As per latest report in a bid to fill the vacant seats in trains and meet the challenges posed by the roadways and airways, the Indian Railways has decided to give discount of up to 25% to passengers on ticket fares. Meanwhile according to the Railways, the decision will be applicable in air-conditioned executive class and chair cars of trains like Shatabdi Express, Gatiman Express, tejas Express, Double Decker and Intercity Express.

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A senior Railway Ministry official told "A decision on giving discount of passenger fare was taken today (Tuesday) and a circular has been issued to all the zonal managers”. Furthermore the official said that the new guideline is based on the occupancy of the train in the last year. It also said that discounted fare can be given for the full year or part of a year, or month wise or seasonal or weekdays or weekends.



It said "If the passenger occupancy is less on the entire route or it is less in between any two special stations, a decision will be taken on that basis”. Moreover citing examples, the railway official said a lot of seats remain vacant from Kanpur to Lucknow of Lucknow Shatabdi running from delhi. He said "In such a situation, the railways will waive passenger fares in that section”. Further he also cited the example of Ajmer Shatabdi, which runs from delhi to Ajmer and said that many seats remain vacant between Jaipur to Ajmer.


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