MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS Revision of Flexi Fare Scheme of Indian Railways Flexi fare scheme has been introduced in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains from 09.09.2016. Under this scheme, the fare increases by 10% with every 10% of berths sold subject to maximum limit of 1.5 times in classes Second AC, Sleeper, Second Sitting (reserved), AC Chair Car and 1.4 times in 3rd AC class. No change has been made in the fare of First AC and Executive class. Based on the feedback from different quarters, a committee was constituted to review the flexi fare scheme and based on certain recommendations of the committee, Flexi fare scheme in Rajdhani, Shatabdi & Duronto Trains has been rationalized as under: Flexi fare scheme has been discontinued from 15 trains, with average monthly occupancy less than 50%, for full year and from 32 trains, with average monthly occupancy between 50 to 75%, during pre-defined lean period of 3 months (February, March & August). Maximum cap of flexi fa...

TYPES OF RESERVATION QUOTAS IN INDIAN RAILWAYS MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS CATEGORIES OF RESERVATION QUOTAS IN INDIAN RAILWAYS With a view to cater to requirements of different categories of passengers served by Indian Railways, available reserved accommodation is distributed broadly under following types of reservation quotas: S.NO. QUOTA AVAILABLE FOR 1. General General Public 2. Tatkal General Public 3. Premium Tatkal General Public 4. Parliament House Hon’ble Members of Parliament (Sitting and Former) 5. Ladies Female passenger travelling alone or in a group of female passengers 6. Senior Citizen Combined quota for senior citizens, female passengers above 45 years & pregnant women 7. Foreign Tourist Foreigners 8. Defence Defence Personnel 9. Roadside General Public 10. Pooled General Public 11. Cancer Patient Cancer Patients 12. RAC(Reservation Against Cancellation) General Public 13. Physically Handicapped Divyangjan 14. Duty Pass Serving/retired Railway employ...

New Railway Time Table Effective from 15.8.2018 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS WILL BE RELEASING ITS NEW ALL INDIA RAILWAY TIME TABLE KNOWN AS “TRAINS AT A GLANCE (TAG)” EFFECTIVE FROM 15TH AUGUST, 2018 Ministry of Railways Ministry of Railways will be Releasing New All India Railway Time Table (Train at A Glance) With Effect From 15th August 2018 In addition to The “Trains at a Glance”, All Zonal Railways will also be Releasing their respective Zonal Railway Time Tables The Ministry of Railways will be releasing its new All India Railway Time Table known as   “TRAINS AT A GLANCE (TAG)”   effective from 15th August, 2018. In addition to the “Trains at a Glance”, all the 17 Zonal Railways will also be releasing their respective Zonal Railway Time Tables (5 Zonal time tables in all, each Zonal Time Table comprising 3-4 Zonal Railways) which will also come into effect from 15th August, 2018. The new Trains at a Glance will also be available w.e.f. 15th August, 2018 on Indian Rai...

RAILWAYS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) Commercial Circular No.37 of 2018 No.TC-II/2910/2013/Dynamic pricing/C New Delhi, dated: 12.07.2018 The Principal Chief Commercial Managers All Zonal Railways The Managing Director, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. The Chairman & Managing Director, Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation., 11th floor, B-148, Statesman House, Barakhamba Road, N.Delhi-110001 Sub:  Revision of advance reservation period for running of Suvidha trains and special trains on special charges. REF: 1. Commercial circular no. 30 of 2015 dated 21.05.2015. 2. Commercial circular no. 33 of 2015 dated 02.06.2015. 3. Commercial circular no. 40 of 2015 dated 01.07.2015 4. Commercial circular no. 03 of 2018 dated 12.01.2015 In continuation of above instructions, Ministry of Railways have decided that the currency of above instructions regarding revision of Advance Reservation Period for running of all Suvidha Trains ...

5% GST to Train Food and Drinks Ministry of Finance 5% Uniform rate of GST to apply in all railway catering services in trains or on stations With a view to remove any doubt or uncertainty in the matter and bring uniformity in the rate of GST applicable to supply of food and drinks made available in trains, platforms or stations, it has been clarified with the approval of the competent authority that the GST rate on supply of food and drinks by the Indian Railways or Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. or their licensees, whether in trains or at platforms (static units), will be 5% without input tax credit. The copy of letter F.No. 354/03/2018-TRU dated 31.03.2018 (Order No. 2/2018 – GST) issued to the Railway Board is available atwww.cbec.gov.in .

Ministry of Railways BOOKING TO TATKAL TICKETS & MEASURES TO AVOID MISUSE OF TATKAL SCHEME On Indian Railways, reserved accommodation including Tatkal accommodation can be booked through computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) on first come first served basis. During peak rush periods/days when demand outstrips the availability, reserved accommodation especially in higher classes and on popular routes gets exhausted within short duration of opening of reservation. However, during lean periods, on non-popular and lower classes, the accommodation remains available for longer duration. The phenomenon is more relevant for Tatkal where limited accommodation is earmarked. This happens as the available limited accommodation is accessed simultaneously through more than 10,300 counters at 3465 computerised Passenger Reservation Centers as well as through internet. To avoid misuse of Tatkal Scheme, there are some inbuilt features in Tatkal scheme which includes provision of not grant...

CHANGE OF NAME OF A PASSENGER ON CONFIRMED RESERVATION TICKET A change of name in reservation is permitted only by Sr.Divisonal Commercial Manager of concerned division. Where there is no post of Sr.Divisonal Commercial Manager, the change of name in reservation is permitted by Divisional Commercial Manager of concerned division on written requisition tendered by party along with documents as required under the rules 24 hours prior to the scheduled departure of train in following circumstances. (i) Government servant proceeding on duty on production of a letter from the appropriate authority. (ii) Between family members due to unavoidable circumstances, viz. father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, husband and wife. No cancellation and reservation charges are recovered in this case. The station Manager will be competent to permit alteration of reservation under the condition mentioned above. (iii) However, in case of group travelling together, party’s written request should be t...

Railways: Clarification on booking of YTSK tickets through telephone Government of India Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) No. 2017/TG-I/23/P/YTSK Date: 07.12.2017 Principal Chief Commercial Managers, All Zonal Railways. (Commercial Circular no. 81 of 2017) Sub: Clarification on booking of YTSK tickets through telephone. With a view to expanding the facilities for issuing of tickets (both reserved and unreserved) and allowing public private partnership in establishment and operation of computerized PRS-cum-UTS terminals at centres called Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK), the YTSK scheme was launched vide Commercial Circular no. 33 of 2014. Thereafter, on the basis of feedback received, amendments have been made in the scheme from time to time. 2.A reference has been received from Northern Railway forwarding therewith a request received from YTSK Association, Delhi’s to permit YTSKs to book tickets on telephone. In this connection, the Association has referred to the feature of boo...

Railways: Revision of Cloak Room and Locker charges at Railway Stations GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. 2015/TG-IV/14/P/Lockers New Delhi, Dt.21.12.2017 The General Managers, All Zonal Railways. (Commercial Circular No. 83/2017) Sub: Revision of Cloak Room and Locker charges at Railway Stations. Please refer to Board’s letter no: 91/TG-I/10/P/Cloak Room Charges dated 23.01.2013 (CC No. 09/2013) wherein the last revision of Cloak Room and Locker charges were notified. It has, now, been decided that DRMs shall have full powers for upward revision of the Cloak Room and Locker tariff at stations based on their local conditions after obtaining concurrence of their Associate Finance. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways. sd/- (Harvinder Singh) Jt. Director Traffic Comml.(G) Railway Board Authority: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/