Fares for Rajdhani,Shatabdi,Duronto to go up from today

Those who have purchased tickets earlier will have to pay the difference in the fare to TTEs onboard trains from October 17,a senior Railway Ministry official said. The catering charge in premier trains has been increased after 14 years.

The second class AC fare from here to Thiruvananthapuram will now cost Rs 4,289 instead of Rs 3,980 while in the Madras Rajdhani,the existing fare of Rs 3,285 for Chennai has been increased to Rs 3,385.

According to the revised fare,a passenger will have to pay Rs 2,510 instead of Rs 2,435 for AC II ticket in Mumbai Rajdhani. In Howrah Rajdhani,the AC II fare has been increased from Rs 2,490 to Rs 2,554. The tariff has been hiked by Rs 14 only,from New Delhi to Bhubaneswar in Bhubaneswar Rajdhani but in the return journey,a passenger will have to pay Rs 87 more than previous fare.

With tariff revision comes a new food menu. Railways has introduced fish fry in AC-1 and Executive Class and stuffed paratha,channa kulcha and packaged flavoured milk for breakfast in all classes. The menu also includes stuffed kathi roll for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian passengers. However,Railways has done away with chocolates,toffees and fruit juice.

The rate of morning and evening tea has been reduced by nearly 30 to 40 per cent,but the rate of breakfast,lunch and dinner has been increased by 50-60 per cent.

A new concept of combo meal is being introduced as alternate meal on Rajdhani and Duronto trains,priced at half the cost of the regular lunch or dinner rate.