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Fares of these trains will be affected
Today the passenger trains are known as 'Express Special' and 'MEMU/DEMU Express' trains. Now the second class fare of these trains has been restored. Railway officials have also issued a notification to the Chief Booking Reservation Supervisor for this change. After this, those MEMU trains whose number starts with zero. Their fare can be reduced by up to 50 percent. This change has come into effect across the country from February 27.
This increase has been made during the Corona period
During the Corona epidemic, the government reduced the fares of passenger trains and express trains to reduce the crowd of passengers. Along with this, passenger trains were stopped in a phased manner. These were replaced by Special Express and MEMU trains. Due to this change, the minimum fare for trains has been increased from Rs 10 to Rs 30. In such a situation, due to Corona, passengers were paying fares for express trains instead of passenger trains. Since the end of the Corona period, there was a demand by the passengers to reduce the fares of passenger trains, which has now been fulfilled by the government.
Let us tell you that there has been no change in the fares of any train except passenger trains. The fare for all Express, Superfast and Vande Bharat trains will remain the same.
