now. Reasonable? Loot? Deal? [Premium Train]
Better would be a bus, an auto, an Ola Mini & a Uber sedan available at the same time with some needing advance booking and some are available till late [PT Quota].
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You arrived at 1AM in night at WFD with your parents. There are 2 autowalas. 1st auto driver quotes 500, 2nd quotes 600. You come back to the 1st guy and he wants 1000 now. Reasonable? Loot? Deal? [Premium Train]
Better would be a bus, an auto, an Ola Mini & a Uber sedan available at the same time with some needing advance booking and some are available till late [PT Quota].
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You are talking from a passenger point of view. If you are in the railways and are tasked to resurrect the railways financially you may think and speak differently. The auto guy too is there at an odd time. He too deserves something extra. Obviously rs 1000 is not reasonable and him quoting that fare may be without any rationale but more importantly we don't expect the autowala to show some sympathy. Here though, the railways have rules in place. Teh rates just doesn't jump to rs 1000. From 600 to 700 to 800 etc and then 1000. In simple terms railways are making profits by offering a service something which any commercial organisation always does( monopoly or otherwise) something which they haven't done all these years due to politics and wrong policies.
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it is very difficult to draw a line here...evrytime i have gone thru this discussion here on iri, it seems to have a different perspective:
1. primarily on routes from mumbai to north esp up, bihar are expected to run pack on premiums too, as it is better to shell out more and get a cnfrm seat rather than looking for agents who charge absolutely on no reasonable grounds exhorbitant prices
2. on the contrary, the premiums for ngp, ers went quite vacant, so it may be more appropriate to convert them...
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1. primarily on routes from mumbai to north esp up, bihar are expected to run pack on premiums too, as it is better to shell out more and get a cnfrm seat rather than looking for agents who charge absolutely on no reasonable grounds exhorbitant prices
2. on the contrary, the premiums for ngp, ers went quite vacant, so it may be more appropriate to convert them...
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