Train 18 tickets to cost ` 1,850- 3,520
New Delhi: Travelling between Delhi and Varanasi on board India’s fastest train, the Vande Bharat Express or Train 18, will cost passengers ` 1,850 in the chair car class, while it will be ` 3,520 in the executive class.
New Delhi, Feb. 11: Travelling between Delhi and Varanasi on board India’s fastest train, the Vande Bharat Express or Train 18, will cost passengers ` 1,850 in the chair car class while it will be ` 3,520 in the executive class, including the catering charges, a senior railway official said on Monday.
On the return journey, the chair car ( CC) ticket will cost ` 1,795 and the executive class ( EC) ticket will be priced at ` 3,470, the official told PTI on Monday.
While the chair car fares are 1.5 times the base price of Shatabdi trains running the same distance, the executive class fares are 1.4 times that of the base fare of first class air conditioned seating in the premium train, official sources said.
The semi- high speed train, which is scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 15, is India’s first engineless train.
The ticket fares between Delhi and Kanpur ( 447 km) will be ` 1,150 in the chair car and ` 2,245 in EC, between Delhi and Prayagraj ( 642 km) the price will be Rs 1,480 and ` 2,935 of CC and EC respectively.
Between Kanpur and Prayagraj ( 195 km) the price for CC will be Rs 630 and for EC it will be ` 1,245. The prices between Kanpur and Varanasi ( 319 km) a CC ticket will cost ` 1,065 and an EC ticket will cost ` 1,925, the sources said. The train will have differently priced meals as well.
While passengers travelling from New Delhi to Varanasi in the executive class will be charged ` 399 for morning tea, breakfast and lunch, travellers in the chair car will need to pay ` 344 for the same.
Those travelling from New Delhi to Kanpur and Prayagraj will have to pay ` 155 and ` 122 for executive class and chair car, respectively. From Varanasi to New Delhi, the passengers will be charged ` 349 and ` 288 in the executive class and chair, respectively.
While there will be no option to opt out of meals for the passengers of the train, the ones travelling its first or final legs have been given that option.