Flexi Fare for Indian Railways got backfired, why? by RailEnquiry Admin on 23 October, 2016 - 05:55 PM | ||
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RailEnquiry Admin | Flexi Fare for Indian Railways got backfired, why? on 23 October, 2016 - 05:55 PM | |
While deploying flexi fare scheme Railway had great thoughts in mind, but the outcome was just unexpected. Once it was targeted that Railway will earn atleast 1000 crore more, once flexi fare scheme will be deployed on premium trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto but forget 1000 crore, just in the month of October railway lost 200 core. Thee obvious question will rise why? Why a scheme in Airlines is so fruitful while in Railways it got backfired? The first thing Railway never understood that Air travel was always a luxury for passengers who are ready to pay extra because it offers lot more convenience and save good amount of time while railway’s premium trains were never a luxury, they were just another of travelling more conveniently compared to other trains. Demanding fare equivalent to an aircraft or even more sometimes, without offering anything subsequent can never become lucrative. Railway must understand that during festive period when rail traffic reach to its extreme, it also affects punctuality of premium trains adversely. Trains besides their running period of 16hrs to 33 hrs reach their destinations late by 45 minutes to upto 5 hrs in extreme case which is seriously unacceptable for passengers who paid a premium price. Now with 232 crore rupee loss railway is wandering what just happened. They tried to compensate the loss happened due to decrease in freight through passenger trains with help of flexi fare but now at the end of the day they are losing their loyal passengers at brisk pace. During winter season when Christmas starts there was always waitlist in Rajdhanis connecting Goa or Mumbai by now; this year its opposite, railway is waiting or passengers. |