Prepared by FA&CAO/Traffic SOUTHERN RAILWAY

CONTENTS
TOPICS PREFACE INTRODUCTION TATKAL SYSTEM TABLES Train No. From To Train Name 12657 MAS SBC BANGALORE MAIL 12658 SBC MAS CHENNAI MAIL 12673 MAS CBE CHERAN EXPRESS 12674 CBE MAS CHERAN EXPRESS (Return) 16669 MAS ED YERCAUD EXPRESS 16670 ED MAS YERCAUD EXPRESS (Return) 16177 MS KMU ROCKFORT EXPRESS 16178 KMU MS ROCKFORT EXP. (Return) 12637 MS MDU PANDIAN EXPRESS 12638 MDU MS PANDIAN EXPRESS (Return) 16222 MAS MYS KAVERI EXPRESS 16221 MYS MAS KAVERI EXPRESS (Return) 12671 MAS MTP NILGIRI EXPRESS 12672 MTP MAS NILGIRI EXPRESS (Return) 12631 MS TEN NELLAI EXPRESS 12632 TEN MS NELLAI EXPRESS (Return) 12633 MS CAPE KANYAKUMARI EXPRESS 12634 CAPE MS KANYAKUMARI EXP. (Ret) 16723 MS TVC ANANTHAPURI EXPRESS 16041 MAS ALLP ALLEPPEY EXPRESS 16042 ALLP MAS ALLEPPEY EXPRESS (Return) 16724 TVC MS ANANTHAPURI EXP. (Ret) 16627 MAS MAQ WEST COAST EXPRESS 16628 MAQ MAS WEST COAST EXP. (Return) 12695 MAS TVC TRIVANDRUM EXPRESS 12696 TVC MAS TRIVANDRUM EXP. (Return) OUTCOME OF ANALYSIS SINGLE FARE SECTOR TWO FARE SECTOR THREE FARE SECTOR FOUR FARE SECTOR ADDITIONAL FARE SECTOR SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS INFERENCE SUGGESTIONS MAIN ADVANCE RESERVATION PERIOD AND TATKAL QUOTA ADDITIONAL GENERAL SUGGESTIONS CONCLUSION PAGE NO. 3 4 4

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TRAIN BASED RESTRUCTURING OF PASSENGER FARES PREFACE: The telescopic and distance slab basis passenger fare structure is followed by the railways for a long time without adopting any major changes except for some minor adjustment in distance slabs, reservation restriction upto minimum distances for some selected trains etc. Designating trains as super-fast, etc. is another option available for making additional income out of passenger services. Invariably the basic fare manipulation attracts dissent and become sensitive for the railways to implement revision of passenger fare as such, except for the introduction of tatkal scheme. This situation warrants and necessitates identification of alternate methods of manipulation for

augmenting income out of passenger trains.

Of late the passengers travel pattern is registering a paradigm shift as there is a specific preference of trains for journeys between specific pair of points. The impact of this change of preferences is reflected in the booking patterns of the trains in various sectors. The presumable reasons for this paradigm shift are, the perpetual addition of direct trains to more and more destinations, the increase in frequency of train services i.e., multiple trains operating in individual sectors, the value added services like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duranto, etc,. Thus passengers are presented with multiple options to select the train for the respective journeys according to their requirements. This changing dynamics of passengers preferences opens new avenues for augmenting revenue, as this change has inherently generated an option for the railways to review and change the existing fare fixing system based on distance slabs and telescopic concept into train based fare fixing concept. i.e., to fix individual train specific fares, for various pair of points covered by the respective trains. Since this methodology has not been explored by the railways so far, an effort is made in this direction. Further the concept of tatkal scheme also needs a review for effective utilization so as to improve earnings out of this scheme.

INTRODUCTION: This exercise is about evolving alternate methodology to meet the need for rationalizing the railway passenger fare structure commensurate with the contemporary requirements and finding out options available for enhancing the railway revenues within the ambit of the existing fare limits. This study is in continuation to the earlier proposal of restructuring of passenger fare related to the Thiruvananthapuram Mail. Since the concept of paradigm shift of passengers preference is the basis for the presumption that there is sufficient scope for introduction of alternate method of passenger fare restructuring, its essential that, the changing pattern of patronage of the passengers, is understood and explained properly. Accordingly 13 pairs of night trains were selected, and the

occupancy and de boarding information of entire length of the journey of the respective trains for the whole month of May 2012 were analyzed. These trains are in three distance groups i.e., trains running Upto 400 Kms., 400 to 600 Kms., and beyond 600 Kms. The train wise patronage is tabulated class wise, with the findings and recommendations thereof.

TATKAL SYSTEM: The TATKAL system at present allows the issue of reservation tickets only in the previous day of the journey, while most of the trains reservation of berths and seats are completed well in advance as the 120 days period is very long. The waiting list starts much before, and further selling of berths through the tatkal ticket are postponed till the last day before the journey. This also needed review.

Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12657 - MAS - SBC MAIL From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board DE board % DE board Board 2A DE board % DE board Board 3A DE board % DE board Board SL DE board % DE board Total Board % Total Board Total DE board % Total DE board

MAS AJJ KPD JTJ BWT BNCE BNC SBC Total

571 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 573

0 1 0 0 0 1 32 539 573

0 0 0 0 0 0 6 94 100

3028 13 1 1 2 0 0 0 3045

0 1 4 6 3 8 53 2970 3045

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 98 100

6281 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 6293

0 0 34 7 16 8 156 6072 6293

0 0 1 0 0 0 2 96 100

31344 147 98 19 0 0 0 0 31608

0 1 24 14 196 108 1118 30147 31608

0 0 0 0 1 0 4 95 100

41224 170 102 21 2 0 0 0 41519

99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 3 62 27 215 125 1359 39728 41519

0 0 0 0 1 0 3 96 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.12657 Chennai Bangalore Mail is only for Bangalore area i.e., 99%. 2. There is only 1% of patronage for Bangarpet (BWT) which is very negligible. 3. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in a single Sector distance for fare structure. 4. The fare differences for the intermediate stations will not affect the passengers and, therefore the fare structure of a single Sector will have to be applied for this train. i.e. this trains journey will cost an uniform single fare to all passengers travelling by this train, irrespective of the pair of points the journey is performed.

Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12658 - SBC - MAS MAIL. From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code Board 1A DE board Net Board 2A DE board Net Board 3A DE board Net Board SL DE board Net Total Board % Total Board Total DE board % Total DE board

SBC BNC BWT JTJ KPD AJJ MAS TOTAL

543 34 2 0 0 0 0 579

0 0 0 0 2 0 577 579

0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100

2890 91 12 5 6 13 0 3017

0 0 0 4 7 4 3002 3017

0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100

5879 228 33 26 28 26 0 6220

0 0 2 0 25 7 6186 6220

0 0 0 0 0 0 99 100

29226 1325 350 15 60 8 0 30984

0 0 0 25 288 212 30459 30984

0 0 0 0 1 1 98 100

38538 1678 397 46 94 47 0 40800

94 4 1 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 2 29 322 223 40224 40800

0 0 0 0 1 1 99 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.12658 Bangalore - Chennai Mail is only from Bangalore (SBC) i.e., 98% to Chennai (MAS) i.e., 99%. 2. There is only 1% of patronage for boarding from Bangarpet (BWT) and 1% each for KPD & AJJ for de-boarding which are very negligible. 3. The fare differences for the intermediate stations will not affect the passengers and, therefore the fare structure of a single Sector will have to be applied for this train. i.e. this trains journey will cost an uniform single fare to all passengers travelling by this train, irrespective of the pair of points the journey is performed.

Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12673 - MAS - CBE - Cheran Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board Deboard % De board Board 2A Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard % Total Deboard

MAS AJJ JTJ SA ED TUP CBF CBE TOTAL

320 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 322

0 0 0 11 13 34 0 264 322

0 0 0 3 4 11 0 82 100

2252 32 4 1 0 0 0 0 2289

0 0 1 36 102 207 0 1943 2289

0 0 0 2 4 9 0 85 100

8356 45 20 11 2 0 0 0 8434

0 0 18 94 244 637 8 7433 8434

0 0 0 1 3 8 0 88 100

29708 492 130 72 21 0 0 0 30423

0 0 11 414 1300 3141 6 25551 30423

0 0 0 1 4 10 0 84 100

40636 570 154 84 24 0 0 0 41468

98 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 30 555 1659 4019 14 35191 41468

0 0 0 1 4 10 0 85 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.12673 Chennai Coimbatore Cheran Express is mainly for Coimbatore i.e., 85% and 10% for Tiruppur. However, the distance between TUP and CBE is only 50 Kms. and the fare difference will be only ` 15 for SL, ` 42 for 3A, ` 65 for 2A and ` 115 for 1A. Hence these two stations can be merged for the purpose of travel fare in to a single Sector. 2. There is only 4% & 1% of patronage for Erode and Salem respectively. Hardly any higher class passengers use it daily. The distance between ED and CBE is 100 Kms. As Tiruppur and Coimbatore have been merged into one Sector the difference in fare between MAS to ED and MAS to TUP will be only ` 16 for SL, `42 for 3A, ` 66 for 2A and ` 115 for 1A which is very minimum. 3. Hence, for the entire journey distance, charging of fare can be done for only one Sector i.e., MAS to CBE for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to CBE.

Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12674 - CBE - MAS - Cheran Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board Deboard % De board Board 2A Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard %Total Deboard

CBE TUP ED SA JTJ KPD AJJ PER MAS TOTAL

253 13 19 12 0 0 0 0 0 297

0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 287 297

0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 97 100

1986 144 46 32 12 25 0 0 0 2245

0 0 0 10 5 37 33 0 2160 2245

0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 96 100

7722 526 92 109 31 48 4 0 0 8532

0 0 0 6 18 144 58 5 8301 8532

0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 97 100

26846 2505 414 311 45 187 6 0 0 30314

0 0 0 68 117 830 564 28 28707 30314

0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 95 100

36807 3188 571 464 88 260 10 0 0 41388

89 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 85 140 1020 655 33 39455 41388

0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 95 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.12674 Coimbatore Chennai - Cheran Express is mainly from Coimbatore i.e., 89% and 8% for Tiruppur. However, the distance between TUP and CBE is only 50 Kms. and the fare difference will be only ` 15 for SL, ` 42 for 3A, ` 65 for 2A and ` 115 for 1A. 2. There is only 1% of boarding patronage from ED, SA and KPD and 2% patronage each for KPD and AJJ for de-boarding which are also very negligible. 3. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in one fare sector and the charging of fare can be done for one sector i.e., MAS to CBE for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to CBE.

Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.16669 - MAS - ED - Yercaud Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board Deboard % De board Board 2A % De board Deboard Board 3A Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard % Total Deboard

MAS PER TRL AJJ SHU WJR KPD GYM AB VN JTJ TPT MAP BDY BQI SA SGE ED Total

289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 289

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 3 92 10 178 289

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 32 3 62 100

3530 15 5 11 1 3 20 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3595

0 0 0 0 0 1 19 1 0 0 13 2 23 0 23 1095 137 2281 3595

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 30 4 63 100

4141 6 6 19 0 3 37 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 4223

0 0 0 0 1 0 55 6 1 15 18 8 49 0 20 1137 140 2773 4223

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 3 66 100

30628 74 319 433 12 92 382 14 13 5 43 8 1 0 2 11 0 0 32037

0 0 0 0 0 6 136 9 38 24 75 78 533 17 293 7833 1459 21536 32037

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 24 5 67 100

38588 95 330 463 13 98 439 16 14 7 46 9 1 0 9 16 0 0 40144

96 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 1 7 210 16 39 39 108 88 609 17 339 10157 1746 26768 40144

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 25 4 67 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.16669 Chennai Erode Yercaud Express is mainly for Salem (25%) and Erode (67%). There is only 2% of patronage for Morappur and 1% for Bommidi which are very negligible. 2. Since more than 25% patronage is recorded for the sections before and up to Salem, it will not be appropriate to merge the total distance in one sector. 3. The entire section needs be divided in to two sectors for fare fixing purpose for this train. i.e., a. Chennai (MAS) to Salem (SA) for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to SA,(the patronage up to Salem is negligible) and b. Chennai (MAS) to Erode (ED) for all passengers booking from and between MAS to SGE or ED. 4. Thus this train will have two unit charges as sector fare for various classes for the reserved night travel. 5. If the section between SA and ED attracts passengers for end portion travel, as residual travel, special discounted fare concept to be adopted.

Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.16670 - ED - MAS Yercaud Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board Deboard % De board Board 2A Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard % Total Deboard

ED SGE SA BQI BDY MAP SLY TPT JTJ VN AB GYM KPD WJR AJJ TRL PER MAS Total

111 8 124 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 252

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 249 252

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 100

2208 125 1131 18 0 30 0 2 17 1 0 0 6 0 29 0 0 0 3567

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 12 0 14 3531 3567

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 100

2443 146 1334 38 1 82 0 11 30 2 4 4 61 0 50 1 0 0 4207

0 0 0 5 0 1 0 7 8 3 2 6 53 7 20 10 9 4076 4207

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 97 100

21424 1487 7873 308 26 543 9 119 127 21 41 7 141 0 22 0 0 0 32148

0 0 0 6 0 8 3 26 41 13 23 21 349 67 355 214 109 30913 32148

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 96 100

26186 1766 10462 371 27 657 9 132 174 24 45 11 208 0 101 1 0 0 40174

65 4 26 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 11 0 9 3 34 50 18 25 29 407 75 387 225 132 38769 40174

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 97 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.16670 Erode Chennai - Yercaud Express is mainly from Erode (65%) and Salem (26%). There is 4% of patronage from Sankaridurg (SGE), 1% from Bommidi (BQI) and 2% from Morappur (MAP) which are very negligible. 2. Hence, the entire section is to be divided into two, the same way done for the other pair train ie. T.no.16669. 3. The two sectors are ED to MAS, which will include SGE, SA to MAS, for all the passengers booking from and between SA and MAS.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No.16177 - MAS - TPJ - KMU - Rockfort Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date: 31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board De board % De board Board 2A De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board FC De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

MS MBM TBM TMV VM VRI ALU KKPM LLI SRGM TPTN GOC TPJ TRB CGL TJ PML KMU TOTAL

566 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 582

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 361 10 0 121 1 79 582

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 62 2 0 21 0 14 100

4161 22 154 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 4355

0 0 0 0 3 11 24 17 14 209 13 0 3208 70 3 426 3 354 4355

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 74 2 0 10 0 8 100

3957 15 159 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 6 0 0 0 4167

0 0 0 0 5 36 36 15 14 208 11 1 2811 96 0 558 6 370 4167

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 67 2 0 13 0 9 100

762 7 52 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 828

0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 3 31 0 0 493 25 0 169 0 89 828

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 60 3 0 20 0 11 100

23215 244 2125 14 29 3 1 0 0 4 4 0 161 12 259 9 0 0 26080

0 0 0 3 19 318 284 69 376 1681 100 34 14895 612 1 4381 144 3163 26080

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 57 2 0 17 1 12 100

32661 288 2504 14 49 3 1 0 0 4 4 0 187 12 276 9 0 0 36012

91 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 3 27 365 353 113 407 2136 124 35 21768 813 4 5655 154 4055 36012

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 60 2 0 16 0 11 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.16177 Chennai Trichy Kumbakonam Rockfort Express is mainly for THREE pairs of points. (1) MS TO TPJ (Trichy) 60%, (2) MS TO TJ (Thanjavur) 16% and (3) MS TO KMU (Kumbakonam) 11%. 2. This train constitutes two individual trains, one portion RUNS up to Trichy(TPJ) and the SECOND portion runs separately and continuously to KUMBAKONAM( KMU). 3. There is 16% of patronage for Thanjavur and the distance between Thanjavur and Kumbakonam is only 40 Kms. and the fare difference will be only ` 13 for SL, ` 33 for 3A, ` 43 for FC, ` 53 for 2A and ` 92 for 1A. i.e., the difference of fare for these two destinations are meager and negligible. These two sectors need to be merged in to one sector for fare fixing for this train, i.e,. MS TO KMU, for the journey beyond TPJ. 4. MS to TPJ section wholly serves to TPJ ONLY, THE Visibility of SRGM is part of TPJ only, hence the entire section of MS &TPJ shall be treated as single fare sector for this train. 5. Accordingly this train will have two fare sectors i.e., a. Chennai (MS) to Trichy (TPJ) for all the passengers booking from and between MS to TPJ and b. Chennai (MS) to Kumbakonam (KMU) for all passengers booking from and between MS to KMU for bookings beyond TPJ.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No.16178 - KMU - TPJ - MS - Rockfort Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date: 31-5-2012
1A Station Code Board De board % De board Board 2A De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board FC De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

KMU PML TJ BAL TRB TPJ GOC TPTN SRGM LLI KKPM ALU PNDM VRI VM TMV CGL TBM MBM MS TOTAL

115 0 88 0 83 217 0 1 11 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 522

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14 2 499 522

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 96 100

510 7 524 17 300 2725 0 9 205 16 17 28 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 4372

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 4 111 34 4203 4372

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 96 100

525 4 582 11 235 2546 4 10 252 30 5 32 1 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 4276

0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19 192 37 3993 4276

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 93 100

104 1 188 2 169 284 0 0 27 4 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 789

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 46 3 738 789

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 94 100

3738 166 5345 377 966 13951 15 97 1742 369 100 205 8 211 5 0 0 0 0 0 27295

0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16 25 24 310 2076 399 24312 27295

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 89 100

4992 178 6727 407 1753 19723 19 117 2237 423 125 270 11 254 18 0 0 0 0 0 37254

13 0 18 1 5 53 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 16 52 27 335 2439 475 33745 37254

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 91 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.16178 Kumbakonam Trichy Chennai - Rockfort Express is mainly from THREE pairs of points i.e., Kumbakonam (13%), Thanjavur (18%), and Trichy (53%). Even though there is 18% of patronage from Thanjavur the distance between Kumbakonam and Thanjavur is only 40 Kms. and the fare difference will be only ` 13 for SL, ` 33 for 3A, ` 43 for FC, ` 53 for 2A and ` 92 for 1A. 2. Hence, the entire section is to be divided into two, the same way done for the other pair train ie. T.no.16177. The two sectors are a. Kumbakonam (KMU) to Chennai (MS) for all the passengers booking from and between KMU to TPJ & b. Trichy (TPJ) to Chennai (MS) for all passengers booking from and between TPJ to MS for bookings beyond TPJ.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12637 - MS - MDU - Pandian Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board De board % De board Board 2A De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board FC De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board % Total Board Total De board % Total De board

MS TBM CGL VM VRI TPJ MPA DG ABI KQN MDU Total

862 9 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 874

0 0 0 0 0 20 1 103 1 158 591 874

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 18 68 100

2300 46 13 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2366

0 0 0 0 0 66 11 277 6 267 1739 2366

0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 11 73 100

8340 253 62 30 0 17 7 0 0 0 0 8709

0 0 0 0 0 256 35 1066 44 1004 6304 8709

0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 1 12 72 100

834 52 0 8 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 904

0 0 0 0 0 37 18 100 10 44 695 904

0 0 0 0 0 4 2 11 1 5 77 100

28694 1810 415 226 49 59 7 1 0 0 0 31261

0 0 0 0 0 649 267 5882 271 1681 22511 31261

0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19 1 5 72 100

41030 2170 490 268 49 80 25 2 0 0 0 44114

93 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 0 1028 332 7428 332 3154 31840 44114

0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 1 7 72 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12637 Chennai Madurai Pandian Express is mainly for Dindigul (DG) (17%), Kodaikanal Road (KQN) (7%) and Madurai (MDU) (72%). Even though there is patronage for KQN the distance between KQN and MDU is only 40 Kms. and due to this the difference in fare would be very meager and negligible. Hence, these two sectors need to be merged in to one sector for fare fixing for this train, i.e., MS TO MDU, for the journey beyond DG. 2. There is 2% patronage of passengers for Trichy (TPJ) and the distance between TPJ and DG is 95 Kms. The difference in fare from MS to TPJ and MS to DG will be only ` 30 for SL, ` 84 for 3A, ` 109 for FC, ` 131 for 2A and ` 230 for 1A which is very minimum. 3. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors i.e., a. Chennai (MS) to Dindugal (DG) for all the passengers booking from and between MS to DG & b. Chennai (MS) to Madurai (MDU) for all passengers booking from and between MS to MDU for bookings beyond DG to MDU.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12638 - MDU - MS - Pandian Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Statio n Code Boar d 1A De boar d 2A % de boar d Board De board % de boar d Board 3A De board % de boar d Boar d FC De boar d SL % de boar d Board De board % de boar d Total Board % Total Boar d Total Deboar d % Total deboar d

MDU KQN ABI DG MPA TPJ VRI VM CGL TBM MBM MS Total

603 103 0 103 4 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 854

0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 15 0 835 854

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 98 100

170 8 180 6 209 5 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 3

0 0 0 0 4 15 0 8 5 30 6 217 5 224 3

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 97 100

608 9 695 62 120 5 37 352 4 3 2 0 0 0 844 9

0 0 0 0 1 36 8 7 29 262 48 805 8 844 9

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 95 100

680 24 14 124 11 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 903

0 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 1 38 2 851 903

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 94 100

2181 4 1332 428 5846 302 834 29 3 0 0 0 0 3058 8

0 0 0 0 10 81 57 128 311 1651 93 2825 7 3058 8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 92 100

3089 4 2334 510 7487 359 1412 33 6 2 0 0 0 4303 7

72 5 1 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 21 138 68 143 346 1996 149 40176 43037

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 93 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12638 Madurai Chennai Pandian Express is mainly from Madurai (MDU) (72%), Kodaikanal Road (KQN) (5%) and Dindigul (DG) (17%). Even though there is patronage from KQN the distance between KQN and MDU is only 40 Kms. and due to this the difference in fare would be very meager and negligible. Hence, these two sectors need to be merged in to one sector for fare fixing for this train, i.e., MDU to MS. 2. There is 3% patronage of passengers from Trichy (TPJ) and the distance between DG and TPJ is 95 Kms. The difference in fare from DG to MS and TPJ to MS will be only ` 30 for SL, ` 84 for 3A, ` 109 for FC, ` 131 for 2A and ` 230 for 1A which is very minimum. 3. Hence, the entire section is to be divided into two, the same way done for the other pair train ie. T.no.12637. The two sectors are a. Madurai (MDU) to Chennai (MS) for all the passengers booking from and between MDU to DG & b. DG to MS for all the passengers booking from and between MDU and MS for bookings beyond DG.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.16222 - MAS - SBC - MYS - Kaveri Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 2A Board De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard % Total Deboard

MAS TRL AJJ AVN SHU WJR KPD AB JTJ KPN BWT WFD KJM BNCE BNC SBC KGI BID RMGM CPT MAD MYA PANP S MYS TOTAL

2827 1 10 0 0 2 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2937

0 0 4 0 1 0 35 0 7 0 4 8 51 0 20 1409 10 3 0 0 3 10 3 0 1369 2937

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 100

3935 9 42 0 0 9 117 1 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4191

0 0 29 0 0 1 158 4 50 0 8 5 100 4 44 1779 8 6 0 3 0 13 4 8 1967 4191

0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 100

29675 466 811 0 26 229 1346 160 109 16 0 7 10 2 0 347 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33204

0 0 20 1 9 14 228 33 60 39 174 213 1592 36 467 16565 127 46 55 78 73 210 44 15 13105 33204

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 100

36437 476 863 0 26 240 1520 161 119 16 2 7 10 2 1 452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40332

90 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 53 1 10 15 421 37 117 39 186 226 1743 40 531 19753 145 55 55 81 76 233 51 23 16441 40332

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 49 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 41 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 16222 Chennai Bangalore Mysore - Kaveri Express is mainly for Bangalore (49%), and Mysore (41%). Even though there is 4% patronage of passengers from KPD the distance between MAS & KPD is 130 Kms. 2. The difference in fare from MAS SBC and KPD SBC would be ` 41 for SL, ` 115 for 3A and ` 93 for 2A and the difference in fare from MAS MYS and KPD MYS would be ` 39 for SL, ` 109 for 3A and ` 170 for 2A which are very minimal. 3. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors i.e., a. Chennai (MAS) to Bangalore (SBC) for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to SBC & b. Chennai (MAS) to Mysore (MYS) for all passengers booking from and between MAS to MYS for bookings beyond SBC. 4. Here for the residual travel between SBC to MYS, the special fare concept is to be adopted as more than 50% of the berths are vacant from SBC.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.16221 - MYS - SBC - MAS - Kaveri Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 2A Board De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard % Total Deboard

MYS S PANP MYA MAD CPT RMGM KGI SBC BNC KJM WFD BWT KPN JTJ AB KPD WJR SHU AVN AJJ TRL PER MAS TOTAL

1316 1 3 4 5 0 0 176 1407 60 26 2 0 1 14 0 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 3030

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 40 5 0 0 20 4 2 2951 3030

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 97 100

1800 18 1 17 8 1 3 265 1974 73 54 14 2 2 15 1 33 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 4292

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 68 15 2 0 59 20 2 4104 4292

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 96 100

13089 24 50 258 122 68 66 796 19131 840 941 131 65 43 57 15 58 3 0 0 16 2 0 0 35775

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 733 13 20 1 8 10 84 141 1022 396 41 1 1020 447 130 31703 35775

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 89 100

16205 43 54 279 135 69 69 1237 22512 973 1021 147 67 46 86 16 99 4 0 0 33 2 0 0 43097

38 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 52 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 746 17 23 1 10 10 89 144 1130 416 43 1 1099 471 134 38758 43097

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 90 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 16221 Mysore Bangalore Chennai - Kaveri Express is mainly from Mysore (38%) and Bangalore (52%) and the major de-boarding of 94% is in Chennai area (upto AJJ). Even though there is 3% patronage of passengers for KPD the distance between KPD & MAS is 130 Kms. The difference in fare from SBC KPD and SBC MAS would be ` 41 for SL, ` 115 for 3A and ` 93 for 2A and the difference in fare from MYS KPD and MYS MAS would be ` 39 for SL, ` 109 for 3A and ` 170 for 2A which are very minimal. 2. There is 3% boarding from KGI which is only 13 Kms. from SBC. Hence KGI & SBC can be merged into one Sector. The KGI passengers can pay the fare from SBC but allowed to board from KGI. 3. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors, i.e., a. Mysore (MYS) to Chennai (MAS) for all the passengers booking from and between MYS to SBC and b. Bangalore (SBC) to Chennai (MAS) for all passengers booking from and between SBC to MAS.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12671 - MAS - CBE - MTP - Nilagiri Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board De board % De board Board 2A De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard % Total Deboard

MAS AJJ KPD SA ED TUP CBF CBE MTP TOTAL

909 0 32 0 0 0 0 8 0 949

0 0 0 13 6 25 0 424 481 949

0 0 0 1 1 3 0 45 51 100

3297 28 96 12 4 0 0 40 0 3477

0 0 0 16 46 92 0 2056 1267 3477

0 0 0 0 1 3 0 59 36 100

7881 153 231 13 18 0 0 54 0 8350

0 0 0 49 54 183 0 3593 4471 8350

0 0 0 1 1 2 0 43 54 100

22777 539 1412 97 56 0 0 186 0 25067

0 0 7 249 519 926 9 14948 8409 25067

0 0 0 1 2 4 0 60 34 100

34864 720 1771 122 78 0 0 288 0 37843

92 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 100

0 0 7 327 625 1226 9 21021 14628 37843

0 0 0 1 2 3 0 56 39 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12671 Chennai Coimbatore Mettupalayam Nilagiri Express is mainly for Coimbatore (56%) and Mettupalayam (39%). 2. This train constitutes two individual trains, one portion RUNS up to Coimbatore (CBE) and the SECOND portion runs separately and continuously to Mettupalayam (MTP). 3. There is only 1% of patronage for Salem, 2% for Erode which are very negligible. There is 3% of patronage for Tiruppur but the distance between Tiruppur and Coimbatore is only 50 Kms. and the fare difference will be only ` 15 for SL, ` 42 for 3A, ` 65 for 2A and ` 115 for 1A. 4. As Nilagiri Mountain Railway has entirely a different system of charging of fare i.e., on inflated distance basis, through reservations beyond MTP need not be considered. Ticketing between MTP and UAM may be done separately, if necessary. 5. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors. i.e., a. Chennai (MAS) to Coimbatore (CBE) for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to CBE and b. Chennai (MAS) to Mettupalayam (MTP) for all passengers booking from and between MAS to MTP for bookings beyond CBE.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train Np.12672 - MTP - CBE - MAS - Nilagiri Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 1A Board De board % De board Board 2A De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board % Total Board Total Deboard % Total Deboard

MTP CBE TUP ED SA KPD AJJ MAS TOTAL

663 211 25 27 13 0 0 0 940

0 1 0 2 0 23 0 914 940

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 97 100

1945 1415 114 128 71 5 0 0 3678

0 40 0 1 1 23 18 3595 3678

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 98 100

5750 2225 282 211 80 12 7 0 8567

0 32 2 18 32 103 39 8341 8567

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 97 100

8135 14280 2012 1121 610 21 0 0 26179

0 75 3 71 93 358 377 25202 26179

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 96 100

16494 18131 2433 1487 774 38 7 0 39364

42 46 6 4 2 0 0 0 100

0 148 5 92 126 507 434 38052 39364

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 97 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12672 Mettupalayam Coimbatore Chennai Nilagiri Express is mainly from Mettupalayam (41%) Coimbatore (46%) and 6% from Tiruppur. However, the distance between Coimbatore and Tiruppur is only 50 Kms. and the fare difference will be only ` 15 for SL, ` 42 for 3A, ` 65 for 2A and ` 115 for 1A. 2. There is only 4% & 2% of patronage from Erode and Salem respectively. The distance between CBE and ED is 100 Kms. As Tiruppur and Coimbatore have been merged into one Sector the difference in fare between ED to MAS and TUP to MAS will be only ` 16 for SL, `42 for 3A, ` 66 for 2A and ` 115 for 1A which is very minimum. 3. As Nilagiri Mountain Railway has entirely a different system of charging of fare i.e., on inflated distance basis, through reservations from UAM & ONR need not be considered. There is negligible 1% booking from UAM and ONR and hence it is suggested that the passengers may purchase a separate ticket from UAM & ONR upto MTP and the reservations should commence only from MTP and beyond. 4. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors i.e., a. Mettupalayam (MTP) to Chennai (MAS) for all the passengers booking from and between MTP to CBE and b. Coimbatore (CBE) to Chennai (MAS) for all passengers booking from and between CBE to MAS.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No.12631 - MS - TEN - Nellai Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date: 31-5-2012
Station Code 2A Board De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board FC De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

MS TBM CGL MLMR TMV VM VRI TPJ DG SDN MDU VPT SRT CVP TEN TOTAL

1528 53 11 4 3 16 4 3 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 1640

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 0 399 84 17 183 913 1640

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24 5 1 11 56 100

7891 487 74 26 9 30 1 10 3 0 145 0 0 2 0 8678 0 0 0 0 6 3 16 204 4 1461 368 88 1447 5081 8678

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 4 1 17 59 100

840 54 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 99 17 15 170 587 900

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2 2 19 65 100

31130 2117 621 141 49 222 50 84 42 0 502 34 2 5 0 34999 0 0 0 3 51 43 95 690 122 3721 2047 760 7751 19716 34999

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 6 2 22 56 100

41389 2711 708 171 61 269 55 97 45 0 668 34 2 7 0 46217

90 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 3 57 46 113 948 126 5680 2516 880 9551 26297 46217

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 5 2 21 57 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12631 Chennai Tirunelveli Nellai Express is mainly for Madurai (12%), Virudunagar (5%), Kovilpatti (21%) and Tirunelveli (57%). The distance between Madurai & Virudunagar is 43 Kms. and between Kovilpatti & Tirunelveli is 65 Kms. Hence MDU & VPT have been merged into one Sector and CVP and TEN have been merged into another Sector. The difference in fare would be very minimal considering the distance between these two pair of points. 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors i.e., a. Chennai (MS) to Virudunagar (VPT) for all the passengers booking from and between MS to VPT and b. Chennai (MS) to Tirunelveli (TEN) for all passengers booking from and between MS to TEN for bookings beyond VPT.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No.12632 - TEN MS - Nellai Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date: 31-5-2012
Station Code 2A Board De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board FC De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

TEN CVP SRT VPT MDU SDN DG TPJ VRI VM TMV MLMR CGL TBM MBM MS TOTAL

1073 98 10 35 312 1 53 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1593

0 0 0 0 10 0 0 23 0 6 0 3 9 67 1 1474 1593

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 93 100

5848 875 120 316 1172 7 151 80 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8573

0 0 1 0 145 0 4 60 0 9 3 13 78 446 40 7774 8573

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 91 100

696 78 7 9 66 2 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 872

0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13 68 0 777 872

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 89 100

23111 5400 717 1756 2264 107 555 151 10 13 0 0 3 0 0 0 34087

0 1 0 5 528 0 65 189 20 116 36 106 548 2326 131 30016 34087

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 88 100

30728 6451 854 2116 3814 117 772 242 10 15 2 0 3 1 0 0 45125

68 14 2 5 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 1 1 5 693 0 69 272 20 133 39 124 648 2907 172 40041 45125

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 89 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12632 Tirunelveli Chennai Nellai Express is mainly from Tirunelveli (68%), Kovilpatti (14%), Virudunagar (5%) and Madurai (8%). The distance between Tirunelveli and Kovilpatti is 65 Kms. and Virudunagar & Madurai is 43 Kms. Hence TEN & CVP have been merged into one Sector and VPT and MDU have been merged into another Sector. The difference in fare would be very minimal considering the distance between these two pair of points. 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors i.e., a. Tirunelveli (TEN) to Chennai (MS) for all the passengers booking from and between TEN to VPT and b. Virudunagar (VPT) to Chennai (MS) for all passengers booking from VPT and beyond.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12633 - MS-CAPE - Kanyakumari Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
1A Station Code Board De board % De board Board 2A De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

MS TBM CGL MLMR TMV VM VRI TPJ DG MDU VPT SRT CVP TEN VLY NCJ CAPE TOTAL

296 23 2 0 0 13 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 348

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 8 10 2 0 7 114 12 127 50 348

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 33 3 36 14 100

3364 147 49 8 6 44 4 154 3 77 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3858

0 0 0 0 0 16 7 138 26 93 16 14 37 943 186 1534 848 3858

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 24 5 40 22 100

5664 415 71 17 7 102 45 274 9 128 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6734

0 0 0 0 0 73 38 219 36 205 36 16 62 1283 374 2869 1523 6734

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 19 6 43 23 100

27179 2771 747 171 126 608 225 1139 55 682 9 1 2 38 0 0 0 33753

0 0 1 0 26 281 271 786 166 787 189 135 793 6983 3402 13967 5966 33753

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 21 10 41 18 100

36503 3356 869 196 139 767 276 1579 67 887 9 2 2 38 2 1 0 44693

82 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 1 0 26 371 316 1160 236 1095 243 165 899 9323 3974 18497 8387 44693

0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 21 9 41 19 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12633 Chennai Kanyakumari Kanyakumari Express is mainly for Tirunelveli (21%), Nagercoil (41%) & Kanyakumari (19%). However, the distance between Nagercoil and Kanyakumari is only 15 Kms. Hence NCJ & CAPE have been merged into one Sector. The difference in fare would be very minimal considering the distance between these two pair of points. 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors i.e., a. Chennai (MS) to Tirunelveli (TEN) for all the passengers booking from and between MS to TEN and b. Chennai (MS) to Kanyakumari (CAPE) for all passengers booking from and between MS to CAPE for bookings beyond TEN.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12634 - CAPE - MS- Kanyakumari Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
1A Station Code Board Deboard % De board Board 2A Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

CAPE NCJ VLY TEN CVP SRT VPT MDU DG TPJ VRI VM TMV MLMR CGL TBM MBM MS TOTAL

30 94 12 100 5 0 4 55 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 306

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 23 1 276 306

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 90 100

699 1352 104 1008 19 14 32 405 47 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3699

0 0 0 0 4 0 0 93 0 57 2 17 5 2 24 126 3 3366 3699

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 91 100

1519 2828 397 755 75 53 83 848 112 49 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6727

0 0 0 0 1 0 10 272 7 103 7 33 0 23 75 384 9 5803 6727

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 86 100

5816 14071 3173 4946 882 302 579 1964 285 168 12 18 3 4 0 0 0 0 32223

0 0 0 0 13 6 16 984 82 330 96 331 37 116 636 2237 126 27213 32223

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 0 84 100

8064 18345 3686 6809 981 369 698 3272 449 236 14 25 3 4 0 0 0 0 42955

19 43 9 16 2 1 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 18 6 26 1349 89 492 105 383 42 141 737 2770 139 36658 42955

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 85 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12634 Kanyakumari Chennai Kanyakumari Express is mainly from Kanyakumari (19%), Nagercoil (43%) & Tirunelveli (16%). The distance between Kanyakumari and Nagercoil is only 15 Kms. and the difference in fare would be very minimal and so CAPE & NCJ have been merged into one fare sector. 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in two fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for two sectors i.e., a. Kanyakumari (CAPE) to Chennai (MS) for all the passengers booking from and between CAPE to TEN and b. Tirunelveli (TEN) to Chennai (MS) for all passengers booking from and between TEN to MS for bookings beyond TEN.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No. 16723 -MS-TVC-Ananthapuri Express

From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date: 31-5-2012

1A Station Code Board Deboard % De board Board 2A Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

MS TBM CGL MMK MLMR TMV VM VRI TPJ DG KQN MDU TMQ VPT SRT CVP KDU MEJ TEN NNN VLY AAY NCJ ERL KZT PASA NYY TVC TOTAL

278 22 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 323

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 34 2 1 0 2 0 0 158 3 7 0 33 0 12 1 4 61 323

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 1 2 0 10 0 4 0 1 19 100

640 57 12 0 0 0 27 5 39 3 4 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 836

0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 5 10 54 2 15 5 16 2 0 187 15 27 0 167 13 75 3 7 220 836

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 0 2 1 2 0 0 22 2 3 0 20 2 9 0 1 26 100

5414 514 131 4 9 5 133 44 97 17 4 91 1 8 4 10 0 0 90 21 6 1 18 0 2 0 0 0 6624

0 0 0 0 0 5 34 19 69 44 48 281 12 62 34 139 9 8 2113 189 280 32 1441 144 591 34 16 1020 6624

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 32 3 4 0 22 2 9 1 0 15 100

24623 2743 848 79 155 142 673 251 386 57 3 493 12 104 44 72 2 2 566 19 11 13 70 0 16 0 3 0 31387

0 0 0 0 1 16 162 159 182 188 63 867 93 492 351 1112 211 57 9313 1421 2219 178 5762 786 4327 222 168 3037 31387

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 4 1 0 30 5 7 1 18 3 14 1 1 10 100

30955 3336 995 83 164 147 837 300 524 79 11 610 13 113 48 82 2 2 671 50 20 14 93 0 18 0 3 0 39170

79 9 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 1 21 199 180 261 237 124 1236 109 570 390 1269 222 65 11771 1628 2533 210 7403 943 5005 260 195 4338 39170

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 30 4 6 1 19 2 13 1 0 11 100

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1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 16723 Chennai Egmore (MS) to Trivandrum (TVC) Ananthapuri Express is mainly for Tirunelveli (30%), Nagercoil (19%) & Trivandrum (11%). Even though there is 13% patronage for Kuzhiturai (KZT) the distance between KZT and TVC is only 38 Kms. and the fare difference will be very minimal. 2. Hence, a. b. c. the entire journey distance fits in three fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for three fare sectors i.e., MS to TEN for all the passengers booking from and between MS to TEN MS to Nagercoil (NCJ) for all passengers booking from and between MS to NCJ for destinations beyond TEN. & MS to TVC for all passengers booking from and between MS to TVC for destinations beyond NCJ.

3. Here for the residual travel between TEN to TVC & NCJ to TVC, which is during day time, the special fare (discounted) concept is to be adopted as more than 30% & 60% of the berths are vacant from TEN & NCJ respectively.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No.16041 MAS-ALP - Alleppey Express

From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date: 31-5-2012

2A Station Code MAS AJJ KPD JTJ SA ED TUP PTJ PGT OTP WKI PNQ TCR IJK CKI DINR AFK AWY IPL ERN ERS TUVR SRTL ALLP TOTAL Board 3076 20 22 3 7 5 5 12 25 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 3190 Deboard 0 6 10 9 4 4 24 30 446 58 4 2 865 28 88 2 47 140 10 452 631 3 30 297 3190 % De board 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 2 0 0 27 1 3 0 1 4 0 14 20 0 1 9 100 Board 6308 29 74 5 16 1 17 12 92 33 0 5 68 0 5 0 6 3 0 10 25 0 0 0 6709 3A Deboard 0 15 51 11 6 11 70 35 774 117 9 10 2016 85 169 19 91 387 19 873 1181 11 87 662 6709 % De board 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 2 0 0 30 1 3 0 1 6 0 13 18 0 1 10 100 Board 884 7 8 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 910 FC Deboard 0 0 0 0 17 6 7 12 70 6 3 0 261 24 19 2 15 37 0 118 214 0 9 90 910 % De board 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 29 3 2 0 2 4 0 13 24 0 1 10 100 Board 30459 387 491 41 80 17 37 41 415 61 5 10 180 4 11 0 0 13 0 40 29 0 0 0 32321 SL Deboard 0 8 41 25 75 156 340 294 3653 930 207 4 11578 904 1318 198 604 1975 32 2425 3842 68 502 3142 32321 % De board 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 3 1 0 36 3 4 1 2 6 0 8 12 0 2 10 100 Total Board 40727 443 595 53 103 24 60 65 532 97 5 15 258 4 16 0 6 16 0 51 60 0 0 0 43130 Total % Board 94 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 Total Deboard 0 29 102 45 102 177 441 371 4943 1111 223 16 14720 1041 1594 221 757 2539 61 3868 5868 82 628 4191 43130 Total % Deboard 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 3 1 0 34 2 4 1 2 6 0 9 14 0 1 10 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 16041 Chennai (MAS) Alleppey (ALLP) Alleppey Express is mainly for Palakad (11%), Thrisur (34%), Ernakulam (23%) & Alleppey (10%). 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in four distance Sectors for fare structure and the charging of fare can be done for four Sectors a. MAS to PGT for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to PGT, b. MAS to Thrisur (TCR) for all passengers booking from and between MAS to TCR for destinations beyond PGT. c. MAS to ERS for all passengers booking from and between MAS to ERS for destinations beyond TCR & d. MAS to Alleppey (ALLP) for all passengers booking from and between MAS to ALLP for destinations beyond ERS. 3. Here for the residual travel between TCR to ALLP, which is during day time, the special fare (discounted) concept is to be adopted as more than 50% of the berths are vacant from TCR.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No.16042 - ALLP-MAS - Alleppey Express

From Date: 1-5-2012

2A Station Code Board Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board FC Deboard

To Date: 31-5-2012
SL % De board Board Deboard % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

ALLP SRTL TUVR ERS ERN AWY AFK DINR CKI IJK TCR PNQ WKI OTP PGT PTJ TUP ED SA JTJ KPD AJJ AVD PER MAS TOTAL

289 41 3 636 356 114 35 6 49 55 717 5 10 94 522 58 64 47 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3107

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 11 2 9 9 8 22 21 10 6 2980 3107

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 96 100

708 130 26 1210 749 435 93 14 151 136 1654 11 26 268 679 67 84 59 18 2 3 5 6 0 0 6534

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 63 144 25 13 15 31 1 46 32 23 28 6108 6534

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 93 100

72 14 0 201 72 45 12 0 13 34 200 0 2 21 83 12 12 11 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 820

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 3 3 9 6 2 4 784 820

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 96 100

3025 612 109 4265 1733 2621 626 113 1651 1016 9734 8 331 2013 3346 213 299 215 60 1 24 1 1 0 0 32017

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 56 285 104 99 114 211 33 464 415 327 128 29768 32017

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 93 100

4094 797 138 6312 2910 3215 766 133 1864 1241 12305 24 369 2396 4630 350 459 332 100 3 27 6 7 0 0 42478

10 2 0 15 7 8 2 0 4 3 29 0 1 6 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 122 459 143 114 140 254 45 541 474 362 166 39640 42478

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 93 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 16042 Alleppey (ALLP) to Chennai (MAS) Alleppey Express is mainly from ALLP (10%), ERS (15%), TCR(29%) & PGT(11%). 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in four distance Sectors for fare structure and the charging of fare can be done for four Sectors. A. ALLP to MAS for all passengers booking from and between ALLP to ERS, B. ERS to MAS for all passengers booking from and between ERS to TCR for destinations beyond ERS, C. TCR to MAS for all passengers booking from and between TCR to PGT for destinations beyond TCR and D. PGT to MAS for all passengers booking from and between PGT to MAS for destinations beyond PGT. 3. Here for the travel between ALLP to TCR & ERS to TCR, which is during day time, the special fare (discounted) concept is to be adopted as more than 90% & 80% of the berths are vacant from ALLP & ERS respectively.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report for Train No. 16724 - TVC - MS - Ananthapuri Express

From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date: 31-5-2012

1A Station Code Board Deboard % De board Board 2A Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

TVC NYY PASA KZT ERL NCJ AAY VLY NNN TEN MEJ KDU CVP SRT VPT TMQ MDU KQN DG TPJ VRI VM TMV MLMR MMK CGL TBM MBM MS TOTAL

74 0 0 11 3 39 1 6 1 72 0 0 1 0 0 0 104 7 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 330

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 34 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 8 10 0 267 330

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 81 100

275 10 0 108 14 113 0 24 7 88 0 1 2 7 11 0 178 9 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 858

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 4 0 2 0 77 0 1 53 4 38 4 1 0 17 45 7 591 858

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 5 1 69 100

1643 26 19 661 150 1364 19 252 135 1537 10 8 79 42 70 32 557 54 18 13 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6708

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 90 2 0 12 16 4 5 271 2 9 176 49 163 24 16 5 129 552 31 5144 6708

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 8 0 77 100

6552 222 329 5134 780 4284 198 1252 979 7077 42 173 991 348 570 205 5000 307 367 152 49 77 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 35095

0 0 0 4 1 102 3 22 11 843 20 4 106 100 220 45 2791 8 86 1213 417 1165 188 250 63 848 2868 120 23597 35095

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 2 8 0 67 100

8544 258 348 5914 947 5800 218 1534 1122 8774 52 182 1073 397 651 237 5839 377 396 176 59 82 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 42991

20 1 1 14 2 13 1 4 3 20 0 0 2 1 2 1 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 4 1 102 3 27 14 947 22 4 123 117 226 50 3173 10 96 1443 470 1370 220 267 68 1002 3475 158 29599 42991

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 2 8 0 69 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.16724 Trivandrum (TVC) to Chennai Egmore (MS) Ananthapuri Express is mainly from TVC(20%), NCJ(13%), TEN(20%) & MDU(14%). Even though there is 14% patronage from KZT the difference in distance between TVC to KZT is only 38 Kms and the fare difference is very minimal. 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in four distance Sectors for fare structure and the charging of fare can be done for four Sectors 1) TVC to MS for all the passengers booking from and between TVC to NCJ 2) NCJ to MS for all passengers booking from and between NCJ to TEN for destinations beyond NCJ 3) TEN to MS for all passengers booking from and between TEN to MDU for destinations beyond TEN and 4) MDU to MS for all passengers booking from and between MDU to MS for destinations beyond MDU.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No. 16627 MAS- MAQ West Coast Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
2A Station Code Board Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board FC Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

MAS AJJ WJR KPD JTJ TPT MAP BQI SA SGE ED TUP CBE PTJ PGT OTP SRR KTU TIR PGI CLT BDJ TLY CAN KPQ PAY CHV NLE KZE KGQ MAQ TOTAL

1545 30 2 42 5 3 15 6 119 2 77 18 317 8 156 3 51 17 3 2 36 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2462

0 2 0 33 29 13 21 8 353 11 110 49 251 3 126 2 22 6 11 1 195 31 19 131 4 31 2 1 31 29 937 2462

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 14 0 4 2 10 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 38 100

4200 41 11 121 56 16 55 3 465 5 239 123 1173 17 302 29 201 55 26 3 116 19 18 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7300

0 18 1 162 116 23 62 21 1173 25 277 137 896 36 237 30 87 26 23 6 380 66 137 257 19 93 13 35 39 66 2839 7300

0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 16 0 4 2 12 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 39 100

923 17 7 33 2 6 7 18 46 0 44 4 185 2 45 1 19 4 6 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1393

0 0 2 22 13 9 18 5 204 7 65 42 181 6 40 6 12 6 3 1 114 16 34 65 1 24 1 1 9 9 477 1393

0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 15 1 5 3 13 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 34 100

21137 796 213 1065 332 183 173 126 3190 91 2661 2409 6439 153 2248 212 1518 283 203 68 1190 191 58 35 11 12 0 2 1 0 0 45000

0 24 38 581 475 254 458 141 6598 184 1529 964 4212 129 1136 230 492 201 293 80 2607 383 638 1549 87 551 109 169 498 684 19706 45000

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 15 0 3 2 9 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 44 100

27805 884 233 1261 395 208 250 153 3820 98 3021 2554 8114 180 2751 245 1789 359 238 73 1366 210 78 39 11 16 0 2 2 0 0 56155

50 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 0 5 5 14 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 44 41 798 633 299 559 175 8328 227 1981 1192 5540 174 1539 268 613 239 330 88 3296 496 828 2002 111 699 125 206 577 788 23959 56155

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 15 0 4 2 10 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 43 100

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1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.16627 Chennai Central (MAS) to Mangalore (MAQ) Mangalore Express is mainly from MAS (50%), SA - TUP (22%) and CBE (14%), 2. Out of the 50% boarding at MAS nearly 35% de-boarding takes place between KPD and CBE. The major destinations are Salem (15%), Coimbatore (10%). 3. The journey between MAS & CBE is during day time and even though there is 15% patronage to SA the distance between SA and CBE is 163 Kms. and the difference in fare between MAS to SA & MAS to CBE ranges from ` 48 for SL to ` 210 for 2A. The Concept of Special Fare (discounted) may be adopted between MAS to CBE to attract more passengers between these two points. 4. Along with the 15% balance at CBE there is boarding of 47% totaling to 62% occupation from CBE and the major de-boarding is at Mangalore (43%) apart from Palghat (3%), Calicut (6%) & Cannanore (4%). 5. The distance between CLT & CAN is only 90 kms, and the difference in fare between MAS to CLT and MAS to CAN is very minimal. Hence CAN & CLT have been merged into one Sector for charging.

6. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in four distance Sectors for fare structure and the charging of fare can be done for four Sectors 1) MAS to CBE for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to CBE 2) MAS to Shoranur (SRR) for all passengers booking from and between MAS to SRR for destinations beyond CBE. 3) MAS to CAN for all passengers booking from and between MAS to CAN for destinations beyond SRR and 4) MAS to MAQ for all passengers booking from and between MAS to MAQ for destinations beyond CAN. 7. Apart from the above four distance Sectors, a separate distance Sector from CBE to MAQ for night journey is proposed.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No. 16628 MAQ-MAS- West Coast Express

From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012

2A Station Code Board Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board FC Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

MAQ KGQ KZE NLE CHV PAY KPQ CAN TLY BDJ CLT PGI TIR KTU SRR OTP PGT PTJ CBE TUP ED SGE SA BQI MAP TPT JTJ KPD WJR AJJ PER MAS TOTAL

885 34 34 6 4 74 16 110 72 14 99 1 5 1 11 0 20 12 160 49 127 11 245 0 8 2 11 29 0 2 0 0 2042

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33 5 132 23 317 38 60 1 54 3 2 3 5 19 4 39 0 1299 2042

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 16 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 64 100

2448 126 121 30 12 174 37 368 188 50 355 3 11 10 36 12 65 23 366 169 384 24 667 12 22 23 26 77 7 6 0 0 5852

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 12 93 25 277 26 938 143 188 8 121 1 11 15 12 82 8 72 6 3789 5852

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 16 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 65 100

328 9 17 4 0 26 1 67 42 13 96 1 4 0 3 2 8 3 66 26 29 4 53 0 2 4 9 10 0 0 0 0 827

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 42 6 159 7 21 0 6 0 1 0 0 19 0 23 0 530 827

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 19 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 64 100

14308 994 1095 217 238 974 370 1858 1031 586 2202 53 145 40 107 60 256 38 1109 988 1630 189 1995 19 131 77 74 164 16 0 0 0 30964

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 1 2 895 133 1212 211 6040 1885 1761 17 1007 23 44 99 105 530 99 1696 88 15101 30964

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 20 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 49 100

17969 1163 1267 257 254 1248 424 2403 1333 663 2752 58 165 51 157 74 349 76 1701 1232 2170 228 2960 31 163 106 120 280 23 8 0 0 39685

45 3 3 1 1 3 1 6 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 5 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 100

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 16 12 23 1028 164 1663 266 7454 2073 2030 26 1188 27 58 117 122 650 111 1830 94 20719 39685

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 19 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 52 100

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1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.16628 Mangalore (MAQ) to Chennai Central (MAS) Mangalore Express the boarding pattern is mainly as follows: a. MAQ to KPQ 57%; b. CAN to PGT 19%; c. CBE to SGE 13% and d. SA 7%. 2. The de-boarding pattern is mainly as follows: a. SRR to CBE 27%; b. TUP to SA 13%; c. JTJ to MAS 59% 3. Even though there is 7% patronage from CLT the distance between CAN and CLT is only 90 Kms. and the fare difference will be very minimal. 4. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in four distance Sectors for fare structure and the charging of fare can be done for four Sectors 1) MAQ to MAS for all the passengers booking from and between MAQ to CAN 2) CAN TO MAS for all passengers booking from and between CAN to CBE for destinations beyond CAN, 3) CBE to MAS for all passengers booking from and between CBE to SA for destinations beyond CBE, and 4) SA to MAS for all passengers booking from and between SA to MAS for destinations beyond SA.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12695 - MAS - TVC- Trivandrum Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 2A Board Deboard % De board Board 3A Deboard % De board Board FC Deboard % De board Board SL Deboard % De board Total Board Total % Boarded Total Deboard Total % Deboarded

MAS AJJ KPD VN JTJ SA ED TUP CBE PGT TCR ERN KTYM CGY TRVL CNGR MVLK KYJ QLN VAK TVC TOTAL

2744 38 173 1 9 80 37 21 494 50 36 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3706

0 2 52 3 11 228 117 68 369 33 161 377 195 45 74 199 47 86 205 29 1405 3706

0 0 1 0 0 6 3 2 10 1 4 10 5 1 2 5 1 2 6 1 38 100

5752 105 302 6 63 184 73 19 969 108 102 44 11 4 8 2 1 2 5 0 0 7760

0 1 101 12 12 502 288 140 605 115 394 759 553 74 173 525 125 266 497 80 2538 7760

0 0 1 0 0 6 4 2 8 1 5 10 7 1 2 7 2 3 6 1 33 100

788 11 39 1 8 23 11 4 28 5 8 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 933

0 0 3 0 4 55 12 13 48 7 73 180 104 13 34 55 3 26 52 11 240 933

0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 5 1 8 19 11 1 4 6 0 3 6 1 26 100

25495 979 2490 234 569 1599 1031 842 4709 343 571 142 67 7 4 27 9 13 8 0 0 39139

0 7 355 120 92 2601 1104 593 3382 621 1824 2750 2776 580 1121 4343 457 1314 2794 420 11885 39139

0 0 1 0 0 7 3 2 9 2 5 7 7 1 3 11 1 3 7 1 30 100

34779 1133 3004 242 649 1886 1152 886 6200 506 717 209 78 15 13 29 10 17 13 0 0 51538

67 2 6 0 1 4 2 2 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

0 10 511 135 119 3386 1521 814 4404 776 2452 4066 3628 712 1402 5122 632 1692 3548 540 16068 51538

0 0 1 0 0 7 3 2 9 2 5 8 7 1 3 10 1 3 7 1 31 100

1. The patronage of passengers for Train No.12695 Chennai Central (MAS) Trivandrum (TVC), Trivandrum Express for upto Coimbatore CBE (21%), upto Kottayam KTYM (22%), upto Chengannur CNGR (14%) & Trivandrum TVC (43%). 2. Even though there is 7% patronage for Salem (SA) the distance between SA and CBE is 163 Kms. and the difference in fare ranges between ` 48/- for SL to ` 210 for 2A. 3. Hence, it is suggested that the charging of fare can be done for four Sectors, 1) MAS to CBE for all the passengers booking from and between MAS to CBE, 2) MAS to KTYM for all passengers booking from and between MAS to KTYM for destinations beyond CBE, 3) MAS to KYJ for all passengers booking from and between MAS to KYJ for destinations beyond KTYM and 4) MAS to TVC for all passengers booking from and between MAS to TVC for destinations beyond KYJ. 4. Apart from the above four distance Sectors, a separate distance Sector from CBE to TVC for night journey is proposed.

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Station-wise and Class-wise List of Passengers and Demand Flow Report For Train No.12696 - TVC-MAS - Trivandrum Express From Date: 1-5-2012 To Date:31-5-2012
Station Code 2A Board De board % De board Board 3A De board % De board Board FC De board % De board Board SL De board % De board Total Board Total % Board Total Deboard Total % Deboard

TVC VAK QLN KYJ MVLK CNGR TRVL CGY KTYM ERN TCR PGT CBE TUP ED SA JTJ VN KPD AJJ MAS

1034 39 217 67 44 142 86 42 257 945 258 28 42 0 15 50 7 1 19 2 0

0 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 15 192 21 23 85 6 43 70 16 1 271 57 2487

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 8 2 75

2496 63 452 173 80 381 202 115 638 1590 598 36 100 12 15 146 6 1 50 0 0

0 0 5 1 3 13 17 13 75 541 64 90 193 35 102 203 44 1 520 65 5169

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 1 3 0 1 3 1 0 7 1 72

236 12 61 14 17 52 22 17 81 199 64 14 22 0 0 18 3 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 11 2 11 17 9 6 47 11 0 53 6 656

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 6 1 0 6 1 79

8552 400 2501 1093 410 3507 1067 530 3089 5588 3814 419 709 101 272 887 35 50 82 0 0

0 0 13 10 6 10 24 19 124 632 277 461 1084 799 1233 2193 443 207 2606 824 22141

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 4 7 1 1 8 2 67

12318 514 3231 1347 551 4082 1377 704 4065 8322 4734 497 873 113 302 1101 51 53 152 2 0

28 1 7 3 1 9 3 2 9 19 11 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 20 11 9 27 46 33 215 1376 364 585 1379 849 1384 2513 514 209 3450 952 30453

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 3 6 1 0 8 2 69

TOTAL 3295 3295 100 7154 7154 100 834 834 100 33106 33106 100 44389 100 44389 100 1. The patronage of passengers for Train No. 12696 Trivandrum Chennai Central Trivandrum Express is mainly from Trivandrum (28%), Chenganur (9%). Kottayam (9%), Ernakumalam Town (19%) and Trichur (11%). There is 7% patronage from QLN but the distance between QLN to TVC is 65 Kms. and the difference in fare between TVC to MAS & QLN to MAS ranges from ` 14 for SL to `.117 for 2A. Also, there is 19% patronage from ERN but the distance between KTYM and ERN is only 62 Kms. and the difference in fare between KTYM to MAS and ERN to MAS ranges from ` 14 for SL to `.117 for 2A. 2. Hence, the entire journey distance fits in four fare sectors and the charging of fare can be done for four sectors i.e., a. Trivandrum (TVC) to Chennai (MAS) for all the passengers booking from and between TVC to KYJ; b. Kayangulam (KYJ) to MAS for all passengers booking from and between KYJ to KTYM for destinations beyond KYJ. c. KTYM to MAS for all passengers booking from and between KTYM to TCR for destinations beyond KTYM. d. Trichur (TCR) to MAS for all passengers booking from and between TCR to MAS for destinations beyond TCR.

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OUTCOME OF THE ANALYSIS: ANALYSIS: The study of passenger patronage profile revealed that for trains starting from MAS/MS to various destinations the percentage of boarding is more than 90% at Originating Station and major deboarding is at two to four Sectors of stations, each within a radius of 75 Kms. Whereas in the return direction the boarding pattern is at two to four Sectors of stations with a radius of 75 Kms. each and the de-boarding at MAS/MS is more than 80%. Based on the passenger patronage, the train distance structure has been segregated to Single fare sector, two fare sectors, three fare sectors and four fare sectors for respective distance groups. Examples for each sector are given below:

SINGLE FARE SECTOR: SECTOR: Invariably trains running upto 350 kms and for certain trains running upto 500 kms the passenger patronage is point to point.

Train No.12657 99% of boarding is at Starting Station i.e, Chennai and 99% of the de-boarding at Terminating Station i.e, Bangalore. Train No.12658 98% of boarding is at Starting Station i.e, Bangalore and 99% of the de-boarding at Terminating Station i.e, Chennai.

Train No.12673 98% of boarding is at Starting Station i.e, Chennai and 95% of the de-boarding near Terminating Station i.e, Tiruppur and Coimbatore, within the radius of 50 Kms. Train No.12674 97% of boarding is near the Starting Station i.e, Coimbatore and Tiruppur, within the radius of 50 Kms. and 95% of the de-boarding is at the Terminating Station i.e, Chennai.

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TWO FARE SECTORS: SECTORS: For trains running between 375 and 500 kms the passenger patronage is predominantly is for 2 destinations. Hence grouping of passengers can be done in two fare sectors within the distance group.

Train No.16669 - 96% of the boarding is at Starting Station i.e., Chennai and major de-boarding is at two stations Salem (25%) and Erode (67%) whereas in the return direction for Train No.16670 major boarding is at Erode (65%) and Salem (26%) and de-boarding of 97% is at Terminating Station i.e., Chennai.

Train No.12637 98% of the boarding is at Starting Station i.e, Chennai (Tambaram, 5% boarding, a suburban station considered as Chennai for all purposes) and major de-boarding is at two stations Dindigul (17%) and Madurai (72%) whereas in the return direction for Train No.12638 major boarding is at Madurai (72%) and Dindigul (17%) and de-boarding of 98% is at Terminating Station i.e., Chennai (including suburban station of Tambaram 5%).

For trains running between 500 - 950 kms. the patronage is to mainly to stations that can be grouped into 3 or 4 fare sectors within a radius of 100 kms. For such trains the grouping of passengers can be done in 3 or 4 Sectors as deemed fit eg.

THREE FARE SECTORS: SECTORS: Train No.16723 91% of the boarding is at Starting Station i.e, Chennai (Tambaram 9% Chengalpattu 3% boarding, both suburban stations are considered as Chennai for all purposes) and major deboarding is at three stations Tirunelveli (30%), Nagercoil (19%), Kuzhithurai (13%) and Trivandrum (11%) and the balance distributed among various enroute stations for which the maximum de-boarding percentage is < 4%.
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FOUR FARE SECTORS: SECTORS: Train No.16041 94% of the boarding is at Starting Station i.e, Chennai and major de-boarding is at four stations Palghat (11%), Trichur (34%), Ernakulam (24%) and Alleppey (10%) balance

distributed within a radius of 100Kms. of the major de-boarding points whereas in the return direction for Train No.16042 major boarding is at Alleppey (10%), Ernakulam (15%), Trichur (29%) and Palghat (11%) and the balance at various enroute stations adjacent to the aforementioned major boarding points. Major de-boarding of 93% is at Terminating Station i.e, Chennai.

Train No.16627 54% of the boarding is between Chennai and Katpadi within the radius of 130 Kms., 32% at various enroute stations from Salem to Coimbatore and the balance boarding is between Coimbatore and Cannanore and major de-boarding of 35% between Jolarpettai and Coimbatore, 4% between Coimbatore and Shoranur, 13% between Shoranur and Cannanore and 46% between Cannanore and Mangalore. In the return direction for Train No.16628 57% of boarding is between Mangalore and Cannanore, 19% of boarding is between Cannanore and Coimbatore, 13% of boarding is between Coimbatore and Salem, 8% of boarding is between Salem and Katpadi and major de-boarding of 26% is between is between Cannanore and Coimbatore, 13% between Coimbatore and Salem and 60% between Salem and Chennai. This pattern is because major

portion of the travelling is during day time.

ADDITIONAL FARE SECTORS: SECTORS: In some long distance trains the journey involves both day as well as night travel. The patronage of passengers is separately 50 70% for the travel during day and 50 70% for the travel during night. To attract more patronage it is suggested that a special fare

(discounted) may be given for the travel during day and a separate fare sector from the point where the night journey commences to the

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destination of the train and the same has been indicated in the respective trains.

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS The summary of the analysis of 13 pairs of trains is tabulated below:SINGLE FARE SECTOR TRAINS
Sl. No. Train No. Train Name Source Station Destination Station Distance No. of Station Sector Sector Stations From To

1 2 3 4

12657 12658 12673 12674

Bangalore Mail Chennai Mail Cheran Express Cheran Express

MAS SBC MAS CBE

SBC MAS CBE MAS

362 362 497 497

I Sector I Sector I Sector I Sector

MAS SBC MAS CBE

SBC MAS CBE MAS

TWO FARE SECTOR TRAINS

Sl. No. Train No. Source Station Destination Station No. of Station Sectors Sector Stations From To

Train Name

Distance

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

16669 16670 16177 16178 12637 12638 16222 16222 12671 12672 12631 12632 12633 12634

Yercaud Express Yercaud Express Rockfort Express Rockfort Express Pandian Express Pandian Express Kaveri Express Kaveri Express Nilagiri Express Nilagiri Express Nellai Express Nellai Express Kanyakumari Express Kanyakumari Express

MAS ED MS KMU MS MDU MAS MYS MAS MTP MS TEN MS CAPE

ED MAS KMU MS MDU MS MYS MAS MTP MAS TEN MS CAPE MS

396 396 425 425 497 497 500 500 532 532 653 653 742 742

I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector I Sector II Sector

MAS MAS ED SA MS MS KMU TPJ MS MS MDU DG MAS MAS MYS SBC MAS MAS MTP CBE MS MS TEN TEN MS MS CAPE TEN

SA ED MAS MAS TPJ KMU MS MS DG MDU MS MS SBC MYS MAS MAS CBE MTP MAS MAS VPT TEN MS VPT TEN CAPE MS MS

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THREE FARE SECTOR TRAINS

Sl. No. Train No. Source Station Destination Station No. of Station Sectors Sector Stations From To

Train Name

Distance

16723

Ananthapuri Express

MS

TVC

798

I Sector II Sector III Sector

MS MS MS

TEN NCJ TVC

FOUR FARE SECTOR TRAINS

Sl. No. Train No. Source Station Destination Station No. of Station Sectors I Sector II Sector III Sector IV Sector I Sector II Sector III Sector IV Sector I Sector II Sector III Sector IV Sector I Sector II Sector III Sector IV Sector Addl. Sector I Sector II Sector III Sector IV Sector Addl. Sector I Sector II Sector III Sector IV Sector Addl. Sector I Sector II Sector III Sector IV Sector Sector Stations From MAS MAS MAS MAS ALLP ERS TCR PGT TVC NCJ TEN MDU MAS MAS MAS MAS CBE MAQ CAN CBE SA CBE MAS MAS MAS MAS CBE TVC KYJ KTYM TCR To PGT TCR ERS ALLP MAS MAS MAS MAS MS MS MS MS CBE SRR CAN MAQ MAQ MAS MAS MAS MAS MAS CBE KTYM CNGR TVC TVC MAS MAS MAS MAS

Train Name

Distance

16041

Alleppey Express

MAS

ALLP

746

16042

Alleppey Express

ALLP

MAS

746

16724

Ananthapuri Exp.

TVC

MS

798

16627

West Coast Exp.

MAS

MAQ

902

16628

West Coast Exp.

MAQ

MAS

902

12695

Trivandrum Exp.

MAS

TVC

922

12696

Trivandrum Exp.

TVC

MAS

922

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INFERENCE: The passenger preference is mainly point to point or restricted to 3 or 4 major Originating/destination points. The short distance passengers prefer long distance trains due to their individual convenience vis-a-vis time of

departure/arrival. The present system of charging for individual enroute stations with minimal patronage is not advantageous to Railways. The price differential by aggregating stations into different Sectors is very minimal when compared to the present income level of the average passenger. SUGGESTIONS (MAIN): Services extended to passengers preferring to travel short distance in long distance trains should be treated a value added service and should be charged at enhanced rates. An alternate system of train based charging of fares adopting different fare sectors commensurate with the pattern of patronage for the respective trains. For trains with maximum point to point patronage of 95% and above single fare sector is suggested. For trains with maximum boarding and de-boarding at two stations, two fare sectors are suggested. For trains with maximum boarding and de-boarding at three or four sectors respective charging at three or four fare sectors are suggested.

ADVANCE RESERVATION PERIOD AND TATKAL QUOTA: At present the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) for all passengers is 120 days. This should be staggered to two

periods i.e., for the first 30 days only end to end reservations should be allowed and after 30 days reservations for enroute stations conforming to the Sector charging system should be introduced.

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Out of the total accommodation available 50% should be set aside for General quota. In the remaining 50% after setting

aside berths for other quotas, the balance should be set aside for Tatkal quota. At present Tatkal tickets are sold only one day in advance of the scheduled departure of the trains, instead tatkal seva option should be opened for public as and when the general quota is filled and waitlist tickets are issued. By adopting this procedure Railways need not wait for the 119 days, thereby blocking the earnings of 10 - 30% of the total accommodation which is earmarked for tatkal. Within the tatkal quota sub-grouping should be introduced in the following lines. o First 50% of the quota should be charged at normal tatkal rates o Next 20% of the tatkal quota should be charged at normal tatkal rates + 30% o Next 20% of the tatkal quota should be charged at normal tatkal rates + 50% o Next 10% of the tatkal quota should be charged at normal tatkal rates + 75% The moment, even the tatkal quota is fully exhausted, the possibility of introducing specials (festival or holiday) should be explored and the pricing for such trains should start with normal tatkal fares treating this as a premium service.

ADDITIONAL GENERAL SUGGESTIONS: The feasibility of reducing halts at stations where the patronage is minimal or at times nil, may be reviewed to decrease the journey time of these trains. The cost of operating the train can also be reduced by minimizing the number of halts as more fuel is used in stopping and starting the trains at each station.

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CONCLUSION: Railways should adopt charging of fares based on different Sectors, train-wise. The advantages would be as follows: The traffic earnings can be maximized by optimally exploiting train-wise passenger preference/pattern Simplification of methodology of charging fare by removing charges based on various distance slabs. Since the Advance Reservation Period (ARP) is 120 days, by adopting this rationale, we can avoid short distance passengers Sectoring the accommodation of long distance passengers at the beginning of the ARP itself. Passengers will opt more for the direct trains since they may have to pay additional fare for the same destination if they opt for long distance trains.

In this context it would not be out of place to note that various road transport organizations also adopt point to point fare structures between important destinations without any reduction in patronage.

Thus, in keeping pace with the market dynamics and economic environment it is worth examining this in-house exercise of alternate methodology of rationalization of the fare structure of reserved tickets.

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