Railways hikes Tatkal Booking rates in AC segment with effect from Christmas Day

The Indian Railways have hiked Tatkal ticket charges with effect from Christmas Day - for a start, passengers will now have to shell out Rs 200 for the Tatkal booking of Sleeper class instead of Rs 175.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com darted 24 December 2015.

For other categories, the rates have been set as under -
AC-3 Tier - the maximum revised charge is Rs 400 instead of Rs 350 earlier and minimum is Rs 300 instead of Rs 250.
In Sleeper class minimum Tatkal charge was Rs 90 which has been hiked to Rs 100.
Minimum and maximum charges will depend upon the travel distance.
The hike is more for the AC class segment while the Second Class Tatkal charges remain unchanged.
In AC-2 a passenger has to pay Rs 400 now as against the earlier rate of Rs 300 in minimum Tatkal charges and Rs 500 as maximum charge against Rs 400 earlier.
In Executive Class, the the minimum Tatkal charge has been hiked to Rs 400 from Rs 300 and maximum Rs 500 from Rs 400.
However, the Tatkal booking for Second Class sitting has not been changed and remain same at Rs 10 and Rs 15 as minimum and maximum charge respectively depending on the distance.

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