Published 10:23 IST, September 21st 2019
Tejas Express: First train operated by private players, price list out
Officials said that IRCTC's Tejas Express, travelling from Lucknow to New Delhi, will be Rs 1,125 for AC chair car and Rs 2,310 for executive chair car.
Officials, on Friday, said that the ticket prices for IRCTC's Tejas Express, travelling from Lucknow to New Delhi, will be Rs 1,125 for AC chair car and Rs 2,310 for executive chair car. Additionally, a reverse journey ticket would cost a passenger Rs 1,280 for AC chair car and Rs 2,450 for executive chair car.
Price list for Lucknow-Kanpur & Lucknow-Ghaziabad route
The price for AC chair car tickets from Lucknow to Kanpur in the country’s first train to be operated by private players has been fixed at Rs 320 for AC chair car while for executive chair car it will be Rs 630. Moreover, the Lucknow to Ghaziabad fare will be Rs 1,125 for AC chair car and Rs 2310 for executive chair car.
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The officials have also decided on the fares for the Delhi-Kanpur route. According to them, the AC chair car fare that route will be Rs 1,155 and for executive chair car it will be Rs 2,155. However, they also added that since the train is going to operate on the flexi-fare scheme, these fares may vary along all sections.
Expected journey time
The train, after beginning the journey from Lucknow at 6.10 am, is expected to reach Delhi at 12.25 p.m. with halts at Kanpur and Ghaziabad, thus covering the distance in six hours and 15 minutes.
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The new Delhi-LucknowTejas Express will be the first train of Indian Railways that will be fully run by its subsidiary IRCTC. Following the proposal by the railways in its 100-day agenda as part of its move to hand over certain trains to private operators, an effort to provide world-class passenger service through Tejas is being made.
While the booking for the train began on Saturday, the train will be operational from October 4.
Updated 12:10 IST, September 21st 2019