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Jun 01 2016 (23:39) 12951/Mumbai Central - New Delhi Tejas Rajdhani Express
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Husena Slatewala 26 blog postsI was comparing air fares between metros (Mumbai-Delhi, Kolkata- Delhi, Chennai-Delhi, Bangalore-Delhi etc) and found out that even fares for travel dates of just 1 week in advance right now are almost equal to 2A fares on Rajdhanis and slightly above normal 2A fares. If you book more in advance, you can even get cheaper fares. Given this scenario, why would anyone travel by train (I am not talking about intermediate passengers) when they can fly and save 90% of the time for almost the same fare. Even 3A passengers can pay slightly more and fly. The Indian government should now focus on aviation as much as they do on railways as air travel is the way of the future. Aviation should now be given lot of importance and rules and regulations should be changed such that it favors air travel. Railways is also important, no doubt.
2 Public Posts - Wed Jun 01, 2016
Haha, so because of 2-3 hrs wastage of getting boarding pass, you will endure 20-25 hours of rail travel. Nice! Also, I am not talking about a specific case. You are right in your perspective. I was talking more on a general terms. Air travel has to be given more importance now. Building of railways require huge land area for laying tracks and other infrastructure and manpower for maintenance which is not easy in India and which can take decades. Air travel on the other hand just requires airport land! And as we progress, air travel is getting more and more affordable and efficient!
33 Public Posts - Thu Jun 02, 2016
Indian Railways even at today's cost (at least for SL class) has one of the lowest costs of transportation compared to world standards. Now, Indians protest whenever fares are increased. Indians want world class facilities but don't want to pay for it. There is no free lunch! Railways should remove quotas in railway seat reservations. A large number of quotas exist that eat up a lot of seats that are not available for general quota. A lot of mal practices and frauds happen by agents and railway officials who sell these seats (If remained unsold) at a premium thereby depriving the railways of the revenue!
Jun 11 2016 (19:14) 12904/Golden Temple Mail (PT) | RTM/Ratlam Junction (7 PFs)
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Husena Slatewala 26 blog postsToo much slack in the schedule of this train. Today's train (11/6) passed Shamgarh 1hr 22 mins late after its scheduled time but it covered majority of the delay within 133 kms and reached Ratlam just 15 mins late!
Jun 11 2016 (19:09) 12904/Golden Temple Mail (PT) | RTM/Ratlam Junction (7 PFs)
Husena Slatewala
Husena Slatewala 26 blog postsToday's 12296 had a good run post ALD..At ALD it was late by 3 hrs 10 mins and reached BPQ late by around 45 mins
4 Public Posts - Wed Jun 01, 2016
That's because enough slack is available in its schedule as its average speed is just 55 kmph! Hence, it can cover up easily. Not a big deal!
4 Public Posts - Wed Jun 01, 2016
5 Public Posts - Thu Jun 02, 2016
I saw on social media about rules change in railways and that there will no longer be system of waitlist and that tickets will only be issues if it's confirm or RAC. This is absurd and doesn't make any sense. Is this true???
3 Public Posts - Tue May 31, 2016
Ok, got it. Makes sense now but for all trains, it would be too much. For example, if a ticket is not available, a person who is busy in his work or life will have no time to continuosly check when tickets will become available so he or she may like to book a waitlisted ticket. Removing waitlist from all trains doesn't seem feasible or practical!
1 Public Posts - Tue May 31, 2016
As I have heard that railways loses money on SL tickets so I believe it serves well for railways as people travel on W/L tickets and railways gets the reveue. If W/L is removed, people are anyways gonna travel, they will just buy current 2nd class ticket and the TTEs will make a killing. The railways will be the biggest loser!
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