Indian Railways Fare Hike Effective July 1, 2025: What You Need to Know

Train Fare Hike 1 July 2025: The month of July has brought news of trouble for the passengers travelling by train. No, travelling by train has become expensive, which will affect everyone from common people to working professionals. Now, more money will have to be paid for train tickets. Fares have been increased for long-distance trains.

Now, people travelling in mail express trains will have to pay 2 paise more per km. The proposal for a hike was sent by the Railway Board to the Central Government, which has been approved. The proposal has also come into effect from today, i.e. 1 July 2025.

The fare will remain the same for a distance of up to 500 km. If you travel more than this distance, you will have to pay an additional fare, which is a big blow for the passengers. One paisa per kilometre more fare will have to be paid in a non-AC train, and 2 paisa per kilometre more fare in the AC class.

Know on which trains the fare will be applicable?

According to the notification of the Railway Board, the work of informing the people will be done by pasting the notice of the fare hike at railway stations through the media. A new list of fare hikes will be displayed at railway stations, which will clear the confusion for passengers. The new fare is going to apply to general, sleeper, first class and AC trains.

The increased fare will need to be paid for travelling in Shatabdi train, Rajdhani Express, Tejas, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Humsafar, Amrit Bharat, Mahamana, Gatiman, Antyodaya, Garib Rath, Jan Shatabdi, Yuva Express, Anubhuti coach and AC Vistadome trains. Along with this, no change has been made in the reservation fee, superfast surcharge and GST.

The most important thing is that the fare will also be taken into rounding off. If the ticket is Rs 5 and 4 paise, then only Rs 6 will be charged. Fare will not apply to the booking of tickets in advance.

Changes in these rules related to trains, too.o

For information, let us tell you that the rule of booking Tatkal tickets has also changed. From July 1, an account verified with an Aadhaar card will be necessary for Tatkal tickets. Apart from this, the railways have also changed the timing of the reservation chart. Now the reservation chart will be prepared 8 hours before the departure of the train. If the train is to leave at 2 pm, then the chart will be prepared at 9 pm the day before.