During 2018 when this thing was announced i was opposing it
But now the trend has changed with inflation and trend of privatization...
I feel that there is no wrong in increasing fares or showing as express..all passenger carrying trains are heavily subsidized..which means due to them railways can fail one day.. especially the passenger/local category trains which run in less than 30% of thier capacity
Railways...
more... can term this trains as express and collect extra fare.state run buses or road transport is costing near 3-5 rs per km..an unreserved express train fare is less than that of state run road transport bus
But there are two suggestions from me
1)small towns with good passenger traffic must be given connectivity with memu/demu etc
2) suburban trains with good occupancy like mumbai/Hyderabad must be given subsidy to keep traffic less on roads