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India's golden triangle is a tourist circuit in India that connects the national capital, New Delhi, with Agra and Jaipur. Tourists' trips usually start in Delhi and move south to the site of the Taj Mahal at Agra (in Uttar Pradesh state), then west, to Jaipur (in the desert landscapes of Rajasthan state). The trip can be undertaken by road ...
It arrives at a different station each morning for off-rail excursions, including shopping and visits to monuments, heritage sites, palaces, forts and hotels. [26] New itineraries include three pan-Indian journeys and two golden-triangle tours of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. The Maharajas' Express is India's most expensive train. [27] Palace on Wheels
Golden Triangle (India), comprising the popular tourist spots Delhi, Agra and Jaipur Golden Triangle of Jakarta , the main central business district of Jakarta, Indonesia Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone , situated on the Lao side of the border between Thailand and Myanmar.
Introduced in 2019, Vande Bharat Express is the fastest express train in India. In December 2009, the Ministry of Railways of Government of India envisaged the implementation of regional high-speed rail projects to provide services at 250–350 km/h (160–220 mph), and planning for corridors connecting commercial, tourist, and pilgrimage hubs.
Jaipur is a popular tourist destination in India, forming a part of the west Golden triangle tourist circuit along with Delhi and Agra. [14] The city serves as a gateway to other tourist destinations in Rajasthan like Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Udaipur, Kota, Mount Abu and has two World heritage sites of Amer Fort and Jantar Mantar.
A section of the Golden Quadrilateral highway from Chennai–Mumbai phase NH46: Bengaluru–Chennai section of India's 4-lane Golden Quadrilateral highway NH 16 another section of Golden Quadrilateral highway in Visakhapatnam on the Kolkata–Chennai section Kolkata–Durgapur section of India's GQ highway NH4: Chennai–Mumbai section of the GQ highway near Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
The concept of the Palace on Wheels was derived from the royal background of the coaches, which were originally meant to be the personal railway coaches of the erstwhile rulers of the princely states of Rajputana, Baroda, the Nizam of Hyderabad and mainly the Governor-General of India. [8] Due to changes in the rail gauges over the years, after ...
The Deccan Odyssey is an Indian luxury train modeled on the Palace on Wheels luxury train and put into service to boost tourism on the Maharashtra route of the Indian Railways. [1] [2] [3] The train, owned by travel company Cox & Kings since 2014, takes visitors on a variety of seven night, eight day trips across Maharashtra. [4] [5]