Tejas Express, India’s first Corporate Train – A new era of Luxury Travel

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Tejas Express, India's first private train from Delhi to Lucknow route has been delighted passengers like never before. there are many reasons that make it special and that we all should know.
 


Business Travel With Tejas Express:

Boasting of world-class passenger services, Tejas Express, India’s first corporate train is already on wheels and catching eyeballs everywhere. It’s faster, trendier and stylish. Long touted as a sub-standard railway system of the world, Indian Railways is in full mood to shed its erstwhile image by embracing innovations that will put in the league of the world’s best railway system. This corporate train is a steady step in the same direction.Inaugurated on 4th Oct 2019, Tejas Express made its maiden run from Lucknow to Delhi, the national capital of India. The train is scheduled to run six days a day (except Tuesdays). The train begins its journey from Lucknow at 6:10 am and reaches New Delhi at 12:25 pm. It takes a bit more than six hoursto complete the journey. As of now, this is the fastest train in this route. The train stops at Ghaziabad and Kanpur in between.


Facilities on-board

The train has one executive chair car and nine AC chair cars. The executive chair car can accommodate 56 seats and each AC chair car can house 78 seats. In total, the train can accommodate 758 passengers during a single trip.

Some of the major facilities available on the train are:

  • Free travel insurance worth INR 25 lakhs
  • Pickup and drop baggage facilities between home and train seats.
  • Theft insurance of INR 1 lakh for their household items during travel.
  • Airline styled snack meals with high-quality beverages. The vending machines in the train arefree to use.
  • Taxi hiring facilities on-demand
  • RO treated water plant
  • State-of-the-art interior
  • Personalized reading lights, LED TV
  • CCTV camera and automatic doors
  • Mobile charging outlets
  • Bio-toilets



Catering Services

For chair car, tea and coffee along with cookies are served during breakfast and evening refreshments. The passengers can also opt for nimbupani. For breakfast, vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals are also provided. Vegetarian combo includes two cutlets, vermicelli, uttapam, poha, and coconut chutney. Or, the passengers can opt for another combo with two meduvadas with suji upma and chutney. Non- vegetarian meal includes masala omelet with a side of sautéed assortment of vegetables. Just before the termination of the journey, the passengers are served with tea or coffee with cookies and samosa.

In the case of executive chair car passengers, the beverages are served with the finest cookies along with flavored lassi for the beverage. The meal combos remain the same. However, executive chair car passengers can also opt for cornflakes with sugar and milk rather than a typical meal. Alike chair car, the passengers are served beverages with a muffin or a cake slice.



# Cancellation and Refund

The Indian trains are criticized worldwide for their sluggish performance in terms of sub-standard amenities and late running. To shed this image, Lucknow-Delhi Tejas train has brought a new concept of refunding INR 100 to every passenger if the train is delayed by an hour and INR 200 if the delay is more than 2 hours. This cost
would be reimbursed to the passengers’ individual bank account. In case of a train delay, a passenger needs to file an insurance claim form, which can be downloaded
from the website. The claim form will be provided with a toll-free number for the customers to clarify any queries. The form asks for basic details like PNR number, bank details, details about the train delay (hours of delay) and others.



Ticket charges

  • For AC Chair Car - INR 1,280
  • For Executive Chair Car – INR 2,450

So, if you’re ready to witness the changing face of Indian Railways, don’t make a delay in booking a ticket on the newly launched Tejas Express.
 

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