Indian Railway: Lakhs of passengers travel daily in Indian Railways, recently Railways has made a rule to pay different types of charges to passengers on train tickets, let us know this news in detail….
When you have to travel by train for a long distance, you make your reservation in the train for this. That is, you reserve your seat by paying money.
But have you ever noticed that what charges are collected from you in the rent you pay? Many different charges (charges included in train ticket) have to be paid in your total fare including base fare.
This charge is applicable
Rail Reservation Ticket includes base fare, reservation charge, superfast charge (if the train is superfast), GST, catering charge, dynamic charge and other charges.
However, some of these charges also depend on the category of the train. If you book tickets online, banks also charge you online transaction service charges.
Understand the fare of Rajdhani Express like this
If you have made a reservation in AC 3 coach of Rajdhani Express from Guwahati to New Delhi, then according to the official website of IRCTC, the total fare is Rs 3770.
Now what is included in this fare, you can understand here. According to the website, this ticket includes base fare Rs 2007, reservation charge Rs 40, superfast charge Rs 45, total GST Rs 146,
Other charges are Rs 15, Catering charges Rs 710 (optional) and Dynamic fare Rs 803. In this way you pay a total of Rs 3770 (charges included in train ticket).
Understand sleeper class fare in express train
To travel by Indian Railways, if you make reservation (charges includes in train ticket) in sleeper coach in Sampark Kranti Express from Bandra Terminus to Hazrat Nizamuddin.
So according to the official website, you have to pay Rs 615 for this. This fare includes Rs 565 base fare, Rs 20 reservation charge and Rs 30 superfast charge.
