The world’s most expensive and leading luxury train, the seven-star super luxury Maharajas’ Express will soon be operated in Telangana.
The state tourism department and IRCTC officials on Wednesday discussed the proposal for operating super luxury Maharaja Express traveling from Konkan to Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu via Telangana.
Maharajas’ Express will halt at Secunderabad and Kazipet junctions in the state.
IRTS chairman AK Manocha and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) group general manager Smita Rawat held discussions with Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation chairman P Ramulu, tourism secretary B Venkatesham and Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation managing director Christina Z Chongthu on Wednesday. As requested by Ramulu, the IRCTC chairman also agreed to run three-star luxury trains from Secunderabad to Shirdi, Goa and Tirupati with basic tariff structure of bus fares.
IRCTC chairman Manocha sought cooperation from Tourism and Culture Department for providing backend services such as local transportation (for local sight seeing), accommodation, catering, entry tickets with tour escort services for the groups which are booked by IRCTC for promoting tourism destinations like Basara, Warangal, Hyderabad and Bhadrachalam.
Source:www.newindianexpress.com