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| Circular number | No. TC-11/291 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | reservation |
| Currency | Currency not verified |
| Official PDF | indianrailways.gov.in |
Running of Suvidha trains (xi) The days of running of these trains and composition of these trains shall 96 as per -
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत, सरकार)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेल मंत्रालय)
(RAILWAY BOARD रेलवे StS)
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(Commercial Circular No.49, of 2015)
No. TC-11/291 0/2013/Dynamic Pricing/C . New Delhi, dated. 92.06.2015
The Chief Commercial Managers The Managing Director,
All Zonal Railways — ः '....(टरा$,
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
The Chairman & Managing Director,
Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corp.,
11" floor, B-148, Statesman House
Barakhamba Road, N. Delhi-110001
Sub: Running of Suvidha trains
Ministry of Railways have decided to run Suvidha trains on the following terms &
conditions:-
A, General guidelines:
(i} Tickets shall be issued only for confirmed and RAC passengers accommodation.
~ There shall be no provision for waiting list in the train.
(ii) The maximum Advance Reservation period will be 30 days while the minimum
Advance Reservation period will be of 10 days. Zonal Railways may decide the
exact ARP for each train within this limit,
(iii) No concession shall be applicable-on these trains. Full adult fare shall be charged
for all passengers irrespective of their age. Also free passes/complimentary
passes/warrant/concessional voucher etc shall not be permitted in these trains.
(iv) Apart from ,e-ticketing, the sale of tickets shall also be allowed through PRS
counters.
(v} Modification/duplicate ticket/cluster bookings/BPT will not be allowed.
(vi) Only General quota bookings will be applicable.
(vii) Upgradation option shall not be applicable in these trains.
(viii) Passenger should produce one of the prescribed Identity Card during journey for
verification purpose for both e-ticket & PRS ticket
(ix) . CCMs and COMs of zonal Railways shall jointly decide to run Suvidha trains over
certain sectors based on the unsatisfied demands where for Premium trains run
in 2014-15 had the occupancy of 80% and more.
{x} On the basis of demand pattern if trains are required to be run‘with the ARP as
mentioned at (ii) above, Suvidha train services may run during peak seasons like
winter rush, summer rush, Dussehara rush, Holi rush and on other. occasions as
jointly decided by COM and CCMs of the zonal Railways.
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(xi) The days of running of these trains and composition of these trains shall 96 as per -
notification of Coaching Directorate of Railway Board /CPTM’s of zonal Railways.
(xii) Zonal Railways who initiate the running of Suvidha Trains should co-ordinate
timely firing of the trains for both direction if needed, in consultation with the
destination railways with full details like arrangement of catering facilities, days
of running for both the directions, timings, stoppages enroute if any, etc.
(xiii} There shall be no First AC/First: Class/Executive class/general class/2""
sitting coach in the train composition of Suvidha Trains.
B. ~ Fares.
(i). Three types of Suvidha Trains services are proposed:-
(a). Fully air-conditioned services with or without stoppages: Base Price
(Rajdhani base fare + Tatkal charges)
(b). Mixed services having no enroute commercial stoppages on mixed
Duronto pattern: Base price: (Mixed Duronto base fare+ Tatkal
charges)
. (c). For mixed services having some stoppages enroute and running as
Maii/Express: Base price: (Mail/Express base faré + Tatkal charges).
Notes.
(a) Other charges like reservation charge, catering charge, S/F, service tax
etc, will be taken in full wherever applicable
(0) In addition to above, if demand arises zonal Railways may also plan for
fully airconditioned Shatabdi/Double decker type Suvidha Trains with
fare of the respective categories of trains as per above.
(ii) The Permissible booking pattern and charges thereon of Suvidha Trains will
be as under:-
For both AC classes and non AC-classes:-
Charges* | (Base. fare | 1.5 times of (base| 2 times of 7 2.5 times 01 | 3 times of
+ Tatkal) fare +tatkal) (base fare+ (base fare +] (base fare
tatkal) tatkal) + tatkal)
% of 20% 20% | 20% 20% . 20%
seat/berth |
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