New Rail Fare
Hike Only 14.2% in monthly pass rates-
No Change in 2nd Class fare for distance up to 80 Km-
Ministry
of Railway modifies the passenger fare revision circular in
connection with Monthly Season Tickets (MST) and second class suburban fare
The circular for
revision of passenger fares issued by Ministry of Railways that was to come
into effect from 25.6.2014 had among other things made a change in the way the
fare for monthly season tickets (MSTs) was to be calculated. In the existing system,
the MST is 17-15 times the value of a single journey ticket for the
same distance slab whereas the circular indicated that MSR fare would be now
equivalent to 30 single journey fare for the same distance slab.
Inclusive of the 10% fare hike and 4.2% FAC, the new MST fares ranged 1.7 times
to 3.5 times of the old MST fare. Despite the fact that MSTs are highly
subsidized, Ministry of Railway has now decided to modify the fair
revision circular and hence a decision has been taken to increase the cost of existing
MST fare by only 14.2% inclusive of FAC, i.e., the Monthly Season Tickets for
both suburban and non-suburban shall now be charged at 14.2% over
the existing rates rounded off as per extant instructions.
Further in the second
class ordinary suburban single journey fares, it was noticed that upto a
distance of 80 kms, there was increase in 3 of the slabs only and because of
rounding off, the increase was coming to more than 14.2%. A
view was therefore taken to avoid any hike in fares upto a distance of 80
kms. Thus there is no change in fare for second class suburban travelers
for a distance upto 80 kms.
In view of the above modifications, the revised fares in
the unreserved segment shall come into force from 28.6.2014. However, for
reserved segment, the revised fares shall come into effect from 25.6.2014 as
notified earlier.
Single Journey and MST
Fares
|
Distance Slabs
|
Old Fare
|
Revised Fare
(As per order dt. 20.06.2014) |
Revised Fare
(FINAL) |
|
1-5
|
85
|
150
|
100
|
|
6-10
|
85
|
150
|
100
|
|
11-15
|
85
|
150
|
100
|
|
16-20
|
85
|
300
|
100
|
|
21-25
|
160
|
300
|
185
|
|
26-30
|
160
|
300
|
185
|
|
31-35
|
160
|
300
|
185
|
|
36-40
|
160
|
300
|
185
|
|
41-45
|
160
|
450
|
185
|
|
46-50
|
235
|
450
|
270
|
|
51-55
|
235
|
450
|
270
|
|
56-60
|
235
|
450
|
270
|
|
61-65
|
235
|
450
|
270
|
|
66-70
|
235
|
600
|
270
|
|
71-75
|
310
|
600
|
355
|
|
76-80
|
310
|
600
|
355
|
|
81-85
|
310
|
750
|
355
|
|
86-90
|
310
|
750
|
355
|
|
91-95
|
310
|
750
|
355
|
|
96-100
|
310
|
750
|
355
|
|
101-105
|
385
|
750
|
440
|
|
106-110
|
385
|
750
|
440
|
|
111-115
|
385
|
750
|
440
|
|
116-120
|
385
|
900
|
440
|
|
121-125
|
385
|
900
|
440
|
|
126-130
|
385
|
900
|
440
|
|
131-135
|
385
|
900
|
440
|
|
136-140
|
460
|
900
|
530
|
|
141-145
|
460
|
1050
|
530
|
|
146-150
|
460
|
1050
|
530
|
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