<p>With the railways starting to restore all train operations to pre-Covid-19 level by removing the "special" train tag, passenger fare is expected to come down from 14 to 18 per cent across the board. <br /><br />The Indian Railways last week issued an order to discontinue the 'special' tag for mail and express trains and revert to pre-Covid-19 ticket prices with immediate effect.<br /><br />Removing special train tags would result in lowering passenger fares up to 18%, said an official in the railways.<br /><br />On special trains, the railways collect up to 18% more fares than normal fares in some categories.<br /><br />To check the spread of Covid-19, the railway announced operating trains in a special category tag with higher fare when it re-started train operations. Around 1700 trains, that were tagged 'special'. These trains fares will be reduced in a few days, said the official.<br /><br />The railways started the process to remove the special tag and normalise the services for which the Railways Passenger Reservation System ( PRS) will be shut down for 6:00 hours from intervening night of November 14 and 15 to the night of November 20 and 21 starting at 23:30 hrs and ending at 0530 hrs, the official said.<br /><br />"This is to enable up-gradation of system data and updating of new train numbers etc. Since a huge amount of past (old train numbers) and current passenger booking data are to be updated in all Mail/ Express trains, this is being planned in a series of carefully calibrated steps and implemented during night hours in order to minimize the impact on ticketing services," the railways said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>With the railways starting to restore all train operations to pre-Covid-19 level by removing the "special" train tag, passenger fare is expected to come down from 14 to 18 per cent across the board. <br /><br />The Indian Railways last week issued an order to discontinue the 'special' tag for mail and express trains and revert to pre-Covid-19 ticket prices with immediate effect.<br /><br />Removing special train tags would result in lowering passenger fares up to 18%, said an official in the railways.<br /><br />On special trains, the railways collect up to 18% more fares than normal fares in some categories.<br /><br />To check the spread of Covid-19, the railway announced operating trains in a special category tag with higher fare when it re-started train operations. Around 1700 trains, that were tagged 'special'. These trains fares will be reduced in a few days, said the official.<br /><br />The railways started the process to remove the special tag and normalise the services for which the Railways Passenger Reservation System ( PRS) will be shut down for 6:00 hours from intervening night of November 14 and 15 to the night of November 20 and 21 starting at 23:30 hrs and ending at 0530 hrs, the official said.<br /><br />"This is to enable up-gradation of system data and updating of new train numbers etc. Since a huge amount of past (old train numbers) and current passenger booking data are to be updated in all Mail/ Express trains, this is being planned in a series of carefully calibrated steps and implemented during night hours in order to minimize the impact on ticketing services," the railways said.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
