Humsafar Train Passengers- Good News For You!

Giving major relief to passengers, the Indian Railway on Friday announced it had removed the Flexi fare scheme from its premium Humsafar express trains and also decided to introduce the sleeper coaches in the train.

From the first launch of the Humsafar Express trains on 16 December 2016 in the route between Gorakhpur and Anand Vihar stations. The train was entirely seated of AC III compartments and hosted premium attribute for the passenger's travelling in it. 

The Railway Ministry has proclaimed various resolutions regarding the Humsafar trains which are highlighted below:

1. The Ministry has decided to affix Sleeper class coaches in the Humsafar trains in extension to existing only third AC class coaches as per the specification and as per the decision of the Zonal Railways. Four Sleeper class coaches have now been attached in Anand Vihar-Allahabad Humsafar Express.

2. The Railways have chosen to keep the base fare of the Humsafar trains at 1.15 times of the base fare of Mail/Express Trains and not ‘Superfast’ Mail/Express Trains. As a ensue of which the base fare of Humsafar trains will decline.  

3. From now on all the Humsafar trains will have only ‘fixed fare’ system rather of the variable fare system.

4. There is also a modification in the methodology of how ‘Tatkal’ charges are determined in Humsafar Express trains. It has been decreased to 1.3 times of Humsafar base fare from the existing 1.5 of Humsafar base fare. These Tatkal charges will be subject to the maximum and minimum limit like regular Tatkal rule. This means that Tatkal fare in Humsafar trains has been brought similar the Normal Tatkal Rule of other Mail/Express trains (Humsafar base fare + Normal Class wise Tatkal charges).

5. Other charges like reservation fee, superfast surcharge, GST etc, as applicable shall be collected separately. Catering will be voluntary.

Vacant berths left after first charting would be prevailing for current booking. Tickets supporting for current booking shall be sold with 10% discount on the applicable basic fare and other supplementary charges like reservation fee, superfast charges, GST etc, as applicable shall be levied in full.