The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is giving more people a chance to visit all prominent places associated with the life of Lord Shri Rama and have darshan.
These trains will run in addition to the first announced train, which will start on 7 November.
As per an IRCTC official, the trains will start from Madurai, Pune, Shri Ganganagar, and Ahmedabad in the month of November and January.
The first additional train will start on November 16, whereas, the second and third train will start on November 25 and November 27 respectively. The fourth train will start its journey on January 20.
Notably, IRCTC has launched this special tourist train to promote the Central government’s initiative “Dekho Apna Desh.” This train was previously operated with Sleeper class only, however, the proposed first tour is going to be operated in Deluxe AC tourist train having many modern features and amenities. The State of Art Deluxe AC tourist train has a host of astounding features including two fine dining restaurants, a modern kitchen, shower cubicles in coaches, sensor-based washroom functions, and a foot massager.
The package price of this tour is Rs 82,950 plus tax only, which covers train Journey in AC classes, accommodation in AC Hotels, all meals, all transfer and sightseeing in AC vehicles, travel insurance, and services of IRCTC tour managers.
An IRCTC official informed that 156 passengers can travel on this train and booking of the first train is almost full. The fully air-conditioned train provides two types of accommodation- first AC and second AC.
However, all additional trains will operate with sleeper and 3 AC class coaches. The package price of this tour is a minimum of Rs 7,560 and the maximum is Rs 16,065 only, informed an official statement.
“To ensure the safety measures post Covid-19 in this tourist train, Covid-19 full vaccination is mandatory for guests of age group 18 or above. Besides this, IRCTC will also provide a safety kit to all tourists having face masks, hand gloves and sanitiser,” an official said.
