Railways does not earn profit through passenger trains: Raosaheb Danve

Union minister Raosaheb Danve has said that running passenger trains does not benefit the railways in terms of revenue, and added that the central government runs these services for the convenience of people.

The Minister of State for Railways also said that the national transporter tries to make up for the losses incurred due to passenger trains from freight services.

He was speaking after flagging off a weekly special train from Jalna to Chhapra Junction (in Bihar) on Wednesday night.

“The railways does not earn any profit by running daily (passenger) trains. For every rupee spent, it suffers a loss of 55 paise.