Indian Railways offer discount on vacant berths in premium trains

Indian Railways has decided to sell vacant berths in premium trains at a discount. A 10% rebate shall be applicable on the base fare of the last ticket sold for a particular class and train just before preparation of the first chart.

This discount shall also be applicable to the allotment of vacant berths (due to passengers not turning up) in the train by Train Ticket Examiners.The discount will be applicable from December 20 on all Rajdhani, Duranto and Shatabdi trains with flexi fare. According to sources, flexi fare is adversely affecting occupancy and several seats are left vacant.

In the flexi fare system, the price of the last tickets sold turns



out to be 50% costlier than the actual price. So, for booking of a vacant berth, the passenger will have to pay only 40% more on the basic fare. Other charges will remain the same.

The Railways has taken some more measures to address the problem of vacant berths. It has reduced fares of two Shatabdi trains — Chennai Central-Mysore and New Delhi-Ajmer.The fare from Chennai to Mysore will come down from Rs 440 to Rs 300 and from Mysore to Chennai will come down from Rs 340 to Rs 300.

The fare for Ajmer to Jaipur on New Delhi-Ajmer Shatabdi will be Rs 300. The railways has also reduced Tatkal Quota in flexi fare trains to 10% in every class.