New Delhi :
The Railways have decided to putin place the flexible fare system for premier trains - Rajdhani,Duronto and Shatabdi from September 9.
The base fares will increase by 10% with every 10% of berths sold subject to a prescribed ceiling limit as indicated in the table below. There will be no change in the existing fare for 1AC and EC class of travel. In the tables given below ‘X’ stands for the present base fares.
The last price for every class of tickets for a particular train will be printed in the reservation chart. For tatkal bookings, there will be no additional charge, but passengers will have to pay 1.5 times the base fare.
There will be no change in the existing refund rules. The revised fares will not apply to tickets already issued in advance for journeys to commence on or after 09.09.2016. Normal concession as applicable for respective concessional ticket will be admissible on the base fare of the ticket at each stage as per the table above.
#SurgePricing introduced in 3 imp trains. Dynamic fares in #Rajdhani, #Shatabdi and #Duronto trains from Sept 9. pic.twitter.com/sNlF4b12Dd
— Pratyush Ranjan (@pratyush_ranjan) September 7, 2016
