Revised class-wise rail fare table

Ahead of the rail budget for 2013, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced a fare hike with effect from January 21-22 midnight.

Addressing a press conference Bansal said that having hiked the railway fares now, the government will not increase the tariff in the budget.

This is the first railway fare hike in ten years.

The new fares imply a 2 paise per kilometre increase in second class ordinary suburban tariffs.

The fare for second class non sub-urban travel has gone up by 3 paise per kilometre.

Travel by Second Class Mail and Express trains will be costlier by 4 paise per km, while it will be 6 paise in Sleeper Class. Travellers by AC Chair Car and AC Three Tier will have to shell out 10 paise more per km, First Class by 3 paise, AC Two Tier by 6 paise and AC First Class by 10 paise.

The proposals will rake in an additional Rs 1200 crore between January 21 and March 31 this year, the minister said announcing the decision and did not rule out a hike in the freight tariff.

Following is the fare increase, class-wise, in railways after January 21:

Class of Travel	Proposed per km increase in fares
Second Class Ordinary (Suburban)	2 Paise
Second Class Ordinary (Non-Suburban)	3 Paise
Second Class (Mail/ Express)	4 Paise
Sleeper Class	6 Paise
AC Chair Car	10 Paise
AC 3-Tier	10 Paise
First Class	03 Paise*
AC 2-Tier	06 Paise*
AC First Class	10 Paise*

* In addition to increase of 10 paise per km in case of First Class, 15 paise per km in case of AC 2 Tier and 30 paise per km in case of AC First/Executive Class already implemented w.e.f. 01-04-12.