Rlys restores 2nd class fares to pre-covid level

The Indian Railways on Tuesday restored the second class ordinary fares on passenger trains and MEMU/DEMU trains to pre-covid levels. After the lockdown in 2020, the Railways had gradually withdrawn ‘Passenger Trains’ by changing their nomenclature to Express Specials. The ‘Ordinary Class’ fares were dispensed with and the minimum cost of ticket was increased from ₹10 to ₹30 on par with Express Train fares, according to The Hindu.

According to railway sources, the Chief Booking Reservation Supervisors were informed that the minimum fare in Second Class Ordinary Trains had been reversed with effect from Tuesday, the newspaper said.
On Monday, the Railway Board convened a review meeting and sent out an alert to all Zonal Railways across the network to revert to the older fares.

Fares cut by 50%
With effect from Tuesday (February 27, 2024), the railways cut the fares in Ordinary Class by about 50% in all Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) and trains with numbers starting with ‘Zero’ The fare structure was also revised in the Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) App.
The reduction in fares would be applicable to all trains which were earlier running as Passenger Trains and now as ‘Express Special’ or MEMU across the country, the sources said.