While explaining the reforms for the national transporter, Goyal stated that Indian Railways wants to attract an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore in the next...
* About 50000 crore investment by pvt train operators is a welcome step. We can expect trains made by leading manufacturers which may be much more convenient & comfortable trains but than present ones. * Fares of these trains are likely to be more than Rajdhani/ Shatabdi fares and comparable to low cost airline fares. Commercial success of these trains depend very much how much they can save on the journey times. * So IR need to invest heavily on strengthening/ straightening/ improvisation of track structure and signalling so that the... more...
sleek trains of pvt operators can run at 160/200 kmph through out the run and can give avg speeds of 120/150 kmph. * For example, if DEL-Mum can be covered in just 9-10 hrs huge number of paxs currently boarding early morning flights may prefer comfortable overnight journey in these trains.
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