Number Theory: Railways needs to make a clear policy choice

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The death of 18 passengers in a stampede at New Delhi railway station on 15 February has triggered the usual cycle of politicking and cliched official responses. But the accident has also highlighted what is perhaps the most macabre aspect of the structural crisis which faces the Indian Railways. Here are four charts that describe this crisis in detail.

Passengers jostle at Patna railway station to catch a train to Prayagraj for Mahakumbh.(Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Railways needs to make a clear policy choice

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