Indian Railways announces hike in basic train fares

The railways announced a fare hike across its network excluding suburban trains, effective January 1, 2020. While ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares have been hiked by 1 paisa per km of journey, hikes 2 paise per km and 4 paise per km have been announced for mail/express non-AC and AC classes respectively. The step has been taken to provide better services and amenities to passengers. The last fare revision was in 2014-15.