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Indian Railways in the Quest of Boosting Tourism…!

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Indian railways have their own style of coming up new trains to attract the tourists. Every time they came up with something new, the revenue of the tourism department increased significantly. You might have heard about the luxurious trains like “Palace on Wheels,” which is a major foreign tourist’s attraction. The only disadvantage in its case is that they are too expensive. Aiming to target the budget concerned tourists, IRCTC announced it new trains. Check out more about them here:

Bharat Darshan:

“Bharat Darshan”, the train, which sets its journey from Delhi to Chandigarh is another plan executed by IRCTC to attract the tourists in large numbers. The schedule, fares and rest other aspects are all directly aimed to encourage tourism in India. This train will show the might of south India to the travelers. As of now, the authorities have announced two distinct packages for this train. They are detailed below:

First package:

  • The schedule for this package is made for 13 days and 14 nights. It is all set to start on February 14th and gets concluded on 27th of the same month.
  • Major tourists’ attractions of this journey are Ernakulam, Goa, Padmanabhan temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati balaji, Rameswaram-Ramnath temple and Kanyakumari.
  • Starting from Safdarjung station, it travels through the places like Moradabad, Shahjahanpur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Bina and Bhopal.

Second package:

  • This trip is scheduled to be carried from March 16th to 28th. Spot ur train before the time runs away. It has an entire duration of 12 nights and 13 days.
  • There are many places in common between the first and second trips. In this trip, notable places visited by tourists are Mysore, Bangalore and Meenakshi temple.

The two scheduled packages between Delhi and Chandigarh have an attractive price of 830 rupees per day per person. Any of the trips by this train will include confirmed tickets, accommodation, sightseeing, food and other housekeeping services.indian railways

Semi-Luxury Trains:

To help the tourists in exploring the desert beauty of west India, IRCTC came up with a scheme of implementing two premier train services. The key points about these trains are listed here under:

  • These semi-luxury trains with deluxe facilities will set its journey from New Delhi. The whole trip is named as “Desert Circuit” and is scheduled for 5 days.
  • The Desert Circuit covers the places like Jaipur and Jaisalmer. The trip of other semi-luxury train is termed as “Heritage Circuit,” and it takes around the places like Varanasi, Kajuraho and Agra.
  • On a whole, these two trains will make 8 trips in a year.
  • Talking about the package prices, they are truly convincing. One can choose from a large variety of packages, and it is all set to attract tourists in a very large number.
  • The package prices for the Desert Circuit range from Rs 20,000 to Rs 36, 000. The range for the Heritage Circuit is from Rs 18,000 to Rs 35,000.
  • At Varanasi, the Heritage Circuit takes its passengers to Sarnath. Don’t forget to miss out the boat riding when you visit there.

IRCTC officials hope that these new initiatives could boost the tourism industry in India. The future of its plans in this context is largely based on the success of further such trains.

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2 Path Breaking Announcements by Indian Railways to End Travellers Woes

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Indian Railways is a pride for us. The large network that it has is envious. Indian railway pnr enquiry has also become easy these days as you can check it online on the official website. In fact not only that, you can also book your ticket online as it is easy and convenient.

You can Book your tickets using MobiKwik!

Using a mobile wallet has become an easy process of payment now. You are just a click away and all your work is done in some seconds. You can also book a train ticket by using this. This is the easiest way you can book a railway ticket from wherever you want. You can track the timetable of the trains and seat availability online and then book your tickets.

For booking your rail tickets, you can use the IRCTC Connect Android App in your mobile phone. IRCTC is the official Indian Railway website and has an e-zone, which makes things easy for the travellers. You can also book a ticket and pay through the MobiKwik mobile wallet, which is now the first payment option on the app.

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In fact, the process of booking a ticket on an IRCTC App is so easy that daily around 30,000 tickets are booked online through this App. This regular buying of online tickets is the best possible way to assure your hassle free journey. After MobiKwik joined hands with IRCTC, the result has become even better. That is why the Government is also thinking to boost a wider option for digital money in India. There are a minimum number of 500 tickets, which are booked through MobiKwik per day with an average value of per ticket being Rs.700.

Now, you do not have to spend hours standing on a queue for your ticket.

Reservations for train berth for physically challenged passengers made easier

In fact, Railways has also made it easy for the physically challenged passengers. From now onwards, they have a concession over rail fares and allotments of berths in sleeper class under a provision that will ensure the middle berth for the passenger, who is accompanying them. To be more precise, there will be quota of two berths – one lower and other middle in the same cabin for a physically challenged and his companion respectively. These quotas are of 2 types where physically challenged person can take the concession only when accompanied by someone else, and second for those, who can go for the option of taking someone, who will accompany them throughout the journey. If there is no berth left under the quota on a specified date, then the railway department will automatically allot a lower berth for the physically challenged passenger and middle berth to the companion.

Thus, travelling is now easy for every one now. You can buy a ticket easily and pay through an online wallet. On the other hand, you will also get a preferable berth choice if you are physically challenged or accompanying someone, who has these issues. Indian Railways is looking for more developments that are needed immediately. They are also taking steps to make the railway tracks better and use developed engines.