Delhi-Varanasi Train 18 AC chair car ticket to cost ~1,850

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 Monday. On the return journey, the chair car ticket will cost ~1,795 and the executive class 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 of the base fare.