The Railways on Friday advised all daily commuters to purchase season tickets to avoid getting tension of purchasing ticket standing in long queues just before every journey and non availability of change.
Apart from this, the Railways have also offered accidental insurance of Rs 4 lakh to the season ticket holders.
For a distance upto 20 km, a passenger can spend only Rs 100 for Monthly Season Ticket (MST) instead of Rs 600, if ticket is purchased everyday for a month for both sides. Similarly, a passenger can only spend Rs 270 for Quarterly Season Ticket (QST) instead of Rs 1800 for both sides, if ticket purchased is regularly for three months.
Apart from this, a passenger can travel unlimited trips through MST / QST in local passenger trains during the period, informed an official release.
Similarly, passengers can purchase MST and QST for both side journeys for a distance between 21-45 km at Rs 185 and Rs 500, for a distance between 45-70 km at Rs 270 and Rs 729, for a distance between 71-100 km at Rs 355 and Rs 959, for a distance of 101-135 km at Rs 440 and Rs 1,188 and for a distance of 136-150 at Rs 525 and Rs 1,418, respectively.