New Delhi. If you are planning to visit multiple cities in a single trip and get worried seeing the expense of booking different tickets every time, then a special ticket of Indian Railways is useful for you. This is called circular journey ticket. This facility has been present for years, but very few passengers have proper information about it. The biggest feature of circular journey ticket is that one can travel to many cities on a single ticket and the total fare is 20 to 30 percent cheaper than normal tickets. This ticket directly becomes a budget saving option for those doing pilgrimage, family tour and multi city trips.
Circular Journey Ticket is a special ticket system of Indian Railways. In this, a passenger can leave from one starting station and stop at many stations in between and finally return back to the same starting station. A maximum of 8 stations or cities can be included in this ticket and each part can be traveled by different train.
Why is rent cheaper?
Railways applies telescopic rate system on this ticket. This means that as the total distance increases, the fare per kilometer decreases. For this reason, if you buy separate tickets for each city, it costs more, whereas in circular journey tickets the total fare is much less.
Example from Delhi to Kanyakumari
The most popular circular journey of Railways includes the route from New Delhi to Kanyakumari and back. Cities like Mathura, Mumbai Central, Madgaon Goa, Bengaluru, Mysore, Ooty, Thiruvananthapuram can be included in this journey. The total distance is about 7550 kilometers and the validity of the ticket remains for 56 days. The fare for this entire route is 20 to 30 percent less than individual tickets.
How to make this ticket
Circular journey tickets are not currently available online. For this, passengers have to go to the reservation counters of big railway stations. An application has to be given there in which the starting station, intermediate stations, dates of journey and complete information of the passengers have to be written. Railway officials decide the fare according to the route and distance.
For whom it is most beneficial?
This ticket is especially useful for pilgrims, those planning family tours, groups of friends and travelers traveling for long periods of time. This ticket makes both planning and expenses easier for those visiting Chardham, Jyotirling, South India or hill stations.
What are the biggest advantages
The entire travel plan is done in a single ticket. There is no tension of booking tickets again and again. Rent is less. Complete control of the route and stops is in the hands of the passenger. The validity of the ticket is also long so that the journey can be completed comfortably.
