Indian Railways to cut luxury trains tariff by 50%

Indian Railways has taken an initiative to bring back tourists to luxury trains like Palace on Wheels, Golden Chariot, and Maharaja Express. This why they have slashed the tariff by as much as 50%, to make the experience affordable for the common man.

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Rail tourism aficionados, can now make the most of it and explore the luxury trains while experiencing the ethereal landscapes of India.
According to the Indian Railways, due to expensive tickets, tourist footfall was quite low on the luxury trains. Also, there was sharp decline interest by foreign travellers too.

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The revenue from the super luxury tourist trains, the Palace on Wheels and Royal Rajasthan, operated by Indian Railways and Rajasthan Tourism has dipped massively, and the revenue generated by Royal Rajasthan has come down by 63.18%, while Palace on Wheels' revenue decreased by 24.08%.
The government decided to slash haulage charges that are borne by state tourism departments and stakeholders like IRCTC.


Not only this, now travellers can hire luxury saloons or inspection coaches with the two-bedroom carriage with a lounge, kitchen and toilet setup aboard a train to enjoy a luxurious journey. Earlier these luxury facilities were just granted to the President of India, Prime Minister and top railway officials.

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“Saloons are ideal for two families to travel and built to facilitate stay for up to a week's time. We have asked the IRCTC to chalk out routes on which saloons can be operated. Thereafter the price mechanism, which has to be the telescopic tariff, will be finalized. Because on a section of New Delhi-Mumbai route an individual will like to use the saloon only from New Delhi to Surat or from Agra to Surat and for them the logistics has to be framed up and the price would vary definitely,” said a senior railway official.