* 250-300 Rs. revenue collection per day does not justify even operation of a bus, operating a train on such a route is a blunder.
* Most of the New lines constructed to fulfil political motivations are proving deadly for IRly.
* In the beginning, 100s of crores are spent for constructing such lines and repayment of such loans is life long burden for IR.
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more... After commissioning, crores are spent every month to pay for the operational losses, which wipes out the earnings of other profit making lines and IR is perennially in a state of financial crunch.
* Inefficient use of scarce resources by IR is the main reason for very high costing which make most of its operation loss making ones.