Don’t get bewildered when you will be greeted by a hostess wearing a smile on her face, when you take a train from Delhi to Agra next time. It’s true, Indian Railways is gearing up for launch of Airline like services aboard Gatiman Express from Delhi to Agra. Slated for announcement in the forthcoming railway budget, the train is a semi – high speed train that will run at 160Km/hr.
It is packed with lot of modern facilities like high-power emergency braking system, automatic fire alarm, GPS-based passenger information system, sliding doors in the coaches and live TV as part of infotainment system.
The fare of the Express will be 25% more than that of Sathabdhi express, the train will offer airline like cuisine inclusive of Indian and continental food. There will be wholewheat upma, mini dosa, Kanjeevaram idli, fresh cut fruits, aloo kulcha with swiss roll, roasted dry fruit and chicken roll.
Chicken sausages with Spanish egg white omelette and date walnut slice cakes will also be served in bone china crockery. 9 more routes including Kanpur-Delhi, Chandigarh-Delhi, Hyderabad-Chennai, Nagpur-Bilaspur, Goa-Mumbai and Nagpur-Secunderabad will run similar kind of trains.
The train will trail with 12 coaches and will cover the distance between Delhi and Agra 15 min less time than Sathabdhi Express. Whatever it may be, Indian railways is making big strides to transform the image of the carrier at par with global standards.
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