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Posted: May 05 2016 (14:46)
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Last Response: May 06 2016 (13:42)
7 Responses
Last Response: May 06 2016 (13:42)
May 05 2016 (14:46) 12076/Thiruvananthapuram Central - Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi Express | ERS/Ernakulam Junction (South) (6 PFs)
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renjithbkrishnan~ 1462 blog postsSample of a terrific response from Indian Railway's Customer Care:
The issue raised was:
12076/75 TVC CLT TVC JanSatabdi Express was granted temporary stoppage @ SRTL just before last Lok Sabha elections. I do accept that there are some genuine passengers in this train to/from SRTL. But mostly, this stoppage is being regularly misused by short distance passengers, mainly season ticket holders travelling to ERS from SRTL. They board this train from ALLP/SRTL and occupy empty seats in Jan Chair Cars. When the train is fully booked, they occupy space earmarked for Mini...
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The issue raised was:
12076/75 TVC CLT TVC JanSatabdi Express was granted temporary stoppage @ SRTL just before last Lok Sabha elections. I do accept that there are some genuine passengers in this train to/from SRTL. But mostly, this stoppage is being regularly misused by short distance passengers, mainly season ticket holders travelling to ERS from SRTL. They board this train from ALLP/SRTL and occupy empty seats in Jan Chair Cars. When the train is fully booked, they occupy space earmarked for Mini...
more...
1 Public Posts - Thu May 05, 2016
it is impossible to remove temp stoppages . Till date i have never seen anyone of them being removed. Instead they keep on being extended after every 6 months. I think a year ago there was a proposal to withdraw all stoppages across India which do not yield revenue which would have reduced travel time.
But as usual the political pressure stalled this move
But as usual the political pressure stalled this move
5 Public Posts - Fri May 06, 2016