passengers are more, but trains are very less, specially during festivals and holidays, wl passengers will be more than having seat passengers, railways should start more trains in busy routes...
passengers are more, but trains are very less, specially during festivals and holidays, wl passengers will be more than having seat passengers, railways should start more trains in busy routes...
Its time that the Govt makes Indian Railway a Free service throughout the country . Anyways the quality of service has not improved over years . Travel by a sleeper class II and you will find the coaches infested by Rats and Cockroaches , stinking ,very unhygenic toilets ..Unhygenic food being served by Pantry . truly Cattle class.. why not make it free ??
This is another "Sick" budget. On one hand there is market borrowing at Rs 20,954 crore (Rs 209.54 billion). On the other hand, they increase the senior citizen's concession & reduce the age. For the eighth year in a row there is no increase in the rail fares.
Gone are the days when the train as well as the bus journeys from Bangalore to Mysore cost the same amount. Eight years ago, the bus journey cost us 45 rupees and today it costs almost 100 Rs by an ordinary bus (up to 260 Rs by Volvo). Petrol cost 32 Rs a litre as against 64 Rs today. However, during this period the train fare has gone down by one rupee to 42 Rupees.
How long does the railway minister (s) keep appeasing the public putting the railways into great loss? If only they are sensible, they should progressively increase the fare @25% PA over the next 4-5 years till they realise the actual cost at least! Otherwise, the railways will go pauper.
Re: No hike in passenger fares; freight rates
by vijay kumar on Feb 25, 2011 04:33 PM
This another budget which aims at destroying the railways and making it bankrupt. And the PM again watches helplessly
Re: Re: No hike in passenger fares; freight rates
by Maximum on Feb 25, 2011 04:39 PM
Forget PM newer wath anything. If PM would have wathced he would have died years back he is blind and deumb and deaf
It is very difficult to get ticket to BIHAR,ODISHA,CHATISHGARH from Surat. All railway employees at SURAT are involved with this racket. It is cery difficult to get any ticket to these states well before 3 months. All tickets booked by MAFIAS through railway employees just before 89 days !!! Railway should take some urgent action on this. OR TRY to run 2/3 trains to these states every day so that AAM ADAMI will not suffer at SURAT !!!!!!!!!
People throw TRUNK into reserve compartment. It is very difficult to reach at your own reserve seat. Several people have been injured regularly. When railway will wake up ???
Re: MORE TRAINS NEEDED AT SURAT
by Haridasan pisharathparambil on Feb 25, 2011 04:08 PM
Not only Surat even for I am finding it difficult to get a ticket after standing in the Q from 3.00 early morning. The stupid booking clerk and the Policemen and there are middlemen involved in this racket. Now a days the Booking clerk used to say the tkt is W/L the automatically the person will not book and that tkt he will sell to others on commission. This is happening in most of the Railway Booking counters all over India. Some concerned authority must look into this racket otherwise one day all the hell will broke. I am damn sure this is a serious issue.
Re: Re: MORE TRAINS NEEDED AT SURAT
by vijay kumar on Feb 25, 2011 04:35 PM
On Zee TV they showed how touts are selling reserved tickets on Rajdahani just before departure. Why is it allowed to happen?
Re: MORE TRAINS NEEDED AT SURAT
by Haridasan pisharathparambil on Feb 25, 2011 04:08 PM
Not only Surat even for I am finding it difficult to get a ticket after standing in the Q from 3.00 early morning. The stupid booking clerk and the Policemen and there are middlemen involved in this racket. Now a days the Booking clerk used to say the tkt is W/L the automatically the person will not book and that tkt he will sell to others on commission. This is happening in most of the Railway Booking counters all over India. Some concerned authority must look into this racket otherwise one day all the hell will broke. I am damn sure this is a serious issue.
Re: MORE TRAINS NEEDED AT SURAT
by miviu on Feb 25, 2011 04:09 PM
no use boss, she not only thinks railways are her ancestral property but also thinks its SIN to be reasonable with other states of the country... Thick skinned lady, her adamancy will put her own state people to shame.. because the budget is meant for entire country with sources from taxes paid by crores of people and revenue generated by Rly all over the country..
Re: MORE TRAINS NEEDED AT SURAT
by Haridasan pisharathparambil on Feb 25, 2011 04:08 PM
Not only Surat even for I am finding it difficult to get a ticket after standing in the Q from 3.00 early morning. The stupid booking clerk and the Policemen and there are middlemen involved in this racket. Now a days the Booking clerk used to say the tkt is W/L the automatically the person will not book and that tkt he will sell to others on commission. This is happening in most of the Railway Booking counters all over India. Some concerned authority must look into this racket otherwise one day all the hell will broke. I am damn sure this is a serious issue.
Re: MORE TRAINS NEEDED AT SURAT
by Kanailal Chakraborty on Feb 25, 2011 04:31 PM
Your points are jenuine. It is better if you write to Rly.Minister to Rail Bhawan describing the facts the surat people with proper signatures of the public, you must get any response from authorities.
Re: MORE TRAINS NEEDED AT SURAT
by Haridasan pisharathparambil on Feb 25, 2011 04:18 PM
Not only Surat even for I am finding it difficult to get a ticket after standing in the Q from 3.00 early morning. The stupid booking clerk and the Policemen and there are middlemen involved in this racket. Now a days the Booking clerk used to say the tkt is W/L the automatically the person will not book and that tkt he will sell to others on commission. This is happening in most of the Railway Booking counters all over India. Some concerned authority must look into this racket otherwise one day all the hell will broke. I am damn sure this is a serious issue.
