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Railways launches 20% rebate on return tickets to ease Diwali-Chhath festival rush
Railways launches 20% rebate on return tickets to ease Diwali-Chhath festival rush
NEW DELHI: In a bid to handle the heavy rush throughout the Diwali and Chhath festival season, railways has launched a brand new experimental scheme “Round Trip Package”, providing a 20% rebate on the fare of the return journey for passengers reserving each onward and return tickets collectively. The initiative goals to unfold out passenger visitors over an extended interval, enhance prepare utilization, and provide comfort to these planning prolonged holidays with their households.Under the scheme, bookings will open on August 14 2025 for onward journeys scheduled between October 13 and October 26 2025. The return journey have to be booked for journey between November 17 and December 1 utilizing the connecting journey function. The regular 60-day advance reservation interval (ARP) doesn’t apply to return journeys booked underneath this bundle.
To avail the rebate, passengers should meet the next situations:
- The similar set of passengers should journey in each instructions, with similar particulars used for each tickets.
- Tickets have to be confirmed for each legs of the journey. No waitlisted bookings shall be entertained.
- The similar class and origin-destination (O-D) pair have to be chosen for each journeys.
- The return ticket will obtain a 20% rebate on the bottom fare solely, not on complete fare or different fees.
- Tickets have to be booked utilizing the identical mode—both on-line by means of the IRCTC portal or at reservation counters.
- The scheme applies to all prepare lessons, together with particular trains (Trains on Demand), however excludes Flexi Fare trains.
- No refunds or modifications are allowed as soon as the tickets are booked.
- Concessions reminiscent of rail journey coupons, passes, vouchers, PTOs, and many others., aren’t permitted on return journeys underneath this scheme.
- Any further fare variations throughout charting is not going to be levied on these PNRs.
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