14630 SATLUJ EXPRESS

Bharat Gaurav Trains to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to people of India and world

To help tap vast tourism potential of India

Service Provider to offer all inclusive package to tourists

Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, announced today the introduction of theme-based tourist circuit trains Bharat Gaurav Trains. Speaking to the media in a press conference, he said that these trains will help realise the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage and magnificent historical places to the people of India and the world. He further added that the core strength of the professionals of tourism sector would be leveraged to develop/identify tourist circuits and run theme- based trains to tap the vast tourism potential of India.

Scope:

· Service Provider would be free to decide theme like Guru Kripa trains for covering important places of Sikh culture, Ramayana trains for places connected with Lord Shri Ram etc.

· Service Provider to offer all inclusive package to tourist including rail travel, hotel accommodation, sightseeing arrangement, visit to historical/heritage sites, tour guides etc.

· Full flexibility to decide package cost based o­n level of services being offered.

· Choice of coaches suiting the clientele, different segments like luxury, budget etc.

· Free to design/furnish interior of the coaches based o­n the theme.

· Branding and advertisement permitted both inside and outside of train.

· Train composition will be of 14 to 20 coaches including 2 SLRs (Guard Vans).

Process:

· Easy o­ne step transparent o­nline registration process. Registration fee of Rs 1 (One) Lakh o­nly.

· Allotment of coaches to all eligible applicants subject to availability. Priority to be based o­n the Rake Security Deposit Time and Date. Rake Security Deposit of Rs 1 (one) Crore per rake.

· Individual, Partnership Firm, Company, Society, trust, JV/Consortium (Unincorporated/Incorporated) are eligible.

· Right to Use charges and Haulage charges notified in the policy for Service Provider to work out his business model.

· Right to Use Period: 2-10 years.

Customer Support:

· Customer Support Units to be made functional in the field for hand holding the service provider and for smooth implementation of this scheme.

https://twitter.com/AshwiniVaishnaw/status/1463071644134510592?s=20  

https://twitter.com/RailMinIndia/status/1463072536434909193?s=20