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Indian Railways generated Rs 1500 crore revenue from suspension of ticket concession for senior citizens, RTI reveals

The Indian Railways earned Rs 1,500 crore from senior citizens due to the suspension of the concession, while the total revenue generated was Rs 3,464 crore during pandemic, as reported by PTI. 

May 17, 2022, 12:37 PM IST

Indian Railways recover a record Rs 23 crore fine from ticketless travellers

The Northeast Frontier Railway has made a record recovery of an amount of Rs 23.36 crore which was realized from the offenders as fare and penalty, as reported by ANI. 

May 01, 2022, 15:55 PM IST

Railway passengers to get cheaper tickets using THIS card, details here

The IRCTC users will get cheaper tickets if they book any AC class railway ticket using a BoB credit card. This card will also get multiple benefits for shopping across other categories ranging from groceries to fuel.

Feb 22, 2022, 10:14 AM IST

Train booking, other services to remain shut for 6 hours till Nov 21

To normalize passenger services & revert back in a phased manner to the pre-covid levels of service, the Railways Passenger Reservation System (PRS) will be shut down for 6 hours during the lean business hours of the night for the next 7 days

Nov 15, 2021, 19:38 PM IST

25% discount on ticket fares for AC chair cars in several trains to be applicable from September end

Discounted fare can be for the full year, part of the year or month wise or seasonal or for weekdays/weekend, Railways said.

Aug 29, 2019, 12:14 PM IST

Indian Railways to offer 25% discount on ticket fares for AC chair cars in Shatabdi, Gatiman, Tejas and other trains

The discount will be given on the base fare of all trains with AC chair car and executive chair car accommodation.

Aug 28, 2019, 07:47 AM IST

DNA: Non Stop News,14th June, 2019

This segment of DNA brings to you important stories of the day. Watch this video for more info.

Jun 14, 2019, 22:30 PM IST

Railways to offer options on senior citizen fare concession

Now senior citizens will have the option to avail either the full concession provided to them on rail tickets or half of it.

Jul 06, 2017, 20:31 PM IST

Rail tickets likely to get costlier as ministry mulling to impose safety cess

The railways is considering imposing safety cess on train tickets to be utilised for strengthening accident prevention measures.

May 18, 2017, 23:25 PM IST

Now get train tickets at your doorstep; pay at the time of delivery

IRCTC is offerring delivery of rail tickets allowing passengers to make payment through any payment mode.

May 10, 2017, 12:39 PM IST

By 2021, you can get confirmed berth on your preferred train

Come 2021 and a passenger could be assured of a confirmed berth on his preferred train, if the railways' plan to augment capacity on busy routes materialises.

Apr 28, 2017, 18:16 PM IST

Now unreserved rail tickets on smartphones in 15 more stations

Northern Railway on Monday extended the facility to book unreserved tickets through smartphones to 15 more railway stations between New Delhi and Ghaziabad, an official statement said.

Mar 27, 2017, 19:33 PM IST

Booking train tickets online become cheaper as railways waive off service tax

In a move to encourage cashless transaction following the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, the government has waived off the service tax for online booking of train tickets via the IRCTC website.

Nov 22, 2016, 23:18 PM IST

IRCTC joins hands with SBI to promote rail ticketing

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has joined hands with the State Bank of India to chalk out a detailed plan for promotion of rail ticketing activities, including internet ticketing and unreserved ticketing system.

Jul 20, 2016, 18:47 PM IST

Indian Railways: Cancellation of counter train tickets by a phone call from today

One has to just dial 139, give details of the confirmed ticket and the sender will get a one-time password, which will help the passenger to claim refund.

Apr 01, 2016, 09:40 AM IST

Railway passenger fares may be hiked later, says Oppn

 Accusing the government of making "bogus claims" in the Railway Budget, the Opposition on Thursday said though there was no proposal to hike fares and freight rates, there was every possibility for it to do so like in the previous year.

 

Mar 03, 2016, 20:45 PM IST

Railway new ticketing rule comes into effect; unreserved tickets valid for 3 hours only

From today, an unreserved train ticket for travelling upto 199 km distance will no longer be valid after three hours of purchase of the ticket as railways has formulated a new rule.

Mar 01, 2016, 18:20 PM IST