The revised passenger fares announced by the Railways has come into effect from January 21 midnight.The hike in the rail fares was announced last week by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal just a month ahead of the Budget.
Fares of Ordinary Second Class (suburban) trains has gone up by 2 paise per km while for non-suburban travel it has hiked to 3 paise.
Travel by Second Class Mail and Express trains are costlier by 4 paise per km, while it has increased by 6 paise in Sleeper Class.
Travellers by AC Chair Car and AC Three Tier will now have to shell out 10 paise more per km, First Class by 3 paise, AC Two Tier by 6 paise and AC First Class by 10 paise.
The fares for First Class, AC Two Tier and AC First/Executive Class were already raised by 10 paise per km, 15 and 30 paise respectively in the current year's budget.
The decision also covered services like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto type trains. However, it exempted platform tickets from any hike.As a result of the proposed hike, ordinary Second Class suburban fares for a distance of 35 km have gone up by Rs 2 from Rs 8 to Rs 10, while in the non-suburban trains has gone up by Rs 5 for an average distance of 135 km.
In Sleeper Class, the increase would mean a hike of Rs 50 for a distance of 770 km from Rs 270 to Rs 320.
In the case of AC Chair Car, for a distance of 387 km, the increase would be Rs 40 from Rs 345 to Rs 385.
In the case of AC Three Tier, for a distance of 717 km, the fare has gone up from Rs 724 to Rs 800, an increase of Rs 76.
Similarly, in the case of AC Two Tier, the increase mean a hike of Rs 48 for a distance of 721 km, while for AC First Class it will be Rs 56 for a distance of 547 km.
Giving reasons for the decision which he described as reasonable, the minister said the losses in passenger segment, which was Rs 1,059 crore in 2004-05, rose to Rs 19,964 crore in 2010-11, an increase of 18 per cent a year. This is likely to go up to Rs 25,000 crore in the current fiscal.
The across-the-board fare hike proposal of Dwivedi in the current year's budget was finally approved only for First Class, Second AC and First AC/ Executive Classes, which together constitute only about 0.3 per cent of total passengers and about 10 per cent of total earnings from passenger segment.
Fares of Ordinary Second Class (suburban) trains has gone up by 2 paise per km while for non-suburban travel it has hiked to 3 paise.
Travel by Second Class Mail and Express trains are costlier by 4 paise per km, while it has increased by 6 paise in Sleeper Class.
Travellers by AC Chair Car and AC Three Tier will now have to shell out 10 paise more per km, First Class by 3 paise, AC Two Tier by 6 paise and AC First Class by 10 paise.
The fares for First Class, AC Two Tier and AC First/Executive Class were already raised by 10 paise per km, 15 and 30 paise respectively in the current year's budget.
The decision also covered services like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto type trains. However, it exempted platform tickets from any hike.As a result of the proposed hike, ordinary Second Class suburban fares for a distance of 35 km have gone up by Rs 2 from Rs 8 to Rs 10, while in the non-suburban trains has gone up by Rs 5 for an average distance of 135 km.
In Sleeper Class, the increase would mean a hike of Rs 50 for a distance of 770 km from Rs 270 to Rs 320.
In the case of AC Chair Car, for a distance of 387 km, the increase would be Rs 40 from Rs 345 to Rs 385.
In the case of AC Three Tier, for a distance of 717 km, the fare has gone up from Rs 724 to Rs 800, an increase of Rs 76.
Similarly, in the case of AC Two Tier, the increase mean a hike of Rs 48 for a distance of 721 km, while for AC First Class it will be Rs 56 for a distance of 547 km.
Giving reasons for the decision which he described as reasonable, the minister said the losses in passenger segment, which was Rs 1,059 crore in 2004-05, rose to Rs 19,964 crore in 2010-11, an increase of 18 per cent a year. This is likely to go up to Rs 25,000 crore in the current fiscal.
The across-the-board fare hike proposal of Dwivedi in the current year's budget was finally approved only for First Class, Second AC and First AC/ Executive Classes, which together constitute only about 0.3 per cent of total passengers and about 10 per cent of total earnings from passenger segment.
