Faced with stiff competition from roadways and low-cost airlines, railways is set to offer up to 25 percent discount in trains like Shatabdi Express, Tejas and Gatiman Express which have low occupancy to bump up ticket sales. The discount will be given on the base fare of trains with AC chair car and executive chair car seats and charges like GST, reservation fee, superfast tariff and others will be levied separately. The discount, the railway ministry has said, can be offered yearly, half-yearly, seasonally or during weekends. Once the scheme is in place, no other discounts such as the graded discount in Shatabdi Express trains or flexi-fare will be applicable. The railway ministry has decided to delegate powers to the Principal Commercial Managers of the zones to introduce the discounted fare scheme in the identified trains. However, it has laid down certain guidelines.
Faced with stiff competition from roadways and low-cost airlines, railways is set to offer up to 25 percent discount in trains like Shatabdi Express, Tejas and Gatiman Express which have low occupancy to bump up ticket sales. The discount will be given on the base fare of trains with AC chair car and executive chair car seats and charges like GST, reservation fee, superfast tariff and others will be levied separately. The discount, the railway ministry has said, can be offered yearly, half-yearly, seasonally or during weekends. Once the scheme is in place, no other discounts such as the graded discount in Shatabdi Express trains or flexi-fare will be applicable. The railway ministry has decided to delegate powers to the Principal Commercial Managers of the zones to introduce the discounted fare scheme in the identified trains. However, it has laid down certain guidelines.
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