In order to promote religious travel from Indian Railways, the first ‘Bharat Gaurav Train’ tourist train will be run for Shri Ramayana Yatra.
Indian Railways: In order to promote religious travel from Indian Railways, the first ‘Bharat Gaurav Train’ tourist train will be run for Shri Ramayana Yatra. On behalf of the Ministry of Railways, a plan was made to run ‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’.
Nepal’s Ram Janaki temple also included in the tour
The first Bharat Gaurav Train is being started by IRCTC from June 21. This train will tour the places related to the life of Lord Shri Ram on the Ramayana circuit identified under Swadesh Darshan. A visit to Ram Janaki Temple in Janakpur, Nepal will also be included in the train tour.
A total of 600 passengers will be able to travel
This train will leave from Delhi’s Safdarjung railway station on June 21 on an 18-day tour. ‘Bharat Gaurav’ will be AC tourist train. IRCTC’s Bharat Gaurav train will have 10 AC third class coaches for passengers, in which a total of 600 passengers will be able to travel.
10% discount on booking of 100 passengers
This tourist train will have the facility of pantry coach, from which vegetarian food will be served to the tourists. Along with this, arrangements for infotainment system, CCTV cameras, security guards etc. will also be made available. For this first journey of Bharat Gaurav train, 10% discount will also be given by IRCTC on booking of first 100 passengers.
The other firm will be the service partner with IRCTC for the Bharat Gaurav train. IRCTC has tied up with payment gateway entities like Paytm and Razorpay to facilitate the booking process of tours, so that payments can be made in easy installments through debit/credit cards.
