New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Tiger Express train on Sunday on the occasion of the World Environment Day.
Tiger Express is a semi-luxury train, initiated with a motive to create awareness about conservation of tigers. The tariff of Tiger Express will start from Rs. 38500.
Prabhu, who was on tour to Mumbai, flagged off this train through video conferencing, a railway spokesman said here.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that Indian Railways is fully committed to address environmental issues and will launch more tourist circuit trains like elephant circuit, desert circuit etc, an official release said here.
This train with 5 days/6 nights itinerary will start from Delhi's Safdarjung railway station and travel via Katani, to Jabalpur, Bandhavgadh, and Kanha in Madhya Pradesh. Tiger Trail Circuit Train is the first semi-luxury train that features a dining car in it.
Tiger Express will take the guests onboard to the world-famous Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks as well as to Dhuadhar Waterfall in Bedhaghat near Jabalpur, said the spokesman.
Several dignitaries, including Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi and Congress MP Janardhan Dwivedi, were present at the station here on this occasion.
The launch of the Tiger Express on World Environment Day is to highlight the significance of environment in our lives, said the spokesman, adding that the train will be operated by Indian Railway's Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC).
