Re: Raat Aur Rail
baat to aapkii saHeeH hai magar ab railways ameeroN kii sawaarii nahiiN rahegii…bas, bechaare Ghareeb hii safar kiyaa kareNge.
Indian kii Aviation Industry meN ‘Open Sky’ laws ne khalbali machaa dii…airfares have gone so low that Indian Railways has hard time competing. IR keeps raising the fares, sometimes twice a year, and that is reducing the gap between air-fares and rail-fares.
if you travel from Mumbai to Allahabad in First AC class of service [the highest class], you have to pay around Rs 4,500 [one way] for a distance of 1400 kms and you have to spend 17 hours on the train while Air India flies you in 2 hours for Rs. 4400 [with all taxes and charges]…not a sizable difference.
people with money now fly instead of taking trains…Railways has to reduce fares and increase speed of trains to stay competitive with airlines.