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CC — AC Chair Car

Air-conditioned reclining seats for daytime trains: Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Vande Bharat and the intercity expresses.

Chair Car is a seat, not a berth, in a 3+2 layout with reclining backs, meant for journeys of a few hours. It is the standard class on Shatabdi, Vande Bharat and most day-time intercity trains, and appears on a few overnight trains as a cheaper alternative to a berth.

For cancellation CC follows the same table as 3A. On Vande Bharat and Shatabdi the fare is a dynamic or premium one and can run above the base scale.

Also written or searched as: chair car · AC chair car · C coach

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Related terms

  • ECExecutive Chair Car
  • 2SSecond Sitting
  • Flexi fareDynamic fare

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