<span style="color: #222222;">Ministry of Railways have decided to marginally affect an increase in fare only over non-suburban sections keeping the affordability concerns of daily commuters.<br />''<br />''There shall be no fare hike for passengers over suburban sections and season ticket holders.<br />''<br />''This class constitutes 66 per cent of total passenger segment over Indian Railways.<br />''<br />''Even for the passengers travelling in ordinary Non- AC Classes, there shall be a marginal increase of 1 paise per passenger-kilometre.<br />''<br />''The increase in fare will be on tickets bought on or after 1st January 2020 and no excess fare ( difference of fare) will be charged from passengers who have booked tickets before this date.<br />''<br />''There shall be no change in charges for reservation fee, superfast surcharge etc.</span><br />