Close to 17% of all passenger trains were running late leading to over 1.10 crore lost minutes in 2022-23, according to a Right to Information reply received from the Indian Railways, on punctuality performance of trains.
In 2022-23, up to 1,42,897 passenger trains were delayed leading to a cumulative 1,10,88,191 lost minutes. “One year comprises 5,25,660 minutes. By that measure, the time lost (theoretically) by the Railways due to delay is nearly 14 years for passenger trains,” said RTI activist Chandrasekhar Gour, who had sought the reply.
Punctuality performance of the passenger trains ranged at 83.69%, much below the ideal railway board targets of 95%.
