Travelling in Railways would get costlier as the Ministry has decided to increase the passenger fares  by 2%  and Freight Fares by 1.7% . The Revised Passenger Fare will Come into Effect from 7th October 2013 while Revised Freight Tariff will Come into Effect from 10th October 2013.
Under the proposed hike, there would be no increase in either Second Class Ordinary (Suburban) or Second Class MST fares.
The Fares for Second Class Ordinary (Non-Suburban) would go up by a maximum of ₹ 5/- in select distance slabs, while in the other distance slabs there would be no change in existing fares.
In all other classes, the revised fares would be only about 2% higher than the existing fare.
The revision has come in the form of fuel adjustment component (FAC) which was announced in the last rail budget to make adjustments for spiraling fuel prices. In the budget, it was announced that FAC would be revised every six months.