A very retrograde step by Indian Railways, it is just a bye produce of the monopoly status being enjoyed by IR due to which the passenger convenience take back seat atleast in the psyche of IR bureaucrats. Following shall be the troubles.
(1) A 24 coach train startinf from crowded metro stations shall lead to a chaotic situation where about 1500 paxs shall be jostling near the reservation charts display to know their coach & berth nos. Then they shall have to find out the position of the coach usually displayed on electronic boards.
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PAxs shall have to reach Rly station at least 15-30 minutes earlier due to above additional activity, so the time advantage advantage enjoyed by IR over airlines which ask to report 45 minutes before take off shall be very much diluted. Short distance trains, especially Shatabdies may further lose paxs to airlines due to this step.
(3) IR trying to govern the paxs as per policies rather than to manage them as per pax convenience and increase competitiveness of IR.
(4) On the one hand MR start twitter handle to give online/ onboard help to travelling paxs, and making the same compulsory for all officials of DRM & above ranks. On the other hand this decision shall begin the rail journey with extreme inconvenience despite having confirmed reservation should have came out of a typical bureaucratic mind.
(5) In a nutshell- this indicates poor marketing skills/ strategies of IR.