New Delhi: After the successful run of the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, the second premium Tejas train is ready to run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. This will be another step of the Ministry of Railways in its endeavour to improve the overall travelling experience of rail passengers as the train will offer state of the art facilities.
The inaugural run of this second Tejas Train will be flagged off from Ahmedabad on January 17, 2020. The commercial run of the train will start with effect from January 19, 2020 from Ahmedabad. The train to be operated by IRCTC which also operates the first Tejas Train and it will be equipped with all modern facilities on board.
According to Railway Ministry, this fully air-conditioned train will have two Executive Class Chair Cars having 56 seats each and eight Chair Cars having a capacity of 78 seats each. The total carrying capacity of the train will be 736 passengers. This Tejas Train will have scheduled commercial halts at Nadiad, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Vapi and Borivali and it will run on all days of the week except Thursday.
Here are the salient features of the train:
1. Complimentary onboard infotainment services will be available to the passengers in the train.
2. High-quality food and beverages will be provided to the passengers on board and the price of the food will be included in the ticket fare.
3. Service in the train will be done through trolleys similar to airlines. Each coach will be provided with RO water filter in addition to the packaged drinking water bottle for each passenger.
4. All passengers travelling on the train will be provided with Rail Travel Insurance of up to Rs 25 Lakhs, free of cost by IRCTC. This complimentary travel insurance also includes exclusive coverage of Rs 1 lakh against household theft/robbery during the travel period of the passengers.
5. Besides, this special feature, IRCTC will also pay a compensation of Rs 100 in case the train during its run, is delayed by more than one hour and Rs 250 in case of delay of more than two hours to every passenger as compensation.
6. In case of cancellation of train, an automatic full refund of full fare on confirmed and/or waitlisted e-tickets will be made. There will be no need of cancelling the ticket or filing TDR in such case.
7. There will be no tatkal quota or premium tatkal quota in the train. There will be only General Quota and Foreign Tourist Quota. Foreign Tourist Quota of 6 seats in EC and 12 seats in CC will be available for Foreign Tourists.
It is worth mentioning that the booking for this train has commenced and passengers can book their tickets exclusively on IRCTC website www.irctc.co.in and its mobile app “IRCTC Rail Connect”. There will be no booking at railway reservation counters. The train tickets will also be available for booking through IRCTC’s online travel portal partners.
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