Travellers to pay extra this festive season, says RailYatri

MUMBAI: Train travel content creator, RailYatri.in, says that passengers travelling in special trains during the festive season will end up spending lot more for their journeys in special trains. Though there are hundreds of special trains announced, to overcome the rush and meet the scarcity of tickets, only about 30% of them are launched in the regular pricing category, added the statement.

"Hundreds of special trains have been announced this year to meet the rush in certain busy routes. But the irony in these announcements is that only about 30% of these trains will charge the normal fares. 35% of the special trains belong to the dynamic pricing category and the rest 35% are superfast trains," says Manish Rathi, Co-founder and CEO, RailYatri.in.

According to the study, 90% travellers didn’t know that Special Trains run with a delay and were stranded at the railway station.Over 97% railyatris were not aware that they paid extra to book their tickets on Special Trains. "Ticket fares of trains belonging to the dynamic pricing category are not stable. They increase with the demand for tickets, just like the airlines fares", said Rathi in the release.