New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- : Indian Railways has announced a "rationalisation" of its passenger fare structure, assuring that suburban services, season tickets and second-class ordinary journeys up to 215 kilometres will remain untouched, to keep the impact on daily and short-distance travellers to a minimum.
The new fares will apply only to tickets booked from December 26, leaving all existing bookings unaffected.
Under the revised framework, sleeper and first-class ordinary fares will see a nominal increase of just one paise per kilometre, and Mail and Express train fares across AC and non-AC classes will rise by only two paise per kilometre, with no changes to reservation fees, superfast charges, GST applicability or fare-rounding rules.
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