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Supplementary charge for Superfast trains, Catering Charge,

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EXPLANATORY NOTES 
 
1. 
The fares will be same in case of all distances within that distance 
slab. 
 
2. 
Minimum distance for charge of 200 Km. in Sleeper Class will not be 
applicable in case of Sleeper coaches declared as unreserved 
coaches by Zonal Railways in notified trains and in specified sections. 
In such cases, actual fares as shown in the concerned column will be 
levied/charged. 
 
3. 
All fares notified in this Coaching Tariff are Basic Fares. All other 
miscellaneous charges like Reservation Fee, Superfast Charge, 
Catering Charge and Service Tax etc., wherever applicable, will be 
levied additionally. 
 
3.1 
Basic fares for high speed trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan 
Shatabdi, all type of Duronto trains, Garib Rath and Yuva etc., as 
given in this Coaching Tariff, are also exclusive of Reservation fee, 
Superfast charge, Catering Charge and Service Tax etc.  These 
charges, wherever applicable, will be levied additionally.  
 
4. 
Suburban fares shall be levied for journeys performed in the suburban 
sections only. Non-suburban fares shall apply in case of all other 
journeys. 
 
5. 
Rounding-off of fares:  
 
5.1        Fares of all classes except Second Class Ordinary (Suburban). 
Chargeable Fares, as obtained after adding Miscellaneous Charges 
like Reservation Fee, Supplementary charge for Superfast trains, 
Catering Charge, Service Tax etc. to the Basic Fare, will be rounded 
off to the next higher multiple of Rs. 5. 
 
5.2   
Second Class (Suburban) Fares. Chargeable Fares for Second Class  
Suburban 
passengers, 
as 
obtained 
after 
adding 
applicable 
miscellaneous charges like MUTP Surcharge (as and where 
applicable) etc. to the Basic Fare, is proposed to be rounded off to the 
next higher multiple of five rupees, except that in cases where either 
'1' or '6' comes up as the last digit (i.e. in unit's place) it was be 
rounded off to the immediately lower multiple of rupees 5, i.e. 11.00, 
21.00, 31.00, etc. would respectively become rupees 10.00, 20.00, 
30.00, etc. and 6.00, 16.00, 26.00 etc. would respectively become 
rupees 5.00, 15.00, 25.00 etc. And, Fare values ending in rupees 2, 3 
or 4 would be getting rounded off to rupees 5 and those ending in 
rupees 7, 8 or 9 to rupees 10 and so on and so forth.  
 
6. 
Fares published in these tables are separately for the Peak and Lean 
seasons.

6.1      Peak and Lean seasons shall be as under: - 
 
Lean Seasons 
1st February to 31st March; and 
 
 
 
1st August to 31st August 
 
Peak Seasons 
1st April to 31st July; and  
 
 
 
1st September to 31st January 
 
6.2  
In so far as the “popular” trains’ segment is concerned, the peak 
period fares shall be applicable throughout the year in case of 
journeys undertaken in AC First and AC 2-Tier Classes. 
 
7. 
The point-to-point fares for all pairs of stations, including intermediate 
to intermediate stations, in case of Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Rajdhani 
and Duronto sets of trains shall be notified by the Zonal Railways. 
 
8. 
Children under 5 years of age will be carried free of charge. Children 
above the age of 5 years and under 12 years of age will be charged at 
half 
the 
corresponding 
adult 
fare. 
After 
adding 
applicable 
miscellaneous charges, if any, this Fare will be rounded-off to the next 
higher multiple of Rs.5 in case of all classes other than Second 
(Suburban); in the case of Second Suburban, rounding-off principle 
stipulated in Para 5.2 above shall apply.  In case of Rajdhani, 
Shatabdi, Duronto and Jan Shatabdi trains the methodology of 
computing concessions shall be governed in terms of CC 66 of 2012. 
 
9.        Children under 5 years of age will be provided food in Rajdhani, 
Shatabdi and Duronto Express trains without any charge. 
 
10. 
Bed-rolls will be supplied to passengers in AC First Class, AC 2-Tier 
and AC 3-Tier Classes in all trains, except Garib Rath Express trains 
without any additional charge. 
 
11. 
Bed-rolls in Garib Rath Express trains and in Slee

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