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Posted: Nov 26 2020 (00:27)
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Last Response: Nov 28 2020 (14:51)
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"Lack of exclusivity pose higher risk to private passenger train concessions"
This could be a major hindrance. May be they could use airline model. Not more than 2 operators should use one route which has over 5 IR trains daily. For lesser connected routes, there should be only one operator. Further growth in demand should allow operators to add coaches and may be frequency, too. Who knows, like the skies rails would be ruled by private operators and not state.
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This could be a major hindrance. May be they could use airline model. Not more than 2 operators should use one route which has over 5 IR trains daily. For lesser connected routes, there should be only one operator. Further growth in demand should allow operators to add coaches and may be frequency, too. Who knows, like the skies rails would be ruled by private operators and not state.
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The ministry in future can further modify requirement of private train operators. It may allow development of advanced passenger locos to be used by private train operators. As things stand, CRS will be the authority to pass the loco (like rakes) for operations. Operators can either train IR drivers for such locos or hire their own to run their trains. Now this could be a game changer.