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Posted: Sep 09 2016 (10:45)
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The flexi fare pricing of railway tickets in three premium trains is on an “experimental basis“, senior officials of the railway ministry said on Thursday, as...
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6 Public Posts - Fri Sep 09, 2016
It seems there is a rogue officer in the Railway Board who time and again brings this dirty idea of increasing fares on premium basis. It has been proved by super flop show of Premium trains that patronage for these type of fare increases is not encouraging. Moreover India Railways is a social organization formed to provide cheap travels to distant travellers. But under pressure from some rogue lobby, this organization has deviated. If profit making is the motive then privatise Railways and let Friends of the lobby charge exorbitant fares to make profitable organizations. We talk of development in railways but nothing is seen on the ground reality. Only in newspapers and Feku media one can hear railways achieving speed of 500 kmph. Still today Aam aadmin cannot get a confirm ticket in SL/3AC. Trains run on average speed of 60 kmph. Still Delhi Howrah takes 15 hours by Rajdhani...
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1 Public Posts - Fri Sep 09, 2016