Rail fares hike: How much your ticket will go up by

Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi in the Railway Budget 2012 announced a nominal increase in passenger fares.

For suburban and ordinary second class travel, passenger fares would be hiked by 2 paise per km.  It would go up by 3 paise per km for mail/ express second class travel; 5 paise per km for sleeper class; 10 paise per km for AC chair car/AC 3-tier and First Class; 15 paise per km for AC 2-tier and 30 paise per km for AC 1-tier.

New Delhi to Mumbai (distance 1,544 km)	Class	Current Fare (Rs)	New Fare (Rs)
Express	Sleeper	442	488
Express	Third AC	1,120	1,265.4
Express	Second AC	1,532	1,763.6
Express	First AC	2,658	3,121
New Delhi to Kolkata (distance 1,450 km)
Mail	Sleeper	426	498.5
Mail	Third AC	1,143	1,288
Mail	Second AC	1,561	1,778
Mail	First AC	2,637	3,072
New Delhi to Chennai ( distance 2,184 km)
Express	Sleeper	528	637
Express	Third AC	1,429	1,647
Express	Second AC	1,960	2,287
Express	First AC	3,322	3,977