If private trains arrive late or arrive early, they will have to pay a hefty fine, the railways said in a draft

New delhi date. 13 August 2020, Thursday

Railways has released a draft of the key performance indicators for private operators, according to which they will have to pay hefty fines if the trains they operate run late or arrive at the destination on time. Private train operators will have to comply with up to 95% of the time of the year, the draft released on Wednesday said.

According to the draft, the operators will have to pay a penalty for giving false information about the revenue received or for not giving correct information about the cancellation of the train. If the train is more than 15 minutes late in reaching the destination, Kane will be considered a failure to meet the time.

In such cases, private operators will have to pay an additional charge of Rs 200 per km to the railways for one per cent reduction in punctuality versus punctuality. Railways said the charge would be Rs 512 per km. This is the fee that the private operator will pay in return for using the railway infrastructure.

If a private train arrives at the destination at least 10 minutes earlier, the operator will have to pay a 10 km transport fee to the railways as a penalty. Officials said the decision was made so that private trains could keep up with the times.

It also said that in case of cancellation of rail service from the operator, they would have to pay a quarter of the charge to the railways for that train as penalty and if the rail service was canceled by the railways, they would pay the same charge to the railway management.

No charges will be levied if bad weather, a pet train derails, a man derails a train, law enforcement, public demonstrations, criminal activity, accidents affect the train time.