Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Railways Charged Rs 168 Crore Superfast Surcharge Despite Low Speeds
Some trains in India are called superfast because they are supposed to travel very quickly.
When people ride a superfast train, they pay a little extra money for the ticket.
That extra money is called a superfast surcharge.
A special checking group called the CAG looked closely at these trains.
They wanted to see if the trains were really fast enough for the extra charge.
The group found that many trains were collecting the extra money even though they were not fast enough.
More than 190 trains charged passengers this way.
Over one year, passengers paid 168 crore rupees extra for these not-so-fast trains.
The checking group wrote a report about this problem.
Now people know they may have paid too much for their train tickets.
Indian Railways collected Rs 168 crore in superfast surcharge from passengers on trains that did not meet the prescribed superfast criteria.
The finding comes from a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
The audit covered the period between April 2022 and March 2023.
Passengers travelling on more than 190 trains were charged the additional amount.
The affected services did not meet the required speed benchmark for superfast classification.
- Who
- Indian Railways and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
- What
- A CAG report found Rs 168 crore was collected in superfast surcharge on trains that did not meet superfast speed criteria
- When
- Between April 2022 and March 2023
- Where
- India
- Why
- Passengers were charged the superfast surcharge even though the trains did not meet the required speed benchmark
- Surcharge collected
- Rs 168 crore
- Trains affected
- More than 190
- Audit agency
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
- Audit period
- April 2022 to March 2023
- Finding
- Trains did not meet the superfast speed benchmark
- Body involved
- Indian Railways