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If you often travel by train, then you will know the difference of ticket booking from online train tick and counter. It also shows the difference in the money of the tick. Let us know that most of the money in online tick booking …Read more
Why have to pay more money for online tick.
New Delhi. If you travel by train, then you will definitely book a tick of the train online. But do you know that online train tick is more expensive than booking, offline or counter. Why do you have to pay two different types of types of a single train. Are special facilities given to passengers in online booking?
Regarding this, the government responded in the Rajya Sabha and said that passengers who book online tickets through IRCTC have to pay conswerable fee and transaction charge, due to which those who buy online tickets have to pay more than the tickets taken from the railway counter. .
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Government told the reason
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut had asked questions about the difference in IRCTC ticket pricing, while replying, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that IRCTC spends a lot to provide online ticketing facility and maintenance of ticketing infrastructure and To reduce the cost that comes in upgrading, IRCTC convenience fees are charged. Vaishnav said that apart from this, bank transaction charge also has to be paid.
In fact, Raut wanted to know why passengers booking online tickets through IRCTC have to pay more than those who buy tickets at the railway counter. Vaishnav said that IRCTC online ticket booking facility is one of the highest passenger friendly initiatives of Indian Railways. Currently, more than 80 percent of the book tickets are booked online.
He said that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) allows the reserved tickets to book online, which has given passengers to get rid of the problem of going to the reservation counter to book tickets and at the time of travel and in transportation costs Has also been saved.
New Delhi,Delhi
February 13, 2025, 10:13 IST
Why is online train tickets expensive than counter ticks? Government told the reason
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