Indian Railways Hikes Passenger Fares For New Year 2020, Raises Non-AC Train Charges by 2p/Km, AC Class Rates by 4p/Km

New Delhi, December 31: On the New Year's eve 2019, the Indian Railways announced a fare hike across non-AC mail/express and AC passenger trains. The basic rates have been incremented by 2 paise per kilometre for non-air conditioned trains and 4 paise per kilometre for AC class fares. The new dates will come into effect from January 1, 2020. 

The tariff table was released on Tuesday by the Indian Railway Conference Association (IRCA). The list specifies class-wise hike in fares for ordinary non-AC, Mail/Express non-AC and AC Classes. Significantly, the IRCA has announced that the rate of suburban trains and season tickets have not been revised.

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Ministry of Railways revises the basic passenger fare as per revised passenger fare table published by Indian Railway Conference Association (IRCA), effective from January 1, 2020. pic.twitter.com/SFlDt0bIv1

— ANI (@ANI) December 31, 2019