Indian Railway Hiked Platform Ticket To Rs 50 At ‘These’ Stations, Check Where ?

Mumbai: In order to ensure that large crowds don’t gather at stations in the midst of coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Railways is taking some unique steps. In the latest move, it has hiked the rate of platform tickets to Rs 50 at the Pune railway station.

The railways has been controlling platform ticket rates in a similar manner since the early days of the pandemic. The latest price hike is done in accordance with power delegated by the Railway Board.

पुणे जंक्शन द्वारा प्लेटफार्म टिकट का मूल्य ₹50 रखने का उद्देश्य अनावश्यक रूप से स्टेशन पर आने वालों पर रोक लगाना है जिस से सोशल डिसटेनसिंग का पालन किया जा सके।

रेलवे प्लेटफार्म टिकट की दरों को कोरोना महामारी के शुरुआती दिनों से ही इसी प्रकार नियंत्रित करता आया है। https://t.co/X2HuPC5HUg

— Spokesperson Railways (@SpokespersonIR) August 17, 2020

It has been reported that platform tickets rates in all six divisions of the Western Railway—Mumbai, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Ratlam and Bhavnagar—have been increased to Rs 50. On Tuesday (August 18), a railway spokesperson tweeted: “The purpose of keeping the platform ticket price at Rs 50 by Pune junction is to check unnecessary crowd at stations so that social distancing can be followed.

For those unaware, the railways in 2015 had given the power to divisional railway managers (DRMs) to raise the rate of platform tickets to control rush at platforms in specific conditions.