In order to earn an additional Rs 500 crore in revenue as well as to try keep touts out, Indian Railways has announced surge pricing for the country’s premium Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi trains. Starting from September 9, ticket fares could be up by upto 50 percent.
And as expected, the announcement received strong reactions.
There were those who criticised it:
#SurgePricing will not make it better for railways, but shall do it for the Airlines! Why the surge @sureshpprabhu, why?
— AB S (@Evandalist86) September 8, 2016
More I learn abt Indian railways #SurgePricing more I realise how anti ppl it is.Surge doesn’t apply to AC chair car but applies to Gen Cat
— Sadaf Sayeed (@Sadafsayeed) September 8, 2016
Logon ke liye rail bana do ya Logon ki rail bana do? #SurgePricing
— Vikram Thapa (@vikramthapa76) September 8, 2016
Irony is that after admonishing companies like Uber and Ola for their #SurgePricing being against the common man the government does it too
— (((Jonathan Fernz))) (@just1doctorwala) September 8, 2016
“You have to pay more for more facilities” Tired of this sick logic. Pay more! How much?? How many times? For What facilities? #SurgePricing
— Sunil Taneja (@Suniltaneja007) September 8, 2016
Some who were fine with it:
Out of over 12k trains 200 trains will come under #SurgePricing FYI
— Sunil Nair (@sunti13) September 8, 2016
people opting for flights instead of train is good as it will allow more space & seat availability to train passengers. #SurgePricing
— aNIL yADAV (@ActiWitty) September 8, 2016
If poor people travel by rajdhani then who travel by non ac express trains? Ghosts?
— aNIL yADAV (@ActiWitty) September 8, 2016
One of India’s top news anchors was among them:
Folks spend thousands of rupees in malls every weekend. Same folks expect rail traffic to be dirt cheap. Why. You pay when you travel abroad
— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) September 7, 2016
People expect railway facilities to be at par with bullet trains but don’t want to pay for the service. This attitude needs to change.
— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) September 7, 2016
And as usual, there were the jokes:
#SurgePricing on trains, Rs.15,000 for a wireless headphone jack in the new iphone -NOT a good morning at all.
— Arun Panicker (@panix68) September 8, 2016
What they said: Will make Air India fare at par with railways.
What they meant: Will make Railway fare at par with Air India!#SurgePricing— KozhukkattaiAnand (@aThakkali) September 8, 2016
Uber to Railways – Tum karo tou raasleela, hum kare tou character dheela.#SurgePricing
— Sugandh (@sugandh) September 8, 2016
Apple iPhone ne to is baar kidney bechne ka mauka nahi diya to Rajdhani Shatabdi hi sahi #SurgePricing
— Filmy Keeday Wala (@nishantofficial) September 8, 2016
Our Reaction after #Railways introduce #surgepricing on Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Durontohttps://t.co/g9JwqcH6MB pic.twitter.com/ry6uFtRsPB
— filmynuts (@agrituraj) September 8, 2016
