Tag: Railways
Expect a 7% rise in train fares in the coming fiscal year
The railways might hike their passenger fares to around seven in order to be effective in the next fiscal year, as per the statements of financial projections in the Rail Budget, now merged with the General Budget to be presented on Wednesday. The announcement of an increase of fares is[Read More…]
Faulty financing models blamed for train accidents
1 lakh crore fund for Railways safety upgrade
After over a decade the government is ready to invest extra money into the Railways for critical safety upgrades by creating a special fund. The five-year, Rs 1 lakh crore Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK). This will be considering a long-pending wish of the railway passenger in the wake of[Read More…]
Surge pricing declines Railway income by 232 crore
Instead of increasing the revenue, surge pricing in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trin had done an opposite job. The revenue of Indian Railway had declined by Rs232 crore as compared to the previous year. Railway data reveals that a large number of seats in trains like Mumbai Rajdhani, August Kranti[Read More…]
Railways rethink free Wi-Fi plans after Patna porn embarrassment
Earlier this week, a RailTel official had announced that the Patna railway station made the most of the free Wi-Fi with most of it being principally used to watch and download porn. The embarrassment has made the Railways rethink the move of putting up the service on premium trains like[Read More…]
The water you drink on railway platforms has the same bacteria found in human waste
A study has found that only half of the railways’ 541 water chlorination plants in the northern zone – comprising New Delhi, Punjab, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are working. The railways has admitted that drinking water supplied by it on platforms is contaminated with[Read More…]
Politicians, Twitterati slam Modi government over railways surge pricing
After the government introduced the surge pricing system on the Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi trains on Wednesday, there was slamming from politicians on this move. The decision also experienced a wave of anger from Twitterati. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal opposed the surge pricing and demanded that it should be[Read More…]
Railways to introduce surge pricing for high-speed trains, tickets to turn costlier
The ministry of railways has decided to introduce surge pricing for its high-speed and in demand Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains. The ticket tariffs will increase by up to 10% on the base price with every 10% of tickets sold. The fare would keep going up with the number of tickets sold.[Read More…]