India’s Ministry of Railways will expand its premium train services to more tourist destinations this summer.
Following a successful trial of the new high-end carriages, which offer soft seating, hot food and air-conditioning options, more premium trains will be rolled out to 36 new destinations this summer.
These include services to popular hill stations and religious sites, including Shimla, Jammu, Kathgodam, Mahabaleshwar, Puri, Shirdi, Varanasi, Tirupati and Guwahati.
“Passengers are ready to pay extra,” said railways officials was quoted saying by the Economic Times. “Premium services, both AC and non-AC, are faster than any other train running between the two destinations, have pantry car for hot food and have comfortable coaches.”
In addition to the premium trains, 11 more regular services will be launched on high-volume routes this summer, including routes connecting Bihar with Delhi and Mumbai with Punjab.
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