Del-Lko Tejas: Free rail insurance of Rs 25 lakh each for passengers

Free rail travel insurance of Rs 25 lakh each, lugg pick and drop service, exclusive lounges to relax and taxi and hotel bookings - IRCTC is offering passengers on board its Delhi-Luckw Tejas Express a host of services, albeit at a cost, as part of its efforts to promote its first train next month.

This is for first time that IRCTC will be fully in charge of train services. Bringing in private train operators to provide world-class passenger service was a proposal mooted by railways in its 100-day nda as part of its move to hand over certain trains to private operators.

"Passengers of IRCTC's Delhi-Luckw Tejas Express to get free Rs 25 lakh rail travel insurance. passengers of this train will also be given facility of using retiring rooms at Luckw junction station and executive lounge at New Delhi Railway station and lounge for meetings on demand," a document enumerating operational details of train said. 

concessions, privileges or duty passes will be allowed on se trains. Also, children above of 5 will be charged full fare.

"re will be facility of tatkal quota. Five seats each will be reserved for foreign tourists in Executive Class and AC Chair car," it said. 

document also said that fares of train will be dynamic and will be competitive as against taxi, bus and flight fares on same route. 

Fares will be decided based on peak or lean season, festival season and according to demand, it said.

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Unlike 120 day vance booking allowed across railway network, IRCTC's train will allow such booking 60 days prior to day of journey. 

train will also have a chair car which will give passengers opportunity to book group tickets on first-cum- first serve basis. For group bookings 78 seats in one AC chair car will be available and have to be booked at least three days in vance from date of journey. This facility will be available online.

Free tea and coffee will on offer through vending machines and water will be provided through RO machines for passengers on demand.

Just like in flights, meals will be served by on board service staff by trolleys. 

Ar unique facility which will only be available for passengers on board IRCTC'S Tejas trains will be service of pick up and drop of passenger lugg, logistics of which is still being drafted by railway subsidiary. 

"IRCTC is planning a scheme whereby it will ferry lugg of passengers from ir homes to ir seats and from seat to ir destination on a payment basis. For this, discussions are underway with service providers. This is to ensure that passengers can travel without being concerned about ir lugg. All lugg will be insured," document said. 

A similar system is followed in Japan for ir Shinkansen trains in which passengers travel without any on board lugg which are picked up by service providers and left at destination of ir choice, enabling travellers to travel hassle free. 

train is likely to depart from Delhi at 4:30 pm and reach Luckw at 10:45 pm and on its return journey, it will depart at 6:10 am and reach Capital at 12:25 pm. train will run six days a week, except Tuesdays.

However, timings are yet to be finalised. 

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