The Railway Ministry has agreed to launch a Tejas Express train equipped with modern onboard facilities between Delhi and Dehradun via Haridwar.
IRCTC's third private train Kashi Mahakal express was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. The train will run between Varanasi and Indore thrice a week.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that more Tejas Express-style trains will be put into service by Indian Railways on key tourism routes. Tejas Express is a more premium version of the Shatabdi-style AC Chair Car trains.
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) said on Wednesday that it will pay a compensation of Rs 100 each to around 630 passengers of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express because of a delay.
Just like IRCTC which pays compensation for delays in its Tejas trains, railways' freight customers could soon be compensated for late arrival of their goods, Railway minister Piyush Goyal indicated on Saturday, demanding a commitment of timely delivery.
The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express, the second premium train to be run by Railway subsidiary IRCTC, completed its inaugural run on Friday in sixhours, covering the distance of 491 km. Such speeds are rarely seen on this busy route.
Ahmedabad Mumbai Tejas Express would run on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Ahmedabad route for 6 days a week with Thursday as an off-day for maintenance activities. The train will be equipped with all modern onboard facilities to ensure a high level of comfort to the passengers.
IRCTC Alert! Commuters on Mumbai- Ahmedabad train route are in for delight starting January 17 as IRCTC-run Tejas Express rolls out on the busy route. To make the commuters' journey more exciting, IRCTC said that it will serve local delicacies, besides, the train will also have onboard tea/coffee vending machine facilities.
According to a passenger, the mixed vegetable served for dinner had a strong stench. The matter was brought to the notice of supervisor, who then changed the food packets.
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express is part of the Railways' bid to develop 50 railway stations of world-class standards and allowing private passenger train operators to run 150 trains on its network.
A delay of more than three hours in the running of Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express on October 19 has cost IRCTC around Rs 1.62 lakh which the railway subsidiary will pay through its insurance companies as compensation to around 950 passengers, a first in the history of Indian Railways, officials said on Monday.
About 451 passengers boarded the train from Lucknow and around 500 people took the train from New Delhi. It is the first time that the passengers of Indian Railways will receive compensation for the delayed journey. All the passengers will compensation of Rs 250 each to passengers by IRCTC.
The All India Railway Men's Federation (AIRF) said it is observing the day as 'virodh diwas' across the network against the first "private" train Tejas and the railway board's decision to give another 150 trains to the private sector.
IRCTC Tejas Express Launched: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday flagged off the Tejas Express, the country’s first "private" train run by its subsidiary IRCTC, on the Lucknow-New Delhi route. The commercial run of the train starts on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is slated to flag off the country's first private semi-high speed train - Tejas Express on Friday. The train will run on the Lucknow-New Delhi route.
This is the first step by Railway Ministry towards introducing private trains on Indian Railways’ network.
More than 2,000 passengers have booked tickets in the first IRCTC-run train, Tejas Express, from Lucknow to New Delhi and back, within two days of the opening of counters, officials said on Sunday.
The price for AC chair car tickets from Lucknow to Kanpur will be Rs 320 and for executive chair car it will be Rs 630, while the Lucknow to Ghaziabad fare will be Rs 1,125 (AC chair car) and Rs 2310 for executive chair car.
The trial run of India's first private train, Tejas Express started on Friday from Lucknow junction station at 6:50 am. IRCTC officials flagged off the first trial run of the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, which operated with the speed of 110 kmph.
Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, India's first private train, will begin its operations from October 4, after it will be flagged off by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Tejas Express will be entirely run by Railways subsidiary Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC).
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