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).
It will begin its journey from Lucknow at 6.10 a.m., and reach Delhi at 12.25 p.m. with halts at Kanpur and Ghaziabad.
The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express trains will be the first trains to be run by the IRCTC, a railway subsidiary, becoming test cases for Indian Railways' move to hand over certain trains to private operators.
Good news for Indian Railways passengers as Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express will begin operations from October. The first Railways train to be run by its subsidiary Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC). For its passengers of the Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express trains, IRCTC will provide hotel bookings, taxi services and baggage pick-and-drop facilities.
The train will run six days a week, except on Tuesdays. It will have stoppages at Ghaziabad and Kanpur.
In a major move for its passengers, IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) has come up with a unique scheme for its. Under this scheme, these passengers may be become eligible for the compensation in case of train delays by over an hour.
Indian Railways is all set to offer up to 25 per cent discount to its passengers in trains like Shatabdi Express, Tejas and Gatiman Express. This development comes after the railway had to face stiff competition from roadways and low-cost airlines.
Indian Railways has set the ball rolling by giving the operations of the Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to private players. Railways is going ahead with its 100-day agenda of handing over operations of two of its trains to the private sector, despite protests from its unions.
Hailing Tejas as “very impressive”, Ng said, “This is the reason why our air force trains with your air force. Pilots are superb, planes are pretty good.”
In an editorial in party mouthpiece `Saamana', Sena said that the railways, which has seen a slew of mishaps in the last few weeks, was playing with the lives of people.
In the conclusion, drawn from the statements of the passengers and officials on duty, the report said, it appears the food served "on Tejas Express was of satisfactory quality".
The IRCTC Chairman and Managing Director said something was wrong with the food they had cooked and eaten. "Their cook has given a statement and admitted that they were cooking their own food."
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