Railways’ 20 pc discount on return journey train tickets for festival season; details here
It clarified that the advance reservation period (ARP), which is October 13 to October 26, will not be applicable for booking the return journey
The Ministry of Railways on Saturday (August 9) announced a scheme offering a 20 per cent discount on tickets booked for travel between October 13 and 26 and return from November 17 to December 1 on the same train.
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The discount will be on tickets booked from August 14, and the rebate will not be applicable on flexi fare trains such as Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duranto, etc. The discount is under the ‘Round Trip Booking Discount Scheme’.
Railways calls it ‘great news’
“Booking start date shall be 14.08.2025 for the ARP (Advance Reservation Period) date 13th October 2025,” a press statement from the Railways Ministry said.
“Onward ticket shall be booked first for the train start date between 13th October 2025 and 26th October 2025 and subsequently return journey ticket shall be booked by using connecting journey feature for the train start date between 17th November and 1st December 2025,” it added.
The Railways shared the same on its X (formerly Twitter), calling it “great news for travellers!”
“In the Railways’ ‘Round Trip Booking Discount Scheme’, get a 20% discount on booking both onward and return tickets together,” it said in a post in Hindi.
No refund
It clarified that the advance reservation period (ARP), which is October 13 to October 26, will not be applicable for booking the return journey.
“Under this scheme, rebates shall be applicable when booked for both onward and return journey for the same set of passengers. Passenger details of return journey will be same as of onward journey,” it said.
“The above booking shall be permissible only for confirmed tickets in both directions. Total rebates of 20% shall be granted on base fare of return journey only,” the Ministry added.
It stated that booking under this scheme shall be for the same class and same origin-destination pair for both the onward and return journey.
“No refund of fare shall be permissible for the tickets booked under this scheme,” the press note clarified.