The Railways has rationalised its passenger fare structure with effect from today, with the objective of balancing affordability for passengers and sustainability of operations. Under the revised fare structure, there is no change in fares for suburban services and Season Tickets, including both suburban and non-suburban routes. The revised fares are applicable only on tickets booked on or after today. Tickets booked before will not attract any additional charges, even if the journey is undertaken after the effective date.
For Ordinary Non-AC (Non-Suburban) services, fares have been rationalised in a graded manner across Second Class Ordinary, Sleeper Class Ordinary, and First Class Ordinary. In Second Class Ordinary, there is no increase in fare for journeys up to 215 kilometres to ensure that short-distance and daily commuters are not impacted. For distances from 216 km to 750 km, the fare has increased by five rupees. Further, the fare has increased by 10 rupees for distances between 751 kilometres and 1250 kilometres, 15 rupees for distances between 1251 kilometres and 1750 kilometres, and 20 rupees for distances between 1751 kilometres and 2250 kilometres.
In Sleeper Class Ordinary and First Class Ordinary, fares have been revised uniformly at the rate of 1 paise per kilometre for non-suburban journeys, ensuring a gradual and limited increase in fares. In Mail and Express trains, the fare increase has been rationalised at two paise per kilometre across Non-AC and AC classes. This includes Sleeper Class, First Class, AC Chair Car, AC 3-Tier, AC 2-Tier, and AC First Class.
The existing basic fares of major train services, including Tejas Rajdhani, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Humsafar, Amrit Bharat, and Tejas, among others, have been revised in line with the approved class-wise basic fare increases. The Railways Ministry said that no changes have been made in reservation fees, superfast surcharges, or other ancillary charges, which will continue to be levied as per existing rules. It added that GST applicability will remain unchanged, and fares will continue to be rounded off according to prevailing norms.
