COVID-19: Services of Tejas Express between Mumbai-Ahmadabad resume
India | February 12, 2022 12:40 ISTAccording to an official, the wedding season is picking up and they felt the service will see higher occupancy levels.
According to an official, the wedding season is picking up and they felt the service will see higher occupancy levels.
Due to heavy rains, the Tejas Express was delayed by about two-and-a-half hours following a signal failure on Saturday.
Amid the worsening COVID-19 situation, the Western Railway on Thursday announced that the services of Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express would be suspended for a month from April 2.
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'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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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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