New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways on Wednesday decided to hike the Tatkal ticket charges, aiming to improve passenger revenue collections. The hike will come into effect from Friday.
According to Indian Railways notification, passengers travelling in Sleeper Class will now have to pay maximum of Rs 200 instead of Rs 175 and minimum of Rs 90 instead to Rs 100 under the revised Tatkal scheme.
Minimum and maximum charges depend upon the travel distance.
Similarly, in AC-3 tier, the maximum revised charge is Rs 400 instead of Rs 350 and minimum is Rs 300 instead of Rs 250.
In AC-2, a passenger will have to pay Rs 400 now as against the earlier rate of Rs 300 in minimum tatkal charges and Rs 500 as maximum charge against Rs 400 earlier.
In Executive Class, the minimum Tatkal charge has been hiked to Rs 400 from Rs 300 and maximum Rs 500 from Rs 400.
However, the Tatkal booking for Second Class sitting has not been changed and remain same at Rs 10 and Rs 15 as minimum and maximum charge respectively depending on the distance.
According to Railways the software will be changed accordingly by CRIS to adjust the new fares.
Earlier in November, the Railways had doubled ticket cancellation charges.
