Railways to Launch Tejas Express on Ahmedabad-Mumbai Route

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New Delhi : After the successful run of Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, the second premium Tejas train is ready to run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

This will be yet another step of the Ministry of Railways in its endeavour to improve the overall traveling experience to rail passengers by providing 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, shall be equipped with all modern facilities on board for ensuring a high level of comfort to the passengers. To start with, this fully air-conditioned train shall  have two Executive Class Chair Cars having 56 seats each and Eight Chair Cars having 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. The train will run on all days of the week except Thursday, according to a PIB release.

Salient features of the train are: Complementary On board infotainment services will be available in IRCTC trains to the passengers; High quality food and beverages will be provided to the passengers on board in the train and included in the ticket fare; 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; All passengers travelling on IRCTC train will be provided with Rail Travel Insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh free of cost by IRCTC. This complimentary travel insurance also includes an exclusive coverage of Rs. 1 lakh against household theft / robbery during the travel period of the passengers; Besides, this special feature, in a first of its own, 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.

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 to Foreign Tourists.