In what came as a good news for Rajdhani and Shatabdi passengers, railways has decided to revise the flexi-fare scheme of premium trains reportedly from September.
In what came as a good news for Rajdhani and Shatabdi passengers, railways has decided to revise the flexi-fare scheme of premium trains reportedly from September. Citing sources, a report in the Indian Express Railways Ministry is in discussion over steps to provide some “relief” ahead of the 2019 general elections. The report further added that talks are on in the ministry to introduce an experimental one-month suspension of flexi-fare system in some trains during the lean season, around September.
The sources further told the publication that low occupancy in Rajdhani and Shatandi trains had forced the Railway minitry to take stock of the situation. As per the sources, the 10 per cent discount that customers get on remaining vacant berths after the preparation of the chart, during certain non-peak periods of the year might also be increased.
A senior Rail Bhawan bureaucrat told the newspaper that “some relief” was on the cards and the matter was likely to take final shape by next week.
Meanwhile, in another good news the Railways Ministry has reportedly asked Northern Railways, which manages the maximum number of these trains, to fit a new version of the Centre Buffer Coupler (CBC) to join coaches.
The report stated that the trains running with these new couplers would solve the problems of jerks about which passengers were complaining since many years.
A coupler is a device for connecting coaches with each other in a train.
Indian Railways will also run six special trains for ladies. The Trains will run to and from Delhi on Rakhi. Raksha Bandhan will be celebrated on August 26, Sunday. Train from Palwal to New Delhi will depart from Palwal at 8:20 am and will arrive at 10:00 am at Delhi. Train no. 64492 will depart from New Delhi station at 5:40 pm and will arrive at Palwal at 7:20 pm. Train no. 64449 from Ghaziabad to New Delhi will leave Ghaziabad station at 8:30 in the morning and will arrive at 9:02 at New Delhi Station.
Railways' Train no. 64450 will leave New Delhi station at 5:50 pm and will arrive at Ghaziabad station at 6:40 pm. Train no. 64470 will depart from Panipat station at 6:40 in the morning and will arrive at New Delhi station at 8:55 am. Train no. 64469 will depart from New Delhi station at 5:50 am and will arrive at Panipat station at 8:05 pm.
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