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Posted: Jan 30 2017 (14:19)
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Last Response: Feb 01 2017 (10:22)
26 Responses
Last Response: Feb 01 2017 (10:22)
Domestic air traffic is boo ming but the railways seem to be left out, especially in the more profitable AC classes. While air traffic grew 23%...
read more... Rlys' AC coach biz grows only 5%
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All the 3 benefactors of Surge pricing making losses. Long distance Rajdhanis even more, Durontos too while Shatabdi ka VOLOVS ne jaan le rakhi hai.
They are too short sighted to see the side effects of surge pricing. Today they are happy that the total revenue with surge fare is marginally higher than the earlier collection. So they consider surge pricing as success.
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IR fail to realise that it are loosing their market share as it is historically a habitual loser and is continuously loosing pax business (from 75% to 15%) & freight business (from 90% to 25%) to roadways & airlines since independence. Politicians are happy extracting electoral gains out of IR and Employees happy enjoying...
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IR fail to realise that it are loosing their market share as it is historically a habitual loser and is continuously loosing pax business (from 75% to 15%) & freight business (from 90% to 25%) to roadways & airlines since independence. Politicians are happy extracting electoral gains out of IR and Employees happy enjoying...
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Surge pricing is not the game of IR and it should avoid playing such a game. There is more probability of burning fingers rather than getting benefitted in long run.
If surge pricing is implemented for all trains IR stands to lose more and more of its profitable passenger business to ite competitors.
If surge pricing is implemented for all trains IR stands to lose more and more of its profitable passenger business to ite competitors.
I think this whole concept of Surge pricing, Suvidha spcls are brainchild of some Railway board babus. Earlier RMs are not used to take these bold decisions and those RMs must've ignored these babu's suggestions. But since Prabhu is a dynamic leader, he was brought in to make changes in IR. He got influenced by these Railway board babus and hurriedly implemented these suicidal decisions causing railway to lose its business share to airlines and road transport segment. I am worried what kind of logics these babus are currently giving to RM to continue and implementing Flexi fares to all SF trains..
It is actually an offshoot of the RM giving more powers to the babus with an expectation of achievement of stiff annual targets. So far, all the tightening measures had been directed towards the hapless middle class paxs (often without other options). No cost control measures have been taken towards the review of perks/facilities to employees many of which are continuing since British Raj. Instead they have been showered with 7th pay commission costing additional 30,000-35,000 crores to IR, resulting in 70% of revenue going in salary & pension, thereby pushing IR to the brink of financial bankruptcy.
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