** Indian railways seem to introduce new trains on considerations more based on the recommendation/ gut feeling of Political Big wigs/ RMs/ top IR bureaucrats/ Members of railway consultative committees etc instead of concrete rail-road-air traffic survey of the route.
** IR should make it a standard practice to introduce new trains on trial basis for a definite period say 6 months and based on the detailed study of patronage and feedback from travelers, decide
(1) Whether to continue the train operation and if yes then
(2) End...
more... destinations, Stoppages, Rake composition, Frequency of operation etc.
** A team should be dedicated solely to study and prepare traffic survey reports at IR level and not on divisional/zonal level so that tendency of proposal/introduction of intra zonal trains will not be there
** Indian railways seem to introduce new trains on considerations more based on the recommendation/ gut feeling of Political Big wigs/ RMs/ top IR bureaucrats/ Members of railway consultative committees etc instead of concrete rail-road-air traffic survey of the route.
** IR should make it a standard practice to introduce new trains on trial basis for a definite period say 6 months and based on the detailed study of patronage and feedback from travelers, decide
(1) Whether to continue the train operation and if yes then
(2) End destinations. Stoppages. Rake composition. Frequency of operation etc
** A team should be dedicated solely to study and prepare traffic survey reports at IR level and not on divisional/zonal level so that new trains are introduced solely based on the traffic requirements without any tendency of keep the trains intra zonal.