GUWAHATI, April 7 � The first-of-its-kind of the new generation superfast trains with dynamic fares will start service from the city from April 16.
The 02503 Kamakhya-New Delhi Weekly Premium AC special will leave Kamakhya at 10 am on every Wednesday from April 16 for 11 weeks, officials said.
The 02504 New Delhi-Kamakhya Weekly Premium AC special will leave New Delhi at 11:40 pm on every Thursday from April 17 for 11 weeks.
The train will run with four AC 2-Tier coaches, eight AC-3-Tier coaches, two guard-cum-luggage vans and one pantry car and will have stoppages at New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni, Varanasi and Lucknow.
The salient features of the Premium Summer AC special train are that the train number, timings, composition and stoppages will be notified for each trip separately well in advance � at least 16-17 days prior to the date of commencement of journey, and the advance reservation period for berths will be a maximum of 15 days.
The dynamic fare shall be charged from confirmed passengers/RAC passengers and no waiting list tickets will be issued.
Besides, only e-tickets will be permitted for booking through the IRCTC and as booking will be allowed only through the internet, modification or duplicate ticket or cluster bookings will not be allowed.
In addition, no cancellation or refund will be allowed on tickets booked on dynamic fares. It is noteworthy that the Indian Railways operated the new dynamic fare trains on an experimental basis in the Delhi-Mumbai segment during the Christmas-New Year season in December-January.
The trains with dynamic fares are modelled on airline flights. The price of tickets would vary according to the time of booking and the closer the ticket is to the date of the train departure, the more the price would be. Besides, it is being developed for boosting the Railways� revenue at a time when earnings from freight service is under strain due to the economic downturn.