Jamshedpur: To increase the speed of trains, work is being done to connect the third and fourth lines. Due to this, South Eastern Railway has canceled about 70 trains during the festive season. Due to this, more than 19 thousand passengers are troubled every day. No alternative arrangements have been made for those passengers. At the same time, goods trains are running without any hindrance on the South Eastern Railway route. Alternative arrangements have been made for this. Railways has made way for the passing of about 250 trains. 120 goods trains are dispatched daily under Chakradharpur division. At the same time, about 250 to 300 goods trains move through South Eastern Railway. The routes of goods trains are being diverted without stopping them. All goods are being transported via Badbil, Jaruli, Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar. All minerals including iron ore, copper, uranium, coal are being transported from here. Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway earns about Rs 14 thousand crore annually.
Railways lost Rs 150 crore due to cancellation of 70 trains.
There has been a loss of more than Rs 150 crore due to cancellation of passenger trains. The revenue shortfall is being compensated by the operation of goods trains, but the cancellation of trains is affecting the pockets of passengers. Passengers are forced to resort to bus or flight.
About 54 trains pass through Tatanagar daily
54 trains pass through Tatanagar railway station every day, in which 19 thousand passengers travel. Of these, 12 thousand passengers are unreserved while 7000 are with reservation. The daily income is around Rs 22 to 25 lakh. Tatanagar railway station alone earns Rs 7 crore in a month from passenger tickets. Tatanagar Railway Station earns about Rs 500 crore annually and has been kept in the Rs 500 crore club category. Apart from railway officers, only 20 percent people take counter tickets. The rest book tickets online.