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Posted: Oct 30 2016 (00:59)
13 Responses
Last Response: Oct 31 2016 (14:21)
13 Responses
Last Response: Oct 31 2016 (14:21)
Conspiracy theory: Railway Board has taken upon itself to destroy IR.
Flexi fare is a scheme meant to destroy railways and let the aviation sector win more easily. The premium trains are the sector which are competing with airways and a price rise there will mean a win for aviation. Shatabdi are day class trains and seats fill at the last time, by rising fares, they literally made them empty. Durontos are a failed concept on many routes and couldn't take the price hike.Even Mumbai Raj couldn't fill all seats on few days.
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Flexi fare is a scheme meant to destroy railways and let the aviation sector win more easily. The premium trains are the sector which are competing with airways and a price rise there will mean a win for aviation. Shatabdi are day class trains and seats fill at the last time, by rising fares, they literally made them empty. Durontos are a failed concept on many routes and couldn't take the price hike.Even Mumbai Raj couldn't fill all seats on few days.
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3 Public Posts - Mon Oct 31, 2016
This whole idea of flexi fare is not going to work if they railways want to cover up the losses. Remember, its not feasible to increase profits in the short run. The model of Indian railways needs to be scaled down. Rather than working as a humongous and uncontrollable organisation, its better to break it up into different zones and made to function as a PSU, with both the govt as well as the public having equal stake.
For IR to come out of RED, it has to reduce costs, not increase revenue since operational expenses will proportionately rise with more operations.
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For IR to come out of RED, it has to reduce costs, not increase revenue since operational expenses will proportionately rise with more operations.
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2 Public Posts - Mon Oct 31, 2016