The fare structure should be atleast 1.3X of GS and SL then the gap of operating cost will be 35% in GS and 20% in SL. ABs should be daily or 4 days of week for long distance trains from Terminals like NJP, GHY, Patna, Darbhanga for upper Bihar, Howrah, Gorakpur to 6 Metro cities and Pune, Surat and AHMD.
Triweekly ABs should be introduced within States from State capital to Tier 1 cities of that state. Visakhapatnam Secunderabad has 3 dedicated daily night trains but 6 GS carry...
more... double capacity of travellers serving 1000 travellers.