Railways Hikes Ticket Charges Booked Under Tatkal Scheme

The Railways has hiked the Tatkal ticket charges with the aim to improve passenger revenue collections. It will be effective from December 25. 

For booking a sleeper class ticket, a passenger will have to shell out Rs 200 for the Tatkal, instead of Rs 175. In sleeper class, minimum Tatkal charge has been hiked to Rs 100 from Rs 90 earlier. 

Minimum and maximum Tatkal charges depend upon the travel distance.

For AC-3, the maximum charge has been hiked to Rs 400 instead of Rs 350 earlier and minimum to Rs 300 from Rs 250, according to a Railway notification.

In AC-2, a passenger has to pay Rs 400 now as against the earlier rate of Rs 300 in minimum Tatkal charges and Rs 500 as maximum charge against Rs 400 earlier.

In executive class, the minimum Tatkal charge has been hiked to Rs 400 from Rs 300 and maximum to Rs 500 from Rs 400.

However, the Tatkal charges for second class sitting has not been changed and remain the same at Rs 10 and Rs 15 as minimum and maximum charge respectively depending on the distance.