New Delhi: Railway Board Permission has been granted station development fee ,sdf) or user charges between Rs 10 to Rs 50 for boarding trains from stations to be redeveloped or redeveloped in the near future.
Similar charges will also be levied for de-boarding trains at similar stations which have been revamped or revamped.
This fee will automatically be added to the fare at the time of booking the ticket as is done in case of flight ticket booking. User charges will be in three categories, higher (Rs 50 for all AC classes), less (Rs 25) for sleeper class and minimum Rs 10 for unreserved class. No such fee will be charged for suburban train travel. This was first reported by TOI on October 7.
As per the notification, station development units of Zonal Railway For developed or redeveloped stations will inform the commercial units with the specific date from which the SDF fee will be collected and this should be done 120 days in advance.
platform ticket These stations will also cost Rs 10 more.
The Railway Board on December 31 notified the new arrangement, which will be an assured source of revenue for the private players developing these stations and the ministry hopes that this will encourage more private players to bid for these projects. Will be done. In case of public funded projects, the revenue will come to the Railways.
The imposition of user fee will mean that the train fare will increase. For example, if a passenger books a ticket from New Delhi to Mumbai, the ticket price will include the user charges for both the stations. However, if a passenger books a ticket from a smaller station to New Delhi or Mumbai, the user charges will be 50% of the normal charges.
Sources said that initially the railways may introduce user fee system at 50 stations.
Similar charges will also be levied for de-boarding trains at similar stations which have been revamped or revamped.
This fee will automatically be added to the fare at the time of booking the ticket as is done in case of flight ticket booking. User charges will be in three categories, higher (Rs 50 for all AC classes), less (Rs 25) for sleeper class and minimum Rs 10 for unreserved class. No such fee will be charged for suburban train travel. This was first reported by TOI on October 7.
As per the notification, station development units of Zonal Railway For developed or redeveloped stations will inform the commercial units with the specific date from which the SDF fee will be collected and this should be done 120 days in advance.
platform ticket These stations will also cost Rs 10 more.
The Railway Board on December 31 notified the new arrangement, which will be an assured source of revenue for the private players developing these stations and the ministry hopes that this will encourage more private players to bid for these projects. Will be done. In case of public funded projects, the revenue will come to the Railways.
The imposition of user fee will mean that the train fare will increase. For example, if a passenger books a ticket from New Delhi to Mumbai, the ticket price will include the user charges for both the stations. However, if a passenger books a ticket from a smaller station to New Delhi or Mumbai, the user charges will be 50% of the normal charges.
Sources said that initially the railways may introduce user fee system at 50 stations.
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