The Indian Railways facilitate millions of travellers every day to reach their destinations. However, most travellers are unaware of all of the services provided by railways to make people’s journeys easier.
Similarly, the Circular Journey Ticket is one of those services that many travellers are unaware of and hardly utilize. This service by the IRCTC is issued for all journeys (other than regular routes) that begin and complete at the same station, according Indian Railways’ website, www.indianrail.gov.in.
Circular journey tickets give the benefit of ‘telescopic rates’, which are considerably lower than regular point-to-point fare and can be purchased for all classes of travel.
For example, if you take a circular journey ticket from New Delhi to Kanyakumari from Northern Railway, your journey will start from New Delhi and end at New Delhi. You will reach Kanyakumari via Mathura via Mumbai Central – Marmagoa – Bangalore City – Mysore – Bangalore City – Udagamandalam – Thiruvananthapuram Central and come back to New Delhi via this route. The circular ticket made for this journey of 7,550 kilometres remains valid for 56 days.
Things You Should Know
The ticket covers all the stations
Time-saving
Covers 8 stations
The start and station will be the same