The Suvidha Express also called as Premium Express series of trains were introduced by

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in 2014 for the 1st time which is operated in busiest routes. They were intended to follow

dynamic pricing Dynamic pricing, also referred to as surge pricing, demand pricing, or time-based pricing, and variable pricing, is a revenue management pricing strategy in which businesses set flexible prices for products or services based on current market de ...

in fares similar to that of airlines contrary to the standard one fare for one class of travel generally followed by

. Priority of Premium trains are above Superfast and Mail/Express trains like

Shatabdi Express Shatabdi Express () are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways. Shatabdi Express are day trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains run at a maximum permissible speed of depending on the ...

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and

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. At present only 2 services are operated as a regular service.

Overview

The Premium AC special train from

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was the first train which was launched on 24 December 2013 during festive season of Christmas and New Year. The train's maiden journey earned 48 percent more than the Mumbai — Delhi Rajdhani that ran during the same period. Encouraged by the successful run of the Mumbai-Delhi premium train, In Railway budget 2014, D. V. Sadananda Gowda, the railway minister announced 5 more such premium AC-special trains on busy routes.

Features

# Dynamic fare pricing will be followed in this type of train with fare being increased for subsequent bookings. # Only a 10-30 days Advance reservation period will be permitted for this train with no agent booking allowed. # There will be no provision for waitlisted ticket. Only RAC & Confirmed tickets are permitted to on-board. # Tickets will be issued & booking is permitted through IRCTC's website & PRS counters. # There will be no quota for ladies/tatkal etc. Only general quota is available & No concession (senior citizen, disabled etc.), modification, upgradation, duplicate ticket, cluster bookings, BPT is permitted in this trains. # Identity card details are required at the time of booking tickets. # No cancellation is permitted with the only exception being if

cancels the train. # Vacant seats after charting will be available at the respective current booking counters of the train originating station. #

Numbering

As similar to the other trains of

, these trains also have five digits. Only change is that, the first digit (from Left) is 8. Example: 82615.

Routes

References

* http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=1960&id=0,4,268 * http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=1744&id=0,4,268 * http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=3581&id=0,4,268 * http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=102069 * http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-railway-gives-premium-trains-halts-to-increase-popularity-1975815

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