A committee constituted by Ministry of Railways reviewed Flexi fares in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains and based on the recommendations Flexi fares were rationalised last week. The changes in the scheme have been implemented for journey commencing on March 15, 2019, and onwards.
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The flexi fares have been rationalized as follows:
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more... Flexi fare scheme has been discontinued from 15 trains, with average monthly occupancy of less than 50%, for full year and from 32 trains, with average monthly occupancy between 50 to 75%, during pre-defined lean period of 3 months (February, March & August).
2. The maximum cap of flexi fare scheme has been reduced to 1.4 times in all flexi fare applicable classes.
3. A graded discount has also been introduced in flexi fare trains and Humsafar trains, where class-wise occupancy is less than 60%, four days prior to scheduled departure of the train.