On New Year's eve, the railways announced fare hike across its network, excluding suburban-trains, effective from January-1, 2020, according to an order issued. While suburban fares remain unchanged, ordinary non-AC, non-suburban fares hiked by 1-paise/km of journey. The railways also announced a two-paise/km hike in fares of mail/express non-AC trains and four paise/km hike in the fares of AC classes.