* A large number of lower berths are getting cornered by Sr. citizens, causing inconvenience to other paxs. (many 40+ travellers esp obese ones long for lower berth).
* The proposed rule shall virtually eliminate the travel of Sr.Citizens (who mostly are non earners and dependents) in 1A & 2A classes. Powerful bureaucrats/ politicians who travel in 1A & 2A, shall get rid of the problem of lower berth shortage.
* Soon all the Sr citizens shall make concessional travel in ACIII which may become loss making one and ACII may just...
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break even. Then IR shall have opportunity to drastically raise ACIII fares citing losses, while keeping ACII fares same (or minor increase) with a logic to prevent them from switching over to airlines.
* ACIII full fare paying paxs are bearing the maximum brunt of the IR fare policy and this rule shall add to their woes in future.
*If IR considers all the ac classes as luxury and try to earn from them while giving heavy subsidy to all non ac classes, then the concession of all kinds should be withdrawn from all the ac classes. Giving subsidised travel in luxury classes is injustice to full fare paying poor people.
*Earlier very less number of trains had ACI coaches, but during last 2 decades a large number of trains have provided with ACI coaches which carry a very less number of paxs and giving losses to IR as well. It would be very interesting to know what percentage of passengers travelling in AC! are full fare paying, concessional fare paying and no fare paying ones.