NEW DELHI: Railways on Wednesday scrapped flexi-fare in 15 premium trains in which the occupancy is less than 50 per cent throughout the year, while the scheme will be discontinued in 32 other trains during lean periods when occupancy dips to 50-75 per cent. It has also reduced flexi fares from 1.5 to 1.4 times the base ticket fare in 101 trains, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said.

"As a gift to passengers this festive season, Railways has decided to reduce Flexi Fares from 1.5 to 1.4 times the base ticket fare, and to completely remove Flexi Fares from trains with less than 50 per cent occupancy," Goyal tweeted. "Win-Win Situation: The reduction of Flexi Fares is going to benefit both the passengers that can now avail tickets at cheaper rates, as well the Railways that will see a surge in demand and occupancy," the minister said.

Flexi Fare Scheme was launched with effect from September 9, 2016. "The scheme generated high revenue however initially there was a drop of passengers which picked up later on," the Railways said in a statement.

List of trains with occupancy less than 50 per cent (2017-18) from which Flexi Fare will be removed in 2018-19

1: 12006 Shatabdi Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi
2: 12012 Shatabdi Kalka-New Delhi Shatabdi
3: 12037 Shatabdi New Delhi-Ludhiana Shatabdi
4: 12038 Shatabdi Ludhiana-New Delhi Shatabdi
5: 12043 Shatabdi Moga(Ludhiana)-New Delhi Shatabdi
6: 12044 Shatabdi New Delhi-Moga(Ludhiana) Shatabdi
7: 12047 Shatabdi New Delhi-Bhatinda Shatabdi
8: 12048 Shatabdi Bhatinda-New Delhi Shatabdi
9: 12085 Shatabdi Guwahati-Dibrugarh Shatabdi
10: 12086 Shatabdi Dibrugarh-Guwahati Shatabdi
11: 12087 Shatabdi Naharlagun-Guwahati Shatabdi
12: 12088 Shatabdi Guwahati-Naharlagun Shatabdi
13: 12277 Shatabdi Howrah-Puri Shatabdi
14: 22205 Duronto Chennai-Madurai Duronto
15: 22206 Duronto Madurai-Chennai Duronto

List of trains with occupancy between 50 per cent-75 per cent (2017-18) from which flexi-fare will be removed in lean period of 2018-19

1: 12005 KALKA SHATABDI
2: 12014 AMRITSAR SHATABDI
3: 12016 AJMER SHATABDI
4: 12018 DEHRADUN SHATABDI
5: 12020 SHATABDI EXPRESS
6: 12025 SHATABDI EXP
7: 12026 PUNE SHATABDI
8: 12030 SWARNA SHATABDI
9: 12031 AMRITSAR SHATABDI
10: 12032 AMRITSAR SHATABDI
11: 12039 KGM NDLS SHT
12: 12041 SHATABDI EXPRESS
13: 12042 NJP HWH SHATABDI
14: 12045 NDLS CDG SHATABDI
15: 12046 CDG NDLS SHATABDI
16: 12213 DURONTO EXPRESS
17: 12214 YPR DURONTO EXP
18: 12219 SC DURONTO EXP
19: 12223 LTT ERS DURONTO
20: 12224 ERS LTT DURONTO
21: 12227 INDORE DURONTO
22: 12228 MUMBAI DURONTO
23: 12239 JAIPUR DURONTO
24: 12240 JP MMCT DURONTO
25: 12243 SHATABDI EXP
26: 12244 SHATABDI EXP
27: 12278 SHATABDI EXPRESS
28: 12437 RAJDHANI EXP
29: 12441 BSP NDLS RAJ EX
30: 12442 BILASPUR RJDHNI
31: 12453 RNC NDLS RAJ EXP
32: 22414 NZM MAO RAJ