Indian railways hikes tatkal ticket charges

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CA Pallav Singhania

IT System Auditor

19347 Points Posted on 31 December 2015

Railways waited for Parliament session to end to announce up to a 33 per-cent increase in its Tatkal charges.

The minimum Tatkal charges for AC-III tier has been increased from Rs 250 to 300 while the maximum has been hiked from Rs 350 to 400.

For AC-II tier, the hike is from Rs 300 to 400 as minimum charges and from Rs 400 to Rs 500 as maximum charge.

Similarly, increase in the sleeper class Tatkal charges is from Rs 90 to 100 as minimum and from Rs 175 to 200.

The second-class (general) charges have been left untouched. Tatkal charges are the premium a user pays above the fare.

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CA Pallav Singhania

IT System Auditor

19347 Points Posted on 31 December 2015

Ticket cancellation and refund of reserved tickets will now be done at a separate counter.

To ensure passenger-friendly measures, the railways ministry has decided to convert one Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) counter, where only unreserved tickets are sold, into UTS cum Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counter, where only reserved tickets are sold.

Cancellation and refund of PRs (passenger reservation) counter tickets shall be made across the earmarked UTS cum PRS counter (only for refund of PRS counter tickets) beyond the working hours of existing PRS counters or current counters as per refund rules.

However, the cancellation and refund facility will be extended only to those tickets which were booked at the PRS counter and not for tickets that are booked online or through mobile applications.

soumyaahuja

manager

40 Points Posted on 23 December 2016

Thanks for information regarding increasing tatkal ticket charges and learn How to Book Tatkal Ticket to go for journey.

Rupal Singh

Executive

46 Points Posted on 04 July 2017

Thanks for sharing information,Now government has increased the tatkal ticket booking charges by up to 33 per cent. The Indian Railways has increased the tatkal booking charges for travel in sleeper class, AC-III tier, AC-II tier and executive class.To book tatkal ticket click here.