A look at how the hike in rail fares will pinch your pocket
MDT/PTI 10 January 2013

A Sleeper Class ticket on a Mail or Express train between New Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram which used to cost Rs559 will cost Rs745 from midnight of 21st January

New Delhi: A passenger travelling to Thiruvananthapuram from New Delhi on a Mail or an Express train in Sleeper Class will now have to shell out an extra Rs186, reports PTI.

 

Similarly, a passenger travelling by the same train on an AC Three Tier ticket will have to pay an extra Rs312, according to the hike in passenger fares announced by the railway ministry.

 

A Sleeper Class ticket on a Mail or Express train between New Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram which used to cost Rs559 will cost Rs745 from midnight of 21st January. Similarly, an AC Three Tier ticket in the same train which costs Rs1,573 will now cost Rs1,885.

 

An AC Three Tier ticket on a Rajdhani Express between New Delhi and Ernakulum, which used to cost Rs1,804, will now come at Rs2,156, a hike of Rs352.

 

A New Delhi-Patna Sleeper Class ticket will now cost Rs385, a hike of Rs66. Similarly, Sleeper Class travel in a Mail/ Express train between New Delhi and Mumbai Central will cost Rs465, a hike of Rs87.

 

An Express Train Sleeper Class ticket between New Delhi and Howrah (via Gaya) will now come at Rs475, following a hike of Rs89.

 

People travelling to Chennai Central from the national Capital on a Sleeper Class ticket in a Mail or Express train will have to pay Rs620, an extra Rs132.

 

A Sleeper Class ticket on a Mail/ Express train between New Delhi and Guwahati (via Barauni) will cost Rs590, following a hike of Rs122.

 

Same fare hike have been made applicable on AC Three Tier tickets, with a New Delhi-Patna ticket now costing Rs1,005, a hike of Rs106.

 

A travel to Mumbai Central from New Delhi on an AC Three Tier ticket on a Mail/ Express train will now come at Rs1,205, following a hike of Rs140

 

Chennai Central to New Delhi ticket in AC Three Tier will now cost Rs1,595 after a fare revision of Rs221.

 

In Rajdhani Trains Mumbai Central-New Delhi ticket which costs Rs1,247 will now come for Rs1,450 a variation of Rs203.

 

Howrah-New Delhi travel in AC Three Tier on a Rajdhani will now come at Rs 1,483 instead of Rs1,273, following a hike of Rs210.

 

A Rajdhani AC Three-Tier ticket to Dibrugarh in Assam from New Delhi will now cost Rs1,982 instead of Rs1,674.

 

In Shatabdi Express, an AC Chair Car ticket from New Delhi to Lucknow will cost Rs576 instead of Rs526, following a hike of Rs50.

 

Travelling to Bhopal from the national Capital on a Shatabdi will now cost Rs715, following a hike of Rs68.

 

Travelling on a Duronto Express in AC Three Tier between Mumbai and Howrah will now cost Rs1,561 instead of Rs1,373.

 

Similarly, a travel from Sealdah to New Delhi on an AC Three Tier ticket in Duronto will now cost Rs1,285, following a hike of Rs149.

 

A travel from Pune to Nizamuddin (Delhi) will be dearer by Rs150, as the ticket now will cost Rs1,311 instead of the present Rs1,161.

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