To avoid crowding during festive season, cost of platform ticket hiked here

October 1, 2022

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The Chennai Division of Southern Railway has doubled the price of a platform ticket, from ₹10 to 20, in a bid to prevent crowding at railway stations during the festive season, which began on Monday, with the first day of the 9-day Navratras.“Chennai Division of Southern Railway has decided to increase the Platform Ticket fare from ₹10 to ₹20 per person for the upcoming festival season to ensure the comfort of bona fide passengers and to avoid overcrowding,” news agency ANI tweeted on Friday, citing a Southern Railway release.
The platform ticket fare has been raised from ₹10 to ₹20 per person from October 1st to January 31st 2023, to avoid overcrowding during festival time: Southern Railway. pic.twitter.com/lVQ0rNLuMu— ANI (@ANI) September 29, 2022
As per the release, the hike will be in effect for a little over 4 months, or 123 days, starting October 1, and until January 31 next year. Also, the revised prices will be charged across 8 major railway stations in the Tamil Nadu Capital, including the two major ones – the Dr MGR Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore. The others are Tambaram, Katpadi, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur and Avadi.Platform ticket sale affected during Covid-19 lockdown as wellEarlier, at various points during the Covid-19 induced lockdown as well, the price of a platform ticket was hiked or sale suspended altogether to keep people, other than passengers, away from railway stations. Later, when the situation became normal, ticket sale resumed.

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