Railway fares hiked, to be effective from Jan 21 midnight

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced a hike in railway fares, the first in the last 10 years. The new fares will be effective from midnight of January 21, 2012. Meanwhile, the Railway Minister also clarified that the fares will not be hiked in Railway Budget.

January 10, 2013 / 09:47 IST

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced a hike in railway fares, the first in the last 10 years. The new fares will be effective from midnight of January 21, 2012. Meanwhile, the Railway Minister also clarified that the fares will not be hiked in Railway Budget.

Fare hike in various categories:

Second Class Ordinary Suburban - 2 paise per km

Second Class Ordinary Non Suburban - 3 paise per km

Second Class Mail Express Trains - 4 paise per km

AC chair car - 10 paise per km

AC first class - 10 paise done earlier + 3 paise per km

AC two tier - 15 paise done earlier + 6 paise per km

AC first class executive class - 30 paise done earlier + 10 paise per km

first published: Jan 9, 2013 03:34 pm

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