Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that the government has no plan to run regular passenger trains by private operators. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, he said, at present, IRCTC runs two Tejas ‘corporate’ trains on Delhi-Lucknow and Ahmedabad-Mumbai routes. Mr Vaishnaw said both the trains have incurred losses of 58 crore rupees. He said, the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas reported a profit of 2.3 crore rupees in 2019-20, but incurred losses in the two subsequent years.
The Minister said, the cost of granting concessions weighs heavily on Railways, hence extending scope of concessions to all categories of passengers including senior citizens is not desirable. He said, in spite of these challenges, Indian Railways has continued concession in fare to four categories which include persons with disabilities, eleven categories of patients and students.
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