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What are the new railway fares from July 1, 2025? Here’s a simple breakdownIndian Railways is set to implement revised passenger train fares starting July 1, 2025, impacting ordinary, mail/express, and premium trai...
Chair car passenger travel in low occupancy trains to get cheaperChair car passenger travel in low occupancy trains can now get cheaper with the introduction of a new discount scheme that allows Zonal Rai...
Govt submission in Supreme Court shows it paid no migrant rail fare: Congress“This solemn statement made by the solicitor general before the apex court makes it clear all the earlier claims by various central ministe...
Railway ministry plans to speed up 600 trains, but 250 have slowed downRailway officials say that the speeding up of many trains has happened at the cost of slowing down other trains, which is basically an opti...
Railway ministry plans to speed up 600 trains, but 250 have slowed downThe Chennai-Thanjavur Uzhavan Express has slowed down by 25 minutes, while the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT)-Gorakhpur is down by 1 hour an...
4 points from CAG report that tell you why Railways isn't exactly on trackEven if you pay extra for faster travel by train, there is no guarantee you will reach your destination in time, finds out the new CAG repo...
Rs 11 crore levied as 'superfast' surcharge, but trains delayed up to 95% of timesThe study on the movement of some of the superfast trains between 2013 and 2016 revealed that Kolkata-Agra Cantt Superfast (SF in railway j...
Fares of Tejas train 20 per cent more than ShatabdiThe Executive Class fare in Tejas has been fixed at Rs 2,540 without food and Rs 2,940 with food. The Chair Car fare Rs 1,850 with food and...
Train travel to be costlier from tomorrowThe hike in the basic fares will apply even to the tickets issued in advance for journeys to commence on or after June 25.
The final act: The outgoing govt. increases railway fares by 10%The Ministry of Railways have decided to increase the passenger fares in all classes by a flat 10 % & freight rates by 5 %.
No further fare hike till next rail budget: Chairman of Railway BoardAfter increase in passenger fares twice in the current financial year, railways today ruled out any fresh hike till the next rail budget in...
Cash-strapped Railways worried as trains running full, yet ticket bookings show decreaseBlaming ticket-less journey for the fall in revenue, a Railway Board member said, "We have intensified ticket checking exercise at major st...
Pawan Kumar Bansal hints at further increase in surcharge on bookings'These charges will have to be increased gradually to tackle this menace (of travel agents' bookings) and ensure that genuine travellers ge...
- China's super-railways on track for debt troubles
The government plans to spend 2.8 trillion yuan in the next five years souping up the system, of which at least half is likely to come from...
- No Noida Airport for now
New airport at Noida would affect the viability of nearby IGI airport.
- Jet, Kingfisher lead fare hikes
A domestic flight within 1,000 km would attract an additional surcharge of Rs 100 and Rs 200 for flights beyond that.
- Railways overtake airlines in fare battle
In the race of price war, Lalu’s railways seems to have overtaken budget airlines like SpiceJet, GoAir, Air Deccan and IndiGo. Get smart an...