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Friday 13 April 2018

Will Mumbai AC, local train benefit the commuter's and the railway?

Will Mumbai AC, local train benefit the commuter's and the railway?

The railway has launched the AC local train for western line commuter,now big question is how good they are and will they earn profit for the railway who is going through loss,every day ? .

The people who have travelled in this AC local will say, it's ok as they have found it to be good to be use !,but the main question remains,is AC local going to a game changer or just a joy ride/ride only meant for few people, as most of the people are not capable to pay higher rates compare to the first class ?

I personally believe the reason why AC train are not going to be beneficially for all,specially to those who travel in first class,is the train fares are high,they're not operated during peak hour,railway lags behind to keep this coaches safe, as they don't have infra to keep existing trains in depot., also people in my india whether they're rich or poor,believe in saving.

The other reason is, railway is running service only for Western line commuter's,while commuter's using Central or Trans-harbour line have no such facilities.People who use local, their main purpose is to reach faster during peak hour's and cross far distance in hours,this AC train doesn't provide service to them during such time, because railway is not able to manage such huge crowd in any station's as the infra of railway is still far behind,so the authority can not take the risk of having this train get damage. 

To make it a game changer  and run into profit,rail authority need to provide fare as same as first class,running AC train with high fare will not be in commuter interest which means they will not be serve with something different with same fare,later on after major infra face lift !, railway can increase the fare of other class as the stations will be equally good as metro and travelling in mumbai local will be best experience not horrible one !.

I still believe if railway introduce AC local, by purchasing trains from those firms who are already working with indian railway such as alstom,bombardier,then IR wouldn't require to spend on such existing AC coaches,which i personally believe are not good compare to those which are being used in our metro.

Railway authority should also run such AC local on central and trans-harbour line as they do have major crowd rush in them,and people travelling from far, would consider using this train instead of other public transport such as bus/taxi or their own transport

Now about the rail infra and safety matter's, if trains are run in less numbered then not just, they will face immediate crisis to maintain it,also lower and middle class commuter's are bread and butter for the railway which they can not afford to loose,and this section will think they have being left out.till that time rail authority can come up and implement the plan to make infra better,which will run all train into AC.


I hope this AC doesn't just end up with a joy ride or face politics because it is meant mostly for those who can afford to travel by first class,AC local not reaching it's goal will surely put a break and due to rail authority failed to take  immediate action and keep track on the train profit,this will lead to shutdown of AC local train,which could have been a game changer.


Spending so much tax payer money not just for research but also for manufacturing and running,will be a total waste,also mumbai AC train will be just in history which ran for few months or year's and failed to be a game changer.

If this turn into profit venture, then not just in indian history but surely in business school,this chapter will be there !, of how such train changed the way, railway made profit, but also of how living and travelling in india's most congested city changed, which had worse infra but maintained to not just run but also make it's mark in the history of being a game changer

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