The railways on February 12 said an air-conditioned chair car ticket for a Delhi-Varanasi trip on Vande Bharat Express or Train 18 would cost ₹1,760, instead of ₹1,850, and the executive class fare would be ₹3,310, instead of ₹3,520. In the return journey, the chair car ticket would cost ₹1,700 and the executive car ticket ₹3,260.
Both the fares are inclusive of the catering charges.
Watch: Train 18, the NextGen Shatabdi, launched at ICF in Chennai
Now, the chair car fares are 1.4 times the base price of Shatabdi trains running the same distance and the executive class fares are 1.3 times of first class air-conditioned seating in the premium train.
The semi-high-speed train is scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 15. The train will have differently priced meals.
