Spreading out the crowd during the festive season by offering discounted fare on a journey booked under the "Round trip package for festival rush."

In order to avoid rush and ensure hassle-free booking as well as facilitate passengers and redistribute the peak traffic for a larger range during peak festival seasons and ensure both-side utilisation of trains, including special trains, it has been decided to formulate an experimental scheme named the round-trip package for festival rush on discounted fare. This scheme will be applicable for those passengers who choose their return journey during the prescribed period as detailed below:

(i) Under this scheme, rebates shall be applicable when booked for both onward and return journeys for the same set of passengers. Passenger details of the return journey will be the same as on the onward journey.

(ii) The booking start date shall be 14.08.2025 for the ARP date 13th October 2025. Onward ticket shall be booked first for the train start date between 13th October 2025 and 26th October 2025 and subsequently, the return journey ticket shall be booked by using the connecting journey feature for the train start date between 17th November and 1st December 2025. Advance reservation period will not be applicable for booking of return journey.

(iii) The above booking shall be permissible only for confirmed tickets in both directions.

(iv) Total rebates of 20% shall be granted on base fare of return journey only.

(v) Booking under this scheme shall be for the same class and same O-D pair for both onward and return journeys.

(vi) No refund of fare shall be permissible for the tickets booked under this scheme.

(vii) The above scheme shall be allowed for all classes and in all trains, including special trains, except trains having Flexi fare.

(viii) No modification will be allowed on these tickets in either of the journeys.

(ix) No discount, rail travel coupons, voucher-based booking, Passes or PTOs, etc. shall be admissible during return journey booking on concessional fare.

(x) Both onward and return journey tickets must be booked using the same mode-either:

Internet (online) booking or counter booking at the reservation offices

SCR BZA PR No.84
Date: 9th August 2025