INDRAIL PASS

Indrail Passes can be purchased by foreign nationals and non-resident Indians. Payment is accepted in US dollars, pound sterling and other convertible foreign currency in cash, travellers cheques and credit cards. An Indrail Pass enables the holder to travel as he likes, from any point in any train in the class it is issued for, with in the period of validity. Passes are available from half-day to 90 days duration and can be used within one year of issue. The validity period starts from the date of the first train journey and last journey should be commenced before the midnight of the last day.

Request for reservation can be made through the nearest General Sales Agents abroad. No reservation fee, superfast charge or surcharge for the journey need be paid. These passes are also valid for travel by Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan Shatabdi group of trains.

Indrail Pass Fare in US Dollars per pass (With effect from 01.04.1999)

Period of Validity	AC Class		First Class/AC-2/3 Tier AC Chair-Car		Sleeper Class/ Second Class (Non-AC)
	Adult	Child	Adult	Child	Adult	Child
1/2 days*	57	29	26	13	11	6
1 day*	95	47	43	22	19	10
2 days*	160	80	70	35	30	15
4 days*	220	110	110	55	50	25
7 days	270	135	135	68	80	40
15 days	370	185	185	95	90	45
21 days	396	198	198	99	100	50
30 days	495	248	248	126	125	65
60 days	800	400	400	200	185	95
90 days	1060	530	530	265	235	120

* For sale only by GSAs abroad.

For the sale of Indrail Passes the Indian Railways have GSAs in Australia, Canada, France, Thailand, the USA, Mauritius, Malaysia, Japan, England, Germany, Finland, the UAE\ZA Oman and Bangladesh.

IndRail passes are also available for sale at Railway Reservarion Offices at:
Agra Cantt, Agra City, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bangalore City, Calcutta, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gorakhpur, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai, New Delhi, Puttaparti Town Booking Agency, Rameshwaram, Secunderabad, Trivandrum Central and Vadodara.

International Tourist Bureau

The International Tourist Bureau at New Delhi railway station deals with foreign tourists intending to travel by rail in India. It is open between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on all days except Sunday. The bureau provides assistance to foreign tourists and NRIs regarding booking, reservation, itinerary planning and other inquiries through its tourism guides and staff conversant with most commonly used foreign languages.

Computerized reservation facilities for instant booking, reservation, fax, telex, ISD and STD are arranged by the bureau along with confirmed reservations for foreign tourists through a foreign tourist quota in all classes and trains.

The ITB arranges accommodation, retiring rooms and Rail Yatri Niwases as also bedrolls in trains on demand.