"AC train fare affecting to increase from Oct 1"

Fares of AC first class, AC-2 tier, AC-3 tier, AC chair car will go up by 3.7% from October 1 and a notification has issued on Thursday, a senior railway ministry official said this.

The service tax will apply to tickets issued in advance for journeys to commence on or after the date of its implementation. In case of tickets already issued excluding service tax, it will be ensured that the same is recovered either by TTEs in the train or by the booking offices before commencement of journey.

In case of cancellation of tickets by the passengers, service tax will not be refunded by railways

On concessional tickets, service charges will be 30% of the total fare..