Travelling in trains is set to become costlier from next week as the hike in reservation fee and superfast charges announced in the Rail Budget come into effect from April 1. ...
09:11 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Railway fares could see another round of increase soon. Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal hinted on Thursday that fares could be hiked for the second time in 2013 as the organisation was not able to complete several projects due to lack of funds. ...
03:31 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Another round of fare hike in premier trains looks imminent with Railways revising food tariffs for Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi trains. "It will be a minor hike ranging between Rs 15 and Rs 20 for Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto passengers after the revision of catering charges of the premier trains," a top Railway official involved with the decision making process said. ...
10:11 AM, Jan 27, 2013
If you are travelling by train, get ready to pay more as the increased railway fares have come into effect starting Monday. The fare hike is expected to mop up an additional Rs 6,600 crore annually for the government. This is the first increase in rail fares in a decade's time as the last was during Nitish Kumar's tenure as railway minister. ...
08:47 AM, Jan 21, 2013
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced a statewide protest against the hikes in diesel prices and the train fares. ...
11:14 AM, Jan 19, 2013
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11:58 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Is the steep hike in rail fare justified? Professor G Raghuram shared his perspective in an interaction with IBNLive readers. ...
05:00 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced an across-the-board hike in fares of all classes to net an additional Rs 6,600 crore a year. The new fares will be effective from January 21 midnight. The announcement, which was a made only about a month ahead of the Railway Budget, is the first such increase in railway fares in nearly a decade. ...
03:58 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a key constituent of the United Progressive Alliance, on Thursday said that it would take up the latest railway fare increase issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Party chief Karunanidhi said that he would not support any hike that would hit the poor. ...
01:39 PM, Jan 10, 2013
A day after the government announced a hike in railway fares, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said the decision was against the common man. Demanding a rollback, Mayawati said hike in railway fares was "one of the many anti-common man policies of the government". ...
01:29 PM, Jan 10, 2013
The Indian Railways hiked passenger fares across the board in all classes on Wednesday for the first time in 10 years. The decision came barely a month before the Budget Session of Parliament. With this the railways is expected to earn an extra revenue of Rs 6,600 crore. ...
09:13 AM, Jan 10, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday night criticised the hike in rail fare terming it "anti-people" and questioned whether it was ethical for the government to do so before the budget. ...
12:26 AM, Jan 10, 2013
No international interference, says India as Pak denies killing two soldiers. Big hike in railway fares, to be effective from January 21 midnight. ...
11:47 PM, Jan 09, 2013
The industry on Wednesday said it is necessary to bring the Railways back on track and hike in rail fares would result into more safety measures and better services to passengers. ...
06:39 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced a hike in railway fares, the first in the last 10 years. The new fares will be effective from midnight of January 21, 2012. The Railway Minister also clarified that the fares will not be hiked in Railway Budget. ...
06:22 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday announced a hike in railway fares, the first in the last 10 years. The new fares will be effective from midnight of January 21, 2013. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Railway Minister PK Bansal is likely to announce a hike in railway fares and sources said that the government won't wait for the Budget Session to announce it. This will be the first fare hike by Indian Railways in the last 10 years. ...
01:27 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Faced with mounting deficit of over Rs 20,000 crore in the passenger segment, Railways is keen on raising passenger fares between 5-10 paise per km in the coming months to generate the revenue of about Rs 4,000 crore. The hike could come close on the heels of Railways finalising the broader contours of the proposed Rail Tariff Authority (RTA), which would be placed before Cabinet in January. ...
12:45 PM, Dec 23, 2012
The Minister of State for Railways Surya Prakash Reddy has indicated that the train fares may be hiked soon as the "financial condition of the Railways is not sound". Speaking to reporters, Reddy said that hiking the fares had become necessary. ...
10:14 AM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: In the first major hint of a change, new Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that a hike in fares was a possibility. "Passenger fares can be hiked if needed. Primary concern is safety," Bansal said at a press conference. Bansal, the former Parliamentary Affairs Minister, was made the Railways Minister on Sunday during the mega Cabinet reshuffle effected by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the 2014...
01:35 PM, Oct 29, 2012
