To See India, Take the Train

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In 2001, Indian Railways was steaming towards bankruptcy. But in a remarkable turnaround, the trains have now made more than $5 billion.

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[Unplugged1B]

Slow it sure can be, but cockroaches, I haven't seen any in years. Not sure which particular train or section you are talking about, but that is a thing of past in most places & trains on Indian Railways, thanks to recent initiatives to maintain hygienic travel conditions.

[kiwimunda]

Thats so true, to see India, take a train.

[AVKtt]

poor and dirty fallen states

[grisham16]

I really wonder how ignorant would the western media remain??? All they show of Indian Railways are the crowds and the slow speed. Aren't the western countries railways stations crowded too? Check out the London tube and half of us would croak out of sheer breathlessness with amount of people crowding the stations! Respected journalists act quite naive when it comes to portraying the Indian Railways!. I wonder why this journalist didn't capture the prestigious trains like the palace on wheels?

[grisham16]

@dimax997: Not really! Most of the long distance trains in the last few years have their doors closed after sunset except at stations and also accompanied by security personals doing a regular patrolling all along the route in the train. Things have changed and changed for good. After all. Indian Railways is one of the largest employer in the world, and trust me, if you would look at the distances covered with the total number of trains run, Indian Railways is actually doing a fab job.

[SeaofSongs]

@dimax997

yes..and people often make their entire journey clinging onto the open doors..especially in the local trains..

[dimax997]

The doors are open during the route? 0_o

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@kiwimunda

Yeah, you can go anywhere by train!

Even small villages!

[Mrparrot73]

Simon Robinson shows again why (almost) illiterate people can be journalists. Anyone with a basic knowledge of arithmetic and some common sense can see that the efficiency of a transport system would depend on

1. speed

2. price



LOL for leaving the price out of the equation. Indian Railways gets the stick for having low speed. Wow... did Simon take, like real classes in school or was it the standard bullcrap arts/humanities stuff?

[bg24955]

@sunami13

thanks

i see you on the train.