Ministry of Railways increased the passenger fare on Sunday. The new rates will be applicable from December 26. According to this, the new rates will not be applicable to those traveling up to 215 km in general class, but if the journey is more than 215 km, then the fare will increase by one paise for every kilometer in general class, by 2 paise in non-AC class of Mail-Express trains and by 2 paise per kilometer in AC class also. Suppose Bhopal is 885 km away from Panipat, then the cost of non AC and AC is Rs 17. Will cost extra.

That is, if AC-3 ticket is currently Rs 1500. So it is Rs 1515. Will become of. However, there has been no increase in fares for suburban services and Monthly Season Ticket (MST) holders, i.e., relief has been given to daily commuters. The ministry said that this increase has been made to balance the operational expenses, but an effort has been made to keep its impact on passengers to a minimum.

It is noteworthy that apart from the fare increase, Indian Railways has announced

And it has planned to run special trains with 244 additional trips in eight zones during the New Year. Railways will announce additional trains as the number of passengers increases.

How many passengers travel by rail in the country every day?

About 2.40 crore passengers. More than 13 thousand trains run daily, covering 7 thousand stations. Currently there are 22593 trains in the country. Of these, 13452 are passenger trains and the rest are goods trains. About 715 crore people traveled by train in 2024-25. Of these, 81 crore traveled on reserved tickets, the rest traveled in general or sleeper.

Why did the Railway Ministry have to increase the fare?

Railways argues that the operation cost of trains across the country has increased to Rs 2.63 lakh crore. Has reached. Of these, railway security expenditure is Rs 1.15 lakh crore. Rs 600 crore annually due to increase in rent. There will be additional earning.

How much will the fare for which class ticket increase?

If the journey is more than 215 km, then there is an increase of 1 paise per km in General, 2 paise in Sleeper of Mail-Express and 2 paise per km in AC. The fare for a journey of 500 km in non-AC class is Rs 10. Will have to pay more.

where and how much from bhopal

Will the rent cost more?

Destination..Distance (km) Fare Increase

Mumbai 847-17

Ahmedabad 690- 14

Kolkata. 1,450-29

Bhubaneswar 1,312..27

Bengaluru1717-35

Thiruvananthapuram-2,317-47

(Note: Distance and new rates

According to sleeper and AC

estimated fare)

Before this, when did the train

Was the fare increased?

In July this year, there was an increase of 1 paisa in non-AC mail/express and 2 paisa/km in AC class. Due to this, Railways earned an additional income of Rs 700 crore annually. Earlier, on January 1, 2020, fares in second class of normal train have increased by 1 paise, in Mail-Express by 2 paise, in Sleeper by 2 paise and in all ACs by 4 paise per km.