Rationalisation of Flexi Fare Scheme

Rationalisation of Flexi Fare Scheme

Indian Railway New Flexi Fare Scheme

Rationalisation of Flexi Fare Scheme

Review of Flexi Fare scheme done based on the recommendation of the Review committee, Comptroller and Auditor General’s report, and representations from passengers Flexi Fare completely removed from 15 trains Flexi Fare removed from 32 trains during lean period (February, March and August) Graded Discount upto 20% on last fare to be given (class wise) in case of class occupancy being less than 60% Highest slab reduced from 1.5 times to 1.4 times

Flexi Fare Scheme was launched with effect from 9th September, 2016. The scheme generated high revenue however initially there was a drop of passengers which picked up later on. Further, to rationalise the fares an 8 member committee was formed to review the scheme and make it more passenger friendly. The review of the scheme has been done based on the recommendation of the committee, Comptroller and Auditor General’s report, and representations from passengers. The Railways has reviewed Flexi Fare Scheme and introduced following changes:

• Discontinuation of Flexi-fare in trains with average monthly occupancy less than 50% throughout the previous year. (List of 15 Trains given in Annexure A)
• Discontinuation of Flexi-fare, in lean period of 3 months, in trains with average monthly occupancy between 50-75% throughout the previous year. (List of 32 Trains given in Annexure B)
• Maximum current cap of 1.5 times to be reduced to 1.4 times in all classes
• To increase the occupancy of less patronised classes (2A, 3A, CC etc.), Graded discount of 20% on last fare on all trains with Flexi Fare and Humsafar Trains where occupancy of a particular class is less than 60% (4 days prior to scheduled departure of the train). Further, 10% discount will be offered as per the table given below:

Upto-70% occupancy : 20% on last fare

70-80% occupancy : 10% on last fare

Above 80% occupancy : Nil

• Changes shall be implemented from Advance Reservation Period (ARP) i.e. 4 months after making necessary changes in Passenger Reservation System, on an experimental basis for six months to be further extended after assessing its outcome

Annexure A

List of trains with occupancy less than 50% (2017-18) from which Flexi Fare will be removed in 2018-19

Sl No.	Train no.	Train type	Train Name
1	12006	Shatabdi	Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi
2	12012	Shatabdi	Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi
3	12037	Shatabdi	New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi
4	12038	Shatabdi	Ludhiana-New Delhi Shatabdi
5	12043	Shatabdi	Moga(Ludhiana)-New Delhi Shatabdi
6	12044	Shatabdi	New Delhi-Moga(Ludhiana) Shatabdi
7	12047	Shatabdi	New Delhi-Bhatinda Shatabdi
8	12048	Shatabdi	Bhatinda-New Delhi Shatabdi
9	12085	Shatabdi	Guwahati-Dibrugarh Shatabdi
10	12086	Shatabdi	Dibrugarh-Guwahati Shatabdi
11	12087	Shatabdi	Naharlagun-Guwahati Shatabdi
12	12088	Shatabdi	Guwahati-Naharlagun Shatabdi
13	12277	Shatabdi	Howrah-Puri Shatabdi
14	22205	Duronto	Chennai-Madurai Duronto
15	22206	Duronto	Madurai-Chennai Duronto

Annexure B

List of trains with occupancy between 50%-75% (2017-18) from which Flexi Fare will be removed in lean period of 2018-19

S.No	Train No.	Train Name
1	12005	KALKA SHATABDI
2	12014	AMRITSAR SHATABDI
3	12016	AJMER SHATABDI
4	12018	DEHRADUN SHATABDI
5	12020	SHATABDI EXPRESS
6	12025	SHATABDI EXP
7	12026	PUNE SHATABDI
8	12030	SWARNA SHATABDI
9	12031	AMRITSAR SHATABDI
10	12032	AMRITSAR SHATABDI
11	12039	KGM NDLS SHT
12	12041	SHATABDI EXPRESS
13	12042	NJP HWH SHATABDI
14	12045	NDLS CDG SHATABDI
15	12046	CDG NDLS SHATABDI
16	12213	DURONTO EXPRESS
17	12214	YPR DURONTO EXP
18	12219	SC DURONTO EXP
19	12223	LTT ERS DURONTO
20	12224	ERS LTT DURONTO
21	12227	INDORE DURONTO
22	12228	MUMBAI DURONTO
23	12239	JAIPUR DURONTO
24	12240	JP MMCT DURONTO
25	12243	SHATABDI EXP
26	12244	SHATABDI EXP
27	12278	SHATABDI EXPRESS
28	12437	RAJDHANI EXP
29	12441	BSP NDLS RAJ EX
30	12442	BILASPUR RJDHNI
31	12453	RNC NDLS RAJ EXP
32	22414	NZM MAO RAJ

Source: PIB