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End of Budget Travel As Passenger Trains Become Expensive Specials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian Railways has discontinued operating dedicated low-cost passenger trains that catered to migrants, daily wagers and the poor by stopping at small stations enroute. These services have now been rebranded as express specials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But unlike pure passenger trains, commuters boarding these specials are charged express category fares that are often double earlier ordinary passenger rates – sparking hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double Fares Overnight For Captive Users<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials admit<\/a> the ordinary second seating fare structure tied to now discontinued passenger trains stands withdrawn. The specials ply on same routes and rakes, but fares have simply been hiked overnight – Chennai-Vellore up from \u20b930 pre-pandemic to \u20b965 now for instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics argue altering classification alone when speed hasn’t improved is unfair on captive travelers with no alternatives. Fare charts still display outdated lower prices causing chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doubled Earnings But At What Cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Southern Railways generating highest ever \u20b96,345 crore passenger revenue in 2022-23 points to the earnings impact of silently raising special train fares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this shrouded withdrawal of low-cost connectivity that kept migrant livelihoods afloat pre-Covid has sparked questions on social consequences of railroading policy changes without public debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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