East-West fares to be higher than Delhi rates

Kolkata | Saturday | 16th February, 2019

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But the Delhi Metro tariff for 5km-12km slab is Rs 20, while in East-West, the moment one crosses 10km, he/she will hit the Rs 30-mark. It’s if international standards, with trains running at a gap of 90 seconds.” He pointed out that while Delhi Metro charges Rs 15 for 2-5km, it’s Rs 10 for East-West. It’s average fare per km costs Rs 3.5 on an average. That makes the per-km cost less than Re 1 (.98 paise), while that on East-West will be Rs 1.81. The base fares of both are precisely the same, where one has to pay Rs 5 for 2km..