Some exerts from the report submitted by Bibek Debroy High level committee on restructuring of Railways in year 2015. Here are some vital stats regarding 16 premium trains of Indian Railways(Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duranto) taken as a sample and their per trip profit or loss.
Most Profit Making Trains of Indian Railways-
1) BCT-NDLS-BCT Rajdhani- Per trip profit---> Rs. 3,14,516
2) RJPB-NDLS-RJPB Rajdhani- P.t.f--->...
more... Rs. 2,57, 716
3) NDLS-HBJ-NDLS Shatabdi- P.t.f--> Rs. 2,49, 994
For more information related to left trains out of those 16, plz. refer the attached pic.
KEY POINTS- **All 5 Durantos taken up for study are heavily loss making.
** NDLS-DBGR Rajdhani- Biggest loss making premium train of Indian Railways.