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1.5 lakh trains delayed in last 11 months -Siddharth Prabhakar

-The Times of India

CHENNAI: Ever wondered how many passenger trains arrive late every day in the country? Data tabled by the ministry of railways in Parliament on Friday shows that between April 2017 and February 2018, 1.48 lakh trains, or 450 trains a day, arrived late at the destination station.
 
The worst performers on the punctuality benchmark are mail and express trains, with 75,880 arriving late during the period. The second worst were superfast trains, 60,856 of which were late. Close to 7,000 premium trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto were also delayed, says the report, which does not include suburban trains.

About 25% of the trains that arrived late during the December-January period were delayed by fog, particularly in northern India.

As per official estimates, the railways operates around 12,600 trains everyday across its 66,000-km network.

The railways levies an extra charge for superfast trains, those with an average speed of more than 55kmph. For a journey from Chennai to New Delhi, the superfast charge is Rs 30 for sleeper class, Rs 45 for AC 3tier and 2tier and Rs 75 for AC first class.

If a train is delayed and the average speed of the train decreases below 55kmph, there is no system of refunding the superfast charge levied.

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