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Nov 10 2021 (13:28) Railways may reduce AC local train fares (www.hindustantimes.com)
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Posted by: BLESSON^~ 69 news posts
read more... Railways may reduce AC local train fares
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15th November expected date....but exact date will be as per SER PR comes. Lets see when SER PR comes finally.
I had suggested to keep the AC fare same as FC and reduce the FC by 10% along with addition of more services during peak hours to increase the popularity of AC locals. Now it has been partly accepted. I buy your point that additional fare in FC is not justified as pax get only cushion seats and no other facility. Going fwd all services should be AC.
** Since the construction cost of a suburban railways is very less as compared to an underground/ elevated Metro, IR keeping fares of AC suburban trains higher than the metro fare is totally unjustified.
** Suburban AC fare should actually be lesser than the metro fare
** IR always have a very strong tendency to recover the losses incurred in non ac class through the AC class, and in process make it very costly and lose its profitable traffic & market share to other modes of transport.
** Suburban AC fare should actually be lesser than the metro fare
** IR always have a very strong tendency to recover the losses incurred in non ac class through the AC class, and in process make it very costly and lose its profitable traffic & market share to other modes of transport.
Mumbai suburban goes up to 125 km in 4 different routes, where metro is well within the halfway mark. Metro will be confined to MMRDA limits and even less.
So it may not be exactly possible to convert all trains to AC in long term, too. No one from DRD or KSRA will pay metro fare for local AC travel. But it will certainly prevent local vendors selling headphones, popcorn and other items inside AC locals.
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So it may not be exactly possible to convert all trains to AC in long term, too. No one from DRD or KSRA will pay metro fare for local AC travel. But it will certainly prevent local vendors selling headphones, popcorn and other items inside AC locals.
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