North India Statesman
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Aadhaar is now mandatory for booking Tatkal tickets. From July 1, 2025, Tatkal tickets will be booked only for those people who have been able to get Aadhaar verification through the IRCTC website and mobile app. To book Tatkal tickets online, passengers will have to link their Aadhaar number to their IRCTC account and verify it.
OTP required to book Tatkal tickets from counters and agents, from July 15, 2025, another verification will be required for all Tatkal tickets booked through computerized passenger reservation system (PRS) counters and authorized agents of Railways.
Authorized agents from 1 July 2025 will be stopped from booking tickets during a few hours. This will give priority to normal passengers in booking. Agents will not be able to book AC class tickets between 10:00 am and 10:30 am. Non-AC tickets will not be booked between 11 am and 11:30 am.
Many important and special trains will be affected by the new fare system implemented from 1 July 2025. Now traveling from Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Vande Bharat, Tejas, Humsafar, Amrit Bharat, Mahaman, Gatiman, Antyodaya, Jan Shatabdi, Youth Express, AC Vistadome can be expensive.
The Railway Board has said that the reservation list will be prepared 8 hours before the train is released. The list for the trains released before 2 pm will be prepared at 9 pm before. Earlier the reservation list was prepared four hours before the train was released.
Rail fares have been changed since 1 July 2025. The fare of regular non -AC trains has been increased. Second class fare has been increased by half a paisa (0.5 paise) per kilometer. But it also has some conditions. There has been no increase for traveling up to 500 kilometers. There will be an increase of Rs 5 for a distance of 501 to 1,500 km. There is an increase of Rs 10 for a distance of 1501 to 2,500 km. This increase for a distance of 2501 to 3,000 km is 15 rupees.
The fare of the first class AC train has been increased by 0.5 paise per kilometer. The second class fare has been increased by 1 paise per kilometer. The fare of the sleeper category has been increased by 1 paise per kilometer. Similarly, the first class fare has been increased by 1 paise per kilometer.
There has been no change in reservation fee, superfast surcharge and other additional charges in recent changes in railway fares. All these fees will remain the same as before. In addition, GST will be imposed as per the rules already implemented at the ticket price. The fare rounding theory will also remain the same as before.
