The railway minister has announced minor increases in passenger fares. The hike in passenger fares is the first in 10 years. It ranges from 2 paise per km to 30 paise per km.
The minister said that railways will introduce a fuel adjustment component in ticket pricing in the future. While this will not be implemented now, the minister has clarified that passenger fares cannot be insulated going forward from rising costs.
- For better management at ticket windows, passenger fares to be rounded off.
- For suburban trains, the proposal is to hike fares by 2 paise per km.
- For second class passengers in mail and express trains, the fares are proposed to go up by 3 paisa per km.
- Sleeper fares are proposed to be hiked by 5 paise per km.
- AC Chair Car fares are proposed to go up by 10 paise per km
- AC second class fares by 15 paise per km
- AC first class fares are proposed to go up by 30 paise per km.
- Minimum fare and platform tickets to cost Rs5
- An additional charge of Rs12 for ever 375 kilometer travelled.