Passenger Fares

Dynamic pricing: Why Indian Railways may have to tweak its strategy after review

It remains to be seen whether the railways will be able to meet the targeted Rs 500 crore revenue from this much-resented system

Rail Budget 2016: Good intentions galore, but Suresh Prabhu's targets for next year too optimistic

Railway minister also admitted that a slowing economy is the reason railways missed its passenger and freight earnings' target for FY16

Big proposals, no fare hike: How Suresh Prabhu avoided the bitter pill in Rail Budget 2016

On the whole Prabhu’s 2016-17 Railway budget is a please-all budget, which indeed shows promise of taking ahead the process of overhauling Indian railways through several small reform-steps rather than making big-bang announcements

Rail Budget 2016 highlights: Watch Minister of State Manoj Sinha in conversation with Jai Mrug

Rationalising work force, raising fares: Here's Suresh Prabhu's unenviable task in Rail Budget 2016

An analyst with a Mumbai-based brokerage points out that the Railways has fallen short of its revenue target which was set at about Rs 1,80,000 crore in FY16

Rail Budget 2016: Show political will and raise passenger fare, says Assocham

Rail Budget 2015: Suresh Prabhu chooses common man over politics

Thankfully, Suresh Prabhu’s Rail budget 2015 is not an election manifesto. By not using the budget for cheap populist stunts, Prabhu has ensured that his maiden speech would remain non-controversial and will, thus, allow him the peace and luxury of implementing it away from the glare of the critics.

Rail budget: Overhaul freight charging system to make it more profitable

The basic issue is not that profits of the railways need to be derived from passenger fares but how can freight be made more profitable

Rail Budget 2015: Expect improved design of coaches and vaccum toilets

Brokerage Motilal Oswal expects railways to report an improvement in finances, bolstered by freight revenue, announce new innovative sources of funding and make some headway in taking the PPP schemes forward.

Good news: No proposal to hike rail fares now, says Minister Manoj Sinha

The minister will present the railway budget on February 26