Demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 Notes - Indian Railways Waives service charges for E-tickets and I-tickets booked through IRCTC November 23 to December 31, 2016

The Indian  Railways on Tuesday announced that it would waive off service charges for E-tickets and I-tickets booked through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) in a bid to encourage cashless transactions from November 23 to December 31, 2016 officials said.

"Now the passengers won't have to pay the service charges on booking E-tickets and I-tickets through IRCTC from November 23 to December 31," railway Spokesperson Anil Kumar Saxena told


He said the decision was taken at a meeting here between the senior officials of the railways and IRCTC to encourage cashless transactions following the government's move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes. 

Currently, the railways charges Rs 20 as service fees for booking Sleeper class and Rs 40 for booking AC class tickets through IRCTC.