Railways
Decide to Run Suvidha Trains
These
Trains will Run at Dynamic Fare System
Ministry of Railways has decided to run Suvidha trains on the
following terms & conditions.......................................................................................
· Tickets shall be issued only for confirmed and RAC
passengers accommodation. There shall be no provision for waiting list in
the train........................................
· The maximum Advance Reservation period will be 30 days while
the minimum Advance Reservation period will be of 10 days. Zonal Railways
may decide the exact ARP for each train within this limit.......................................................
· No concession shall be applicable on these trains.
Full adult fare shall be changed for all passengers irrespective of their age.
Also free passes/complimentary passes/warrant/concessional voucher etc. shall
not be permitted in these trains.
· Apart from e-ticketing the sale of tickets shall also be
allowed through PRS counters.
· Modification/duplicate ticket/cluster bookings/BPT will not
be allowed.
· Only General quota bookings will be applicable...............................................
· Upgradation option shall not be applicable in these trains.
· Passenger should produce one of the prescribed Identity Card
during journey for verification purpose for both e-ticket & PRS ticket.
· On the basis of demand pattern, Suvidha train services may
run during peak seasons like winter rush, summer rush, Dussehara rush, Holi
rush and on other occasions as jointly decided by COMs and CCMs of the zonal
Railways.
· There shall be no First AC/Fist Class/Executive
class/general class/2nd sitting coach in the train composition
of Suvidha Trains.
Three types of Suvidha Trains
services are proposed:-
(1) Fully air-conditioned services with or without stoppages:
Base Price: (Rajdhani base fare+Tatkal charges).
(2) Mixed services having no enroute commercial stoppages on
mixed Duronto pattern: Base price: (Mixed Duronto base fare+ Tatkal charges).
(3) For mixed services having some stoppages enroute and running
as Mail/Express: Base price: (Mail/Express base fare+Tatkal charges).
· In addition to above, if demand arises zonal Railways may
also plan for fully airconditioned Shatabdi/Double decker type Suvidha Trains
with fare of the respective categories of trains as per above.
· Suvidha trains will run on dynamic fare system. The
Permissible booking pattern and charges thereon of Suvidha Trains will be as
under:-
For both AC classes and non AC-
classes:-
|
Charges*
|
(Base fare +Tatkal)
|
1.5 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
2 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
2.5 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
3 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
|
% of seat/ berth
|
20%
|
20%
|
20%
|
20%
|
20%
|
(*Other
charges like reservation charge, catering charge, S/F, service tax, etc. will
be taken in full wherever applicable)
· Vacant berths left at the time of charting will be offered
for current booking counters. Tickets at current counters shall be sold at the
last price sold for that class and other supplementary charges like reservation
fee, superfast charges, catering charges, service tax applicable shall be
levied in full.
· The information would also be displayed to the passenger
during the booking in case the fare of lower class becomes higher than the
higher class to exercise option to travel by the higher class.
· There shall be no downward movement in the fare.
· 50% refund of fare subject to minimum flat cancellation
charge of rupees one hundred for airconditioned-II tier/first class, rupees
ninety for airconditioned III-tier/3 economy/airconditioned chair car and
rupees sixty for sleeper class will be granted for confirmed/RAC tickets upto 6
hours before the scheduled departure of the train. No refund of fare
after that will be granted. Such refund will be granted by filing TDR in case
of e-tickets and in case of PRS counter-ticket across the counter.
· The Suvidha train services shall be over and above the
normal train services and special trains on Tatkal fares.
· The above guidelines will be implemented w.e.f. 01.07.2015.
More details can be seen at website
of Ministry of Railway www.indianrailways.gov.in
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