With the increasing demand for train ticket for Holi bookings, the train fare has shot up equalling those of airlines.
A rise of 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent is being witnessed. As a result of which a second AC ticket that costs around twenty five hundred could go up to seven thousand or more if booked at the last minute.
The motive is to earn extra twenty to thirty per cent revenue and so instead of running special trains, the railways have introduced two premium trains, namely Delhi- Mumbai and Delhi- Jammu Tawwi express trains to run especially for the occasion.
The idea of running premium trains for seventeen routes was announced in the Interim Railway Budget.
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