New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) Railway Ministry on Thursday said that the Railways has not been charging any extra fare from the passengers and issued a clarification that reports published in media was misleading and not based on facts.
The Ministry said that festival or holiday special trains were started as per the long standing practice to clear the rush and the fare for such trains has been kept little higher since 2015. There was ‘nothing new’ and this has been an established practice.
It may be noted that Passenger operations have always been subsidized by railways. Railways bear loss for travel by passenger.