'Premium Tatkal': Bengaluru-Kolkata 2nd AC Train Ticket Costs Whopping ₹10,000, Internet Reacts

Bengaluru: An Indian Railways ticket costing more than ₹10,000 has gone viral on internet. Booking a premium tatkal ticket on SMVB Howrah Express between Bengaluru and Kolkata will cost passengers ₹10,100. 

A Reddit user shared a screenshot of expensive ticket and wondered who was booking such journeys.

Reddit user said tickets on that route normally cost around ₹2,900.

“Honestly, I don't understand who'd be willing to pay 10k+ for a 2A ticket in an ordinary superfast train between two well-connected metro cities when a regular 2A ticket is priced at 2.9k,” his post res.

IRCTC h introduced premium tatkal category which follows dynamic pricing. Unlike tatkal, where ticket prices are fixed, ticket prices in premium tatkal increase with demand.

“That's premium tatkal for you. Honestly I feel it is useless, eir put se seats under tatkal or general quota. Such high tatkal charges and dynamic charges, doesn't make sense,” wrote one Reddit user, also pointing out that “so many quotas le to very less number of seats available under general booking quota.”

Anor user wrote, “One might as well travel without a ticket in 2nd “re are folks who cannot fly due to medical reasons. re are also folks who cannot drive as well. I know this because I am related to a few of m. y are being squeezed due to se new policies,” third user commented.