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...