A ticket from Amritsar to Pathankot, which was priced at ₹25, costs ₹55 now. After concerns were raised over a rise in the ticket fares of short-distance passenger trains, the railways on Wednesday said the “slightly high fares” are only to discourage unnecessary travel.
Since the coronavirus-triggered lockdown was eased, the railways is running only special trains. It started with long-distance trains and now, even short-distance passenger trains are being run as special trains.
As a special provision in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fares of these trains have been fixed at par with the price of unreserved tickets of mail and express trains for the same distance, a statement from the railway ministry said.
Highlights
The Indian Railways is gearing up to resume operations of the trains that were suspended in March due to coronavirus.
It was reported in some sections of media on Tuesday that fares of many trains will be hiked from January 6.
The reports also claimed that reservations of seats will now be made mandatory in trains.
The Indian Railways is gearing up to resume operations of the trains that were suspended in March due to coronavirus outbreak. However, it was reported in some sections of media on Tuesday that fares of many trains will be hiked from January 6.
The reports also claimed that reservations of seats will now be made mandatory in trains in order to reduce the congestion of passengers on trains. It was reported that a reservation fee of Rs 15 will be included in all the ticket prices.