Your money: A look at how the Railways fare hike will pinch your pocket

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PTI: New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan 09, 2013 at 2203 hrs IST

Railways fares were hiked for the first time in 10 years. Here's how it will hit the money in your pocket. A passenger travelling to Thiruvananthapuram from New Delhi on a Mail or an Express train in Sleeper Class will now have to shell out an extra Rs 186. Similarly, a passenger travelling by ....Read more

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ls raghunathan | Thursday , 10 Jan '13 14:11:01 PMReply | Forward

correct thing done though belatedly.telling that to improve anything is just a joke since i am travelling from 1966 from south to to north & east to west. periodical increase is a must alongwith increase of inputs cost but telling paycommission burden is to cheat the public. bogus shouting of am admi, garibi hato are for poor mases. to my little knowledge i am proud of past two rail ministers i.e.SSri dandawate & nitish during their period rail travelling is best including catering. Mr. dandwate's catering system starting base kitchen little townskasba& runningh catering is best. Mr bansal' s satements augur good for railways & public particularly offering coolwelcome drinks which in domestic air travel drinks were stopped. will he be able to do goodfor public & railways should be seen. it is high time to stop charging food in advance in duronto trains if not in rajadhani n shatabdi. Even post payment that service is poor but our money is not wasted but in prepament for food the less said the better. i have seen in all classes in duranto how the service is provided and since i am poor i stopped traving in duranto but prefer other super express for paymnet is to be made after service. myself a retired central government servant so don't doubt that i am someone's agent. in SR old AC CC & AC II & III oldcondomned coaches are used in important trains which makes travel jerkey. in SR sleeper charges are charged during the day time for short distancve when asked it was told that shortage of racks and above all local public is paying so i should also pay. is it not exploitation? in all respect WR is best & they should maintain it.

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girish | Thursday , 10 Jan '13 11:22:57 AMReply | Forward

This is very strange that in 10 years Indian Railway could not Increase passenger fares here we have to blame UPA and then railway ministers Laluji, Mamata, and her successors needs to be held responsible for not hiking railway fare from time to time that's why this situation has put everyone on back foot. In 10 years minorities parties like lulu and mamata (Trinmool) used to oppose fare hike even PM also needs to get blamed as he was not in a position to take decisions in time. Hence forth Railway board and its chairman to be given more and more authorities than stupid political leaders like mamata and her gang.

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Allaisa | Thursday , 10 Jan '13 7:32:07 AMReply | Forward

These fares should have gone up long ago. Railways should also consider reducing the discounts available to all and sundry. For eg now you get discounts for Farmers, Industrial workers. Does not that cover 80% of the population? There are discounts for senior citizens and strangely for thalessemia patients.