Rly panel mulling flexi-fares for suburban railways
1 Sep 2017 5:31 PM GMT
New Delhi: A railway committee is mulling flexibility in ticket pricing for suburban railways based on demand and competing facilities.
The committee, set up by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu under the Minimum Government and Maximum Governance campaign, is considering changes in the present practice of a pan-India tariff even for suburban and other short distance services.
"A different fare for each suburban system based on demand and fare of other competing facilities and a separate fare structure for peak and off-peak services in the suburban system to reduce congestion and flexibility in downgrading of class of service to capture local traffic" are some of the suggestions the panel is likely to make in its report to Prabhu next month.
The railways needs to carry out competitive pricing to allow people to choose trains instead of the other options.
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