Free travel insurance of Rs 25 lakh each for passengers on board Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express

The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express trains will become test cases for Indian Railways' move to hand over certain trains to private operators.

No concessions, privileges or duty passes will be allowed on these trains. Also, children above the age of 5 will be charged full fare. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)

Passengers travelling on IRCTC’s Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express will get a free rail travel insurance of Rs 25 lakh each, offer of luggage ferried from their homes to seats at a cost and even have exclusive lounges to relax, according to plans drafted by the railway subsidiary which will run its first train from next month.

The Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express trains will be the first trains to be run by the IRCTC, a railway subsidiary, becoming test cases for Indian Railways’ move to hand over certain trains to private operators.

“Passengers of IRCTC’s Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to get free Rs 25 lakh rail travel insurance. The passengers of this train will also be given the facility of using retiring rooms at Lucknow junction station and executive lounge at New Delhi Railway station and lounge for meetings on demand,” a document enumerating the operational details of the train said.

No concessions, privileges or duty passes will be allowed on these trains. Also, children above the age of 5 will be charged full fare.

“There will be no facility of tatkal quota. Five seats each will be reserved for foreign tourists in Executive Class and AC Chair car,” it said.

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