Ministry
of Railways has decided to run Suvidha trains on the following terms &
conditions.
·
Tickets shall be issued only for confirmed and
RAC passengers accommodation. There shall be no provision for waiting list in
the train.
·
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.
·
No concession shall be applicable on these
trains. Full adult fare shall be changed for all passengers irrespective of
their age. Also free passes/complimentary passes/warrant/concessional voucher
etc. shall not be permitted in these trains.
·
Apart from e-ticketing the sale of tickets shall
also be allowed through PRS counters.
·
Modification/duplicate ticket/cluster
bookings/BPT will not be allowed.
·
Only General quota bookings will be applicable.
·
Upgradation option shall not be applicable in
these trains.
·
Passenger should produce one of the prescribed
Identity Card during journey for verification purpose for both e-ticket &
PRS ticket.
·
On the basis of demand pattern, 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 COMs and CCMs of
the zonal Railways.
·
There shall be no First AC/Fist Class/Executive
class/general class/2nd sitting coach in the train composition of
Suvidha Trains.
Three
types of Suvidha Trains services are proposed:-
(1) Fully
air-conditioned services with or without stoppages: Base Price: (Rajdhani base
fare+Tatkal charges).
(2) Mixed
services having no enroute commercial stoppages on mixed Duronto pattern: Base
price: (Mixed Duronto base fare+ Tatkal charges).
(3) For
mixed services having some stoppages enroute and running as Mail/Express: Base
price: (Mail/Express base fare+Tatkal charges).
·
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.
·
Suvidha trains will run on dynamic fare system.
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 +Tatkal)
|
1.5 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
2 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
2.5 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
3 times of (base fare+tatkal)
|
|
% of seat/ berth
|
20%
|
20%
|
20%
|
20%
|
20%
|
(*Other
charges like reservation charge, catering charge, S/F, service tax, etc. will
be taken in full wherever applicable)
·
Vacant berths left at the time of charting will
be offered for current booking counters. Tickets at current counters shall be
sold at the last price sold for that class and other supplementary charges like
reservation fee, superfast charges, catering charges, service tax applicable
shall be levied in full.
·
The information would also be displayed to the
passenger during the booking in case the fare of lower class becomes higher
than the higher class to exercise option to travel by the higher class.
·
There shall be no downward movement in the fare.
·
50% refund of fare subject to minimum flat
cancellation charge of rupees one hundred for airconditioned-II tier/first
class, rupees ninety for airconditioned III-tier/3 economy/airconditioned chair
car and rupees sixty for sleeper class will be granted for confirmed/RAC
tickets upto 6 hours before the scheduled departure of the train. No refund of
fare after that will be granted. Such refund will be granted by filing TDR in
case of e-tickets and in case of PRS counter-ticket across the counter.
·
The Suvidha train services shall be over and
above the normal train services and special trains on Tatkal fares.
·
The above guidelines will be implemented w.e.f.
01.07.2015.
More
details can be seen at website of Ministry of Railway www.indianrailways.gov.in
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AKS/MN/rv