Whatever written In this article is nothing but rubbish. Columnist is saying that freight segment is in profit bcoz no. Of Freight wagons are more as compared to passenger coaches!! Doesn't he understand that their is thing called operating ratio exists in this world. Passenger trains have high operating ratio under current fare scheme so whether you operate 100 passenger coaches or 1 lakh passenger coaches, loss will be there. Rather it would increase with increase in no. Of operational coaches. The whole article lacks facts & figures & even lacks the common sense.
" Indian Railways isn't the lifeline of this country" this is the most absurd thing I have read in any News article.