Rail fares in all classes will be costlier from Tuesday. Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had announced about 21% hike in passenger fares with an aim to mop up additional revenue of Rs. 6600 crore in a year. According to him, the hike will rake in an additional Rs. 1200 crore between January 22 and March 31.
He had also said that there will be no further hike in the Rail Budget 2013-14.
Fares of ordinary second class (suburban) trains will go up by 2 paise per kilometre while for non-suburban travel it will be 3 paise.
Travel by second class mail and express trains will be costlier by 4 paise per kilometre, while it will be 6 paise more in sleeper class.
Travellers by AC chair car and AC three tier will have to shell out 10 paise more per kilometre, first class by 3 paise, AC two tier by 6 paise and AC first class by 10 paise.
The fares for first class, AC two tier and AC first/executive class were already raised by 10 paise per kilometre, 15 and 30 paise respectively in the fiscal's budget.
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