Indian Railways To Offer 25% Discount On AC Chair Car, Executive Cars In Vande Bharat, Other Trains
A Railway Board order stated that the discount shall be up to a maximum 25 per cent on the basic fare, while other charges like reservation charge, super fast surcharge, GST, shall be levied separately.
Jul 08, 2023, 15:24 PM IST
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The reports also claimed that reservations of seats will now be made mandatory in trains in order to reduce the congestion of passengers on trains.
Jan 06, 2021, 08:05 AM IST
Railways slashes AC fares in 5 express trains from Karnataka
The Railway Board has directed other zonal railways to adopt the SWR dynamic fare fixing on passenger traffic model in select trains to enable more people travel in trains.
No airline like dynamic pricing for trains, says Railway Minister
The committee, set up to review the flexi-fare scheme, have been asked to draft a fresh report.
Mar 18, 2018, 11:51 AM IST
Railways to offer options on senior citizen fare concession
Now senior citizens will have the option to avail either the full concession provided to them on rail tickets or half of it.
Jul 06, 2017, 20:31 PM IST
Rail passengers to pay 15% more for Antodaya Express
The first Antodaya Express is slated to be pressed into service from Mumbai for Tatanagar this month.
Feb 16, 2017, 19:23 PM IST
Delhi-Agra train fare less than one kg of apples
A passenger has to shell out Rs 85, which is less than the cost of one kg of apples, for travelling to Agra from Delhi in the general class, while the Chandigarh fare is Rs 95, lower than the price of one 140 gm toothpaste, according to the fare comparison chart.
Jan 08, 2016, 13:30 PM IST
Railways new child fare rule: Full train ticket charge for children of age group of 5 to 12 years
Under the revised Indian Railways child fare provision, full adult fare will be charged for children of age 5 years and under 12 years of age if for whom berth/seat (in reserved class) is sought at the time of reservation.
Dec 05, 2015, 09:07 AM IST
Know why Indian Railways hiked minimum train passenger fare?
Indian Railways has decided to hike minimum train passenger fare from Rs 5 to Rs 10.
Nov 18, 2015, 12:52 PM IST
Minimum train passenger fare increased from Rs 5 to Rs 10, to be effective from Nov 20
The minimum train passenger fare will go up from Rs 5 to Rs 10 as railways has decided to increase the minimum chargeable fare in non-suburban services at par with the platform ticket from November 20.
Nov 18, 2015, 12:42 PM IST
Train travel to be costlier from Wednesday
Travel by train will be costlier from Wednesday as the hike of 14.2 percent in passenger fares will come into effect.
Jun 24, 2014, 18:01 PM IST
