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Commercial Circular No. 11 of 2025 · 2025-07-01
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 11 of 2025
Date2025-07-01
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicfares
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भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

रेल मंत्रालय MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(रैलवे बोर्ड RAILWAY BOARD)

Commercial Circular No. | | of 2025

No.TC 11/2910/2025/Fare New Delhi, dated 30+06.2025

The Principal Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways

Sub: Rationalisation of basic fare for passenger train services w.e.f 01.07.2025.
Ministry of Railways have decided to rationalise the basic fare of Passenger train

services as per revised Passenger Fare Table published by IRCA effective from
01.07.2025. The details of the basic fare rationalisation are as under:

Sino. | Class Increase in Fare per Passenger Kilometer (PKM

‘i _| Suburban (Single Journey Fare

pNO change. SS eS
Suburban

Ordinary Non-AC (Non-Suburban
eo Second Class Ordinary Half Paisa subject to condition that (i) No increase
up to 500 Km (ii) Increase by Rs. 5 for distance
501 to 1500 Km (iii) Increase by Rs. 10 for
distance 1501 to 2500 Km (iv) Increase by Rs. 15
for distance 2501 to 3000 Km.

iv Sleeper Class Ordina Half Paisa

Half Paisa
Mail/Express (Non-AC
01 Paisa
01 Paisa :
परवाह Seon Ss ee पर
लि oS ee ee Sa eee का classes

AC Chair Car Ongena ee
AC-3 tier/3E jie ee eee Ea |
AC-2 tier We pajedmec se Sen: ura es gle ee
AC First class/EC/EA ee वाद SS ee ee पा

2. Existing basic fare of train services like Tejas Rajdhani, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto,
Vande Bharat, Humsafar, Amrit Bharat, Tejas, Mahamana, Gatimaan, Antyodaya, Garib
Rath, Jan Shatabdi, Yuva Express, Ordinary services (non-suburban), Anubhuti coach &
AC Vistadome coach etc has been revised to the extent of the above proposed increase in
class-wise basic fare as per notified revised Fare Table.

3. Other charges: There shall be no change in charges for reservation fee, superfast
surcharge etc. Such charges, wherever applicable, shall continue to be levied additionally.

4. GST as applicable shall continue to be levied, as per instructions issued from time to
time.

5. Rounding off of fares shall continue to be done as per existing principles.

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6. Other terms and conditions shall remain same as per instructions issued from time to
time.

7. IRCA has been requested to print and supply the revised Passenger Fare Table.

8. Each Railway shall ensure that the requisite number of copies of revised Passenger
Fare Table are collected from the General Secretary, IRCA and are distributed to the
concerned staff well in advance before 01.07.2025. (Basic Fare Table is enclosed
herewith).

9. In case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, the revised fare shall not be
applicable on such tickets. Accordingly, difference of fare for journey on or after
01.07.2025 on such tickets shall not be shown in the reservation chart. However, any new
tickets made by TTE/ticket checking staff in trains/at stations on or after 01.07.2025 shall
be charged on revised rate.

10. The fare list displayed to the public at stations shall also be revised showing new fare
effective from 01.07.2025.

11. The changes which are required to be carried out in manual ticketing system if any and
in PRS, UTS, etc, shall be ensured.

12. Special arrangements shall be made to ensure that necessary instructions and the
revised Passenger Fare Table are informed to the staff well in advance. Steps should also
be taken to ensure that the concerned staff fully understands these changes and
implements them properly.

13. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.

14. The receipt of this letter may be acknowledged. Also please check these instructions
on the Indian Railways website-www. indianrailways.gov.in.

15. Zonal Railways shall arrange to give wide publicity, to the revision in fare and Fare
Table w.e.f. 01.07.2025, through press, media and also through notifications and

announcements at stations.
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(Praveen Kumar)
Director Passenger Marketing (Coordination)
Railway Board

No.TC 11/2910/2025/Fare New Delhi, dated 3० .06.2025
Copy to:-

Ls Dy. Com

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