Tejas Express: India's first private train from Lucknow, CM Yogi Adityanath flagged off

Tejas Express: India's first private train from Lucknow, CM Yogi Adityanath flagged off

 Tejas Express: India's first private train: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off the country's first private train Tejas Express in Lucknow. Chief Minister Adityanath said, "This is the first corporate train in the country. I congratulate the first passengers traveling in it, and I hope that a similar initiative will be taken to connect other cities also." Tejas Express is the first train to be operated through a private company.

Time table of Tejas Express:

The Tejas Express, which started its journey from October 4, was flagged off by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow. Commercial running of the train will start from October 5. The Tejas Express will run from Lucknow at 6:10 am and reach New Delhi at 12:25 pm. 

It will leave from New Delhi at 15:35 and reach Lucknow at 22:05. Tejas Express will run between New Delhi and Lucknow six days a week except Tuesday.

How much 'Tejas Express' fare will cost you:

The minimum fare from Lucknow to New Delhi in this train is Rs 

1125 for a chair car and Rs 2310 for an executive chair car. For the journey from Delhi to Lucknow, the AC chair car ticket will be Rs 1280 while the executive chair car will cost Rs 2450. At the same time, AC chair car ticket from Lucknow to Kanpur will be Rs 320. Food will also be provided on the journey from Delhi to Lucknow, so its fare is slightly higher. The Railway Board is considering running such trains on other routes as well.

If the Tejas Train gets delayed, you will be compensated.

Passengers traveling by private train 'Tejas Express', if the train does not deliver on time, then the passengers will be compensated instead. IRCTC has already announced about this private train 'Tejas Express' running between Delhi and Lucknow.

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According to the railway subsidiary, if this train is late by its scheduled time, the passengers will be compensated. According to this rule, if the train is late for more then an hour, the passenger will be given a compensation of Rs 100 and if the Train is late for more than two hours, then a compensation of

Rs 250 will be given. Not only this, the passengers of the train will also be given insurance of 25 lakh rupees. Apart from this, if looting or theft of goods happens during the journey, then one lakh rupees will be given as compensation.

Tejas Express is equipped with advanced features:

The train will have facilities like a plane with personal LCD entertainment-cum-information screen, onboard Wi-Fi service, comfortable seats, mobile charging, personal reading lights, modular bio-toilet, and sensor tape fittings. The train will have an executive air-conditioned chair car, with 56 seats and 9 air-conditioned chair cars, each with 78 seats.

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Currently, 53 trains including  Swarn Shatabdi operate on the Lucknow-Delhi route. Tejas Express running  from Ahmedabad to Mumbai can be started soon after Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express.