Rail travel to get cheaper from March 15, know why

Good news passengers! Railways Ministry has decided to remove flexi fares from trains with less than 50% occupancy.

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A statement by the Railways Ministry said, “Based on the feedback from different quarters, a committee was constituted to review the flexi fare scheme and based on certain recommendations of the committee, flexi fare scheme in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains has been rationalised.”


The latest changes are:
Flexi fare has been removed from 15 trains with average monthly occupancy below 50% for the full year. While, it has been withdrawn from 32 trains with average monthly occupancy between 50-75% during pre-defined lean period for the months of February, March and August.


Note:
One can avail the benefits of the revised flexi fare scheme from March 15, 2019.