Northern Railway has slashed the platform ticket rates at 14 railway stations to ₹10, days after it was hiked to ₹50 in an attempt to curb the rush because of Diwali and Chhath Puja. Rekha Sharma, senior divisional commercial manager, Northern Railway, said the platform ticket prices have been restored to the pre-festive rate of ₹10 at Lucknow, Varanasi, Barabanki, Ayodhya Cantt, Ayodhya Junction, Akbarpur, Shahganj, Jaunpur, Sultanpur Junction, Rae Bareli, Janghai, Bhadohi, Pratapgarh and Unnao Junction.
“The rates of platform tickets in a total of 14 Railway Stations have been reduced to ₹10. The prices were increased to ₹50 because of Diwali and Chhath Puja, which has now been reduced,” said Rekha Sharma, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM) of Northern Railways.
