Railway fare hike will also apply to tickets issued in advance

Ahmedabad, 20 June, 2014

In its official communication, Western Railway has stated that, it has been decided to revise the passenger fares from 25th June, 2014, and the revised fares will also apply to tickets issued in advance for journey to commence on or after 25th June, 2014.

Passenger Fare :

• 10% increase in the fare of all classes of all categories of trains including passenger trains.

• FAC and Service tax as applicable.

• No increase in fare upto minimum distance for charge.

• There shall be no change in charges for reservation fee, supercharge etc.

Season Ticket :

• Second class Monthly Season Tickets fares of Suburban and Non-Suburban shall be charged on the basis of 30 single journey instead of approximately 15 single journeys as charged currently.

• Fares of First Class Monthly Season Tickets will be charged@4 times the Second Class Monthly Season Tickets fares.

• Revised fare shall also be applicable as per the existing method of computation on Quarterly Season Tickets(QST),Half Yearly Season Tickets(HST) and Yearly Season Tickets(YST).etc.

• Fare for Vendor Season Tickets shall also increased accordingly.

Until new tickets are printed and made available, existing tickets with alterations in fares on them would be issued. In case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, the difference in fares and other charges on or after will be recovered.