New Delhi, Mar 31: The rationalised fare structures for Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains, reduced fares for Jan Shatabdi Express trains and re-classified freight rates, as approved by Parliament, would come into force from midnight today. The basic fares for each class of Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains were linked to the fares for mail and express trains and would be 15 per cent higher than the fares of corresponding class of superfast mail and express trains on a uniform basis, an official release said. In few cases, the release said, where rationalised fares were marginally higher, the existing fares had been retained. The basic fares for executive class of Shatabdi Express trains had been kept two times the basic fares of AC chair car of these trains.
The basic fare for Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains were inclusive of reservation fee and supplementary charges for superfast trains, which would not be levied separately, it said adding the surcharge would be levied additionally as applicable.
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