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Posted: Sep 29 2017 (23:55)
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RFIR~ 571 news posts
The railways will revisit its surge-pricing model and increase the average speeds of hundreds of its mail and express trains, its new minister Piyush Goyal said...
• Increase in speed of 700 trains
• 48 trains to be upgraded as superfast
Lets hope that the running time is also reduced...there are lots of trains in the avg speed bracket of 40-45km/hr. This needs to be speeded up.
• 48 trains to be upgraded as superfast
Lets hope that the running time is also reduced...there are lots of trains in the avg speed bracket of 40-45km/hr. This needs to be speeded up.
Chahe jo bhi ho controllers ka attitude nahi change hone se kuch nahi hoga
Patronage of Premium trains have been badly affected by the dreaded & extortionist FlexiFares. Future of these trains is dependent on what IR do with FlexiFare schemes. Thre can be 3 scenarios
(1) If present flexifare scheme continues (first 10%-100% fare, next 10%-110%fare, next 10%-120% fare, next 10%-130% fare, next 10%-140% fare, & rest 50%-150% fare), the avg occupancy of Rajdhanis which used to be 90%-100% shall continue to be very low at 60-80%- additional revenue -500 Crore Rs/annum
(2) If flexifare scheme is diluted say (first 40%-100% fare, next 30%-110%fare, rest...
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(1) If present flexifare scheme continues (first 10%-100% fare, next 10%-110%fare, next 10%-120% fare, next 10%-130% fare, next 10%-140% fare, & rest 50%-150% fare), the avg occupancy of Rajdhanis which used to be 90%-100% shall continue to be very low at 60-80%- additional revenue -500 Crore Rs/annum
(2) If flexifare scheme is diluted say (first 40%-100% fare, next 30%-110%fare, rest...
more...