Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw refutes reports of declining passenger traffic, reduction in non-AC coaches

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has refuted the reports and claims that railway passengers have become half of what it used to be in 2010. The railway minister has claimed that there has been no decrease in the railway passenger traffic, and by the end of the financial year, the number of passengers will reach the pre-COVID levels of 650 crore to 700 crore.

“Post-Covid lockdown, the Indian Railways started its train services in December 2021 and by July 2022, operations were normalised. In the 2022-23 financial year, 640 crore people used the train network,” Vaishnaw said.