India / Indian Railways tejas express gave 63 crore loss to IRCTC in last three years

Indian Railways: If you come to know about the loss of Rs 63 crore of a particular train, then you may not believe it at first and you will be forced to think. But this is completely true. Actually, the operation of Tejas trains was handed over to the private operators by the Indian Railways three years ago. This was the first time that the Railways did this experiment. But this experiment of railways was not successful.

rounds were also reduced

Presently Tejas trains are operated from Delhi to Lucknow and Mumbai to Ahmedabad. Both these trains are running in huge losses. Tejas running from Delhi to Lucknow via Kanpur Central is currently in loss of 27.52 crores. Actually, due to less number of passengers traveling in this train, the train is running in loss. Due to this, the rounds of Tejas have also been reduced. Earlier this train used to run six days a week but now it runs on this route only for four days. Every day 200 to 250 seats are left vacant in the train.

Reasons for empty seats in the train

Two major reasons are being given for the vacant seats in the train. The first is that Rajdhani and Shatabdi run ahead of Tejas Express. Passengers get good facilities in both these trains and their fare is also less than Tejas. In such a situation, people take Tejas tickets only if they do not get tickets in Rajdhani / Shatabdi. In view of the continuous damage caused by the train with the private operators, the Railway Ministry has postponed the decision to give any other train to the private operator for the time being.

when was the loss

After the corona epidemic, the frequency of Tejas was increased or decreased. It was temporarily closed 5 times between 2019 and 2022 due to less number of passengers. On the Lucknow-New Delhi route, this train made a profit of 2.33 crores in 2019-20. After this, there has been a loss of 16.69 crores in 2020-21 during Kovid and 8.50 crores in 2021-22.

Why did the loss happen?

Railways got the responsibility of operating the Ahmedabad-Mumbai and Lucknow-Delhi Tejas trains to IRCTC in 2019. In three years, the loss of both the trains increased to Rs 62.88 crore. In this regard, IRCTC officials say that fares were paid to the railways even during the shutdown of trains for a long time in Corona. Hope there will be no loss in the coming days.