Not EveryBody knows INDIAN Railways is the largest organization and a single network in India and Asia.
Infact Indian Railways is the carrier of biggest number of travelers dailay in the world. The huge network, number of employees and huge number of passengers per employee is the basis for making this such a great service and a remarkable organization. So many trains , improving routes and huge traveler groups are the general features of this network.
Why does this huge network not prosper. Do we know the real cost of travel per passenger in a train is sufficcient for the Railways to gather funds for a new train on the same route. Still the big network corporation is running into Losses.
Some body in the Railways authority of India have to realise what canbe improved on major station other than the metros to make this service a pleasure and trustworthy. Many of the trains are running on time and connecting to the metros in a disciplined fashion.
But a large number of trains are known for being late always.
That they never reach late.. Some hard facts are that if you travel from Delhi to Hawra via Patna.. you have 90 % chances to get robbed. that if you travel from a station other than metro even on a reserved seat / birth you are likely forced to share your space with unconfirmed / unticketed passengers.
That if you have boarded a train you can easily travel on a shatabadi train to Punjab unticketed but paying the fare even if the people at the ticketing counter dont get a confirmed space on the same train.
That if you do the above you still dont pay anything to the Railways and the staff on the coach is minting thousands everyweek on selected stations..
That if the authorities get on to it they can easily trace such unfair activities.
That if you are waitlisted and have shown some interest in the interests ofthe TICKET BAABUyou can easily get a space in same or higher compartment. with or without paying a different in upgrade to the Railways account. the Ticket baabu will take care of it
That you travel if you take care of him.
That you could travel faster train in the last moment if you get space and reach the destination station and get a refund for the train that reaches 3 hours late and for which you had paid extra. The routes and costs are many a times illogical. you spend more to get less if you pay to Railways....
That you spend little more to the Ticket Baabu and you enjoy your travel although there may be someone who needs your seat / birth more than you.
That even if you deserve your seat more .. on the upcoming station you will have to face a tug of war with the Jaats / Biharis (not the jaats / biharis of the region but for the obvious reasons that these people are bullies without sense.)
That if you are a SHAREEF AADMI you dont belong to the Railway services. better take a flight.
DELHI VIDYUT BOARD is an example of loosing money for years ... running in losses for decades and now after Privatization the same network has found ways to logically gather revenue and they are REALLY making huge profits.
Once you got a job in a govt department , that is not the end you need to earn that Job by doing the due service to the same. Wish someone thinks about the irony that the huge network which could accumulate revenue is loosing to its own employees. Wish the employees understood what worth it is ..
Lest if they did not get that job.
Now go to work.