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Feb 29 2016 (18:32) 16331/Mumbai CSMT - Thiruvananthapuram Central Express (PT)
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if anyone trvelled by this train please tell about the second ac in this train(its condition) good or bad?if possible post some pics too
Do you plan to travel from mumbai to trivandrum all the way? I am asking because air ticket from mumbai to trivandrum is about Rs. 3800 (for a week later). 2A fare on this train is 2700. If you book online, another 100 will be added. So for 1000 more, you can reach trivandrum in 2 hours! Just my opinion!
1 Public Posts - Mon Feb 29, 2016
Feb 22 2016 (15:14) 12907/Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express (PT)
Raymond Charles
Raymond Charles 30 blog postsIt is surprising that there are no dedicated trains between Mumbai and Delhi apart from Rajdhani, Duronto, Garib Rath and Sampark Kranti some of which dont even have daily run. I mean, only Sampark Kranti has SL class which sees huge demand and waiting list. Railways should make Sampark Kranti daily. I wonder why they have not increased the frequency of this train although it is been running since more than a decade!
3 Public Posts - Mon Feb 22, 2016
@amitdet73, these are not dedicated Mumbai Delhi trains and have few seats between mumbai & delhi!
2 Public Posts - Wed Feb 24, 2016
The name of this train should have never been changed. The name 'Frontier' evoked historical aspects and value of this train. All our folks who regularly travel on this train still call it Frontier Mail in our conversations!
1 Public Posts - Sun Feb 21, 2016
It still runs upto Frontier of India, wagah border is just few kms from Amritsar! Frontier mail was a historic train and hence it should have been remained as Frontier Mail forever. Mumbai has several landmarks. Yet not a single train is named after any single landmark of Mumbai!
2 Public Posts - Sun Feb 21, 2016
Why are you taking it so far dude? Is it necessary to include Pakistan in every discussion? It is our Frontier. What has Pakistan to do with it!
4 Public Posts - Mon Feb 22, 2016
Feb 19 2016 (04:32) 12009/Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express
Raymond Charles
Raymond Charles 30 blog postsJust checked, a Mumbai Ahmedabad air ticket for Feb 23rd (Not much in advance) is Rs. 1500 which is less than Executive Chair Car ticket on Shatabdi and not a great deal more than CC or 3A or 2A on other trains. In the future, airlines will become more favorable for even short distances. In such a scenario, bullet trains whose tickets will be much costlier than Shatabdi will not be preferred. In my opinion, it is a waste to spend so much money on building Bullet train infrastructure. Look what E. Sreedharan of Konkan Railways & Delhi Metro fame has to say -> click here Your comments are welcome!
2 Public Posts - Fri Feb 19, 2016
Hi, thanks for your point of view. It is good to debate positively. Let me contradict u on ur points.
1. As u say air fares wud increase from 1500 to 4500 over next few years. This may be true or may not be true. Because if u check the past, flying was unaffordable with high fares. With each passing day, air travel is getting more and more affordable.
2. Bullets trains wud not be used by those cost conscious passengers who prefer to travel by SL class today. They would still...
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1. As u say air fares wud increase from 1500 to 4500 over next few years. This may be true or may not be true. Because if u check the past, flying was unaffordable with high fares. With each passing day, air travel is getting more and more affordable.
2. Bullets trains wud not be used by those cost conscious passengers who prefer to travel by SL class today. They would still...
more...
1 Public Posts - Fri Feb 19, 2016
From the place I live in Mumbai, it costs me the same to take a taxi to travel to either railway stations like borivali/andheri or airport... Traveling to BCT, CST or LTT will cost even more for me. And I dont think anyone who can afford bullet train ticket will mind taxi fare!
I had even got an air ticket from Mumbai to Kolkata for Rs. 1400 on Spicejet which is such a deal... U reach in 2.5 hours paying less than 2A or 3A fares! We don't need bullet trains at all!
2 Public Posts - Sat Feb 20, 2016
Yes, it is less costly to build airports as you just need land for 2 airports at both ends. For railways, land is required for the whole route and then there is cost to maintain the infrastructure. Building elevated route increases the cost too. Such projects in India are known to get delayed and their budget increase exponentially due to bureaucracy & red tape. As more and more people start traveling by air, air travel will become more and more affordable as economies of scale comes into picture. Right now, no country apart from China is looking to build costly Bullet Trains because it is not worth in this age of low cost air travel. Even China is facing problems with bullet trains!
Check this article out.. Economics of High Speed Rail (HSR) -> click here
1 Public Posts - Sat Feb 20, 2016
can we book the rac ticket from internat it is valid if it remains in rac
1 Public Posts - Sat Feb 20, 2016
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