Dear Comrades,
The Ministry of Railways has
now issued circular giving details of its decision to revise Passenger Fares
w.e.f. 22.01.2013. Details of the
fare revision are as under:-
S.N.
|
Class
|
Increase in Fare per Passenger Kilo
Meter (PKM)
|
Minimum distance for charge
|
i
|
Second Class Ordinary (Suburban)
|
02 paise
|
No change
(existing – 10 Kms)
|
ii
|
Second Class Ordinary (Non-Suburban)
|
03 paise
|
No change
(existing – 10 Kms)
|
iii
|
Second
Class
|
04 paise
|
50 kms
|
iv
|
Sleeper Class
|
06 paise
|
No change
(existing – 200 Kms)
|
v
|
AC Chair
Car
|
10 paise
|
150 kms
|
vi
|
AC 3-Tier
|
10 paise
|
300 kms
|
vii
|
First Class
|
03 paise
|
No change
(existing – 100 Kms)
|
viii
|
AC 2 - Tier
|
06 paise
|
No change
(existing – 300 Kms)
|
ix
|
AC First
Class
|
10 paise
|
No change
(existing – 300 Kms)
|
2. Minimum Fare: The Minimum fare chargeable
will be Rs. 5.
3. Development
Charge: On
the revised basic fares which shall become effective from 22.01.2013, development
charge shall not be leviable.
4. Rounding off of
Fares:
(i)
Fares
of all classes except Second Class Ordinary (Suburban):- Chargeable Fares, as
obtained after adding Miscellaneous Charges like Reservation Fee, Supplementary
charge for Superfast trains, Catering Charge, Service Tax etc. To the Basic
Fare, will be rounded off to the next higher multiple of Rs. 5.
(ii)
Second
Class (Suburban) Fares:-
Chargeable Fares for Second Class Suburban passengers as obtained after adding
applicable miscellaneous charges like MUTP Surcharge etc. (as and where
application) TO THE Basic Fare, will be rounded off to the next higher multiple
of five rupees, except that in cases where
either ‘1’ or ‘6’ comes up as the last digit
(i.e. in unit’s place) it will be rounded off to the immediately
lower multiple of Rs. 5, i.e. Rs. 11.00, Rs. 21.00, Rs. 31.00 etc. would
respectively become Rs. 10.00, Rs. 20.00, Rs. 30.00 etc. and Rs. 6.00, Rs.
16.00, Rs. 26.00 etc. would respectively become Rs. 5.00, Rs. 15.00 and Rs.
25.00 etc. and Fare values ending in Rs. 2, Rs. 3 or Rs. 4 would be getting
rounded off to Rs. 5 and those ending in Rs. 7, Rs. 8, or Rs. 9 to Rs. 10 and
so on and so forth.
5. It
is also decided that the existing fares of train services like Rajdhani, Shatabdi,
Garib Rath, Jan Shatabdi, Duronto, Rajya Rani and Yuva Expresses will
similarly be revised to the extent of the proposed increase in class-wise
fares.
6. As
per earlier circular of Railway Board dated 26.12.2012, as a special case to
facilitate the passengers of Muhakumbh Mela it has been decided if any
passenger purchases an unreserved reverse ticket through UTS from any station
on Indian Railways for journey to any one of the 12 stations in Allabhbad
region serving Mahakumbh Mela and back the reverse ticket will be allowed to be
booked upto 15 days in advance excluding the day of journey subject to levy of
Mela Surcharge as per extant instructions.
In this case also the difference of fare will be collected on board in
the trains in case tickets are booked in advance and before 22.01.2013 in
respect of above.
7. Other
Charges:- There is no change in charges for reservation fee etc. Such
charges, wherever applicable, which shall continue to be levied
additionally. However, the
second class superfast Surcharge shall be rounded off to Rs. 10/-.
8. The
changes in fares as above shall come into force w.e.f. 22.01.2013.
9. Service
tax will be levied as applicable as per instructions issued in this regard.
10. Instructions
issued earlier that in the case of Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan Shatabdi/Duronto
Express trains, the concession wherever admissible and in child fare also, it
will be granted only in the basic fares and that all other charges (Catering,
Reservation Supplementary charges like Superfast Surcharge, Enhanced Charges,
Service Tax (if any) etc.) shall be collected in full. This will be applicable from 01.04.2013
11. The
revised fares will also apply to tickets issued in advance for journeys to
commence on or after 22.01.2013.
Until new tickets are printed, old printed card tickets will be issued
after having necessary corrections in fares made on them in advance. Such alterations by the staff would be
made preferably by stamp or in ink.
12. In
the case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, it should be ensured
that the difference in fares and other charges on or after 22.01.2013 will be
recovered either by TTEs on the trains or by the Booking/Reservation Offices
before the commencement of journey by passengers.
The detailed revised
passenger fare table effective from 22.1.2013 is available on the Ministry of Railways website i.e.
www.indianrailways.gov.in.
AKS/HK/BS
(Release ID :91660)
