Train fares will not be increased in this year, railway minister Mamata Banerjee announced in Lok Sabha today.
The booking charges for A/C as well as non A/C seats have been slashed by 50% and online ticketing is all set to get cheaper. Physically-handicapped passengers will now be given concession in Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains as well. Also, the lower age limit for female senior citizens will be reduced from 60 to 58. Concession for male senior citizens has been reduced by 10% to 30%.
Three new Shatabdi trains will be introduced on Pune-Secunderabad, Jaipur- Agra and Ludhiana-Delhi routes, she said. New Duronto trains will be introduced on Allahabad-Mumbai, Pune-Ahmedabad, Sealdah-Puri, Madurai-Chennai, Chennai- Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai Central-New Delhi routes.