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Railways reduce service charges for e-tickets
ETW Staff - Mumbai
With a view to encourage e-ticket usage, Indian Railways has reduced the e-ticket
service charges from July 1, 2007. Minimum charge of Indian Railway Catering
& Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for e-tickets for Sleeper Class has been reduced
from Rs 15 to Rs 10 per ticket.
Besides these minimum charges, the other additional charges per passenger will
continue as at present. Service charges for issuing e-ticket for Rail Travellers
Service Agents (RTSA)/Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI)/Indian Association
of Tour Agents (IATA) members, petrol pumps, ATMs, Electronic Point of Sale
(e-POS) and e-seva counters shall be reduced from Rs 15 to Rs 10 per ticket
for Sleeper/2S classes and from Rs 25 to Rs 20 per ticket for AC classes.
IRCTC, who has been authorised to expand e-ticketing facility to outside agencies,
has appointed more than 8,000 agents for booking e-tickets, which include RTSAs,
RTAs, GSAs, members of IATA and TAAI, petrol pumps of Bharat Petroleum, District
Magistrate and Deputy Commissioners of State Governments, e-seva centres of
Andhra Pradesh Government, e-POS through ICICI.
The reserved tickets will also be issued from post offices in near future for
which the modalities have already been finalized and agreement is likely to
be signed shortly.
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