40% seats on India's bullet train route go vacant: Reports 01/11/2017


40% seats on India's bullet train route go vacant: Reports
01/11/2017 12:03
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A report has revealed that over 40 per cent of seats on all the trains on the Mumbai and Ahmedabad sector go vacant causing huge losses to Western Railway.
According to RTI replies received by Mumbai activist Anil Galgali, only in the past one quarter, the Western Railway's staggering losses on this sector is nearly Rs 30 crore, or around Rs. 10 crore per month.
Commenting on the issue, Mumbai activist Anil Galgali told the media, "The Indian government is over-enthusiastic and plans to spend more than Rs 1 lakh crore on the Bullet Train project, but it has not done its homework properly."
Also, WR's Chief Commercial Manager Manjeet Singh said that betweenJuly 1-September 30, there were 32 mail/express serving this sector with a total seating capacity of 735,630 seats on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector. Of these, only 441,795 seats were booked during that period generating a revenue of Rs 30,16,24,623 against the total estimated expected income of Rs 44,29,08,220 - incurring a huge loss of Rs 14,12,83,597 in the past quarter.
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