Passengers travelling on IRCTC's Delhi-Luckw Tejas Express will be eligible to receive a free rail travel insurance worth ₹25 lakh. Furrmore, ditional benefits on offer to those travelling on Tejas Express include ir lugg being ferried from ir homes to ir respective seats at a cost and will even have exclusive lounges to relax. se benefits are as per plans drafted by railway subsidiary. trains will commence from month of October 2019. Delhi-Luckw and Mumbai-Ahmedab Tejas Express trains will be first trains to be run by IRCTC, a railway subsidiary, becoming test cases for Indian Railways' move to hand over certain trains to private operators.

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Passengers to get ₹25 lakh free rail travel insurance

"Passengers of IRCTC's Delhi-Luckw Tejas Express to get free ₹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. 

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Tejas Express capable of running at a speed of 200 kmph

Former RCF General Manr R P Nibaria h been previously said that  Tejas Express is capable of running at a speed of 200 kmph but due to constraints related to rail tracks, it runs at a speed of 160 kmph. He h furr ded that Tejas Express will be fitted with an ‘automatic entrance plug door’ which provides better sound and heat insulation, ding that doors installed in entire rake would be controlled by a guard panel.

onboard luxury chair car has been fitted with 9-inch LCD screens with touch screen control on back of every seat and a personalised infotainment system along with USB charging facility. or features include high comfortable and justable e-lear upholster, redesigned armrest and equate legroom. RP Nibaria h previously stated that cost of each is ₹3.25 crore and a coach is manufactured within 6 months.

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(Inputs from PTI)