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The Golden Chariot had its maiden commercial run on 10 March 2008, [6] and generally runs weekly during the months of October–March, departing on Sundays during the 2022-23 season. [7] The train is designed on the lines of the more popular Indian luxury train Palace on Wheels. All journeys offered by the train originate and end at Bengaluru. [8]
Golden Chariot: 2008 [14] KSTDC & IRCTC: It connects major tourist areas in states of Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry weekly. It is named after the stone chariot at Hampi's Vitthala temple. [15] The train's 19 purple-and-gold coaches bear the logo of a mythological animal with the head of an elephant and the body of a lion.
Maharajas Express operates four different itineraries from October to April, [9] [7] of which two are short-term Golden Triangle (Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra) tours and the other three are week-long pan-India voyages: [10]
[12] [13] For Internet tickets (I-tickets), while the booking is done online, physical tickets are sent to the customer through post. [12] Reserved tickets may be booked up to 60 days in advance and confirmed reservation tickets will show the passenger and fare details along with berth or seat number(s) allocated to them on the ticket.
In case of no confirmed reservation, a wait-list number is assigned and wait-listed tickets get confirmed if there are cancellations of already reserved tickets. Reservation against cancellation tickets is an intermediate category between the waiting and confirmed lists in sleeper classes which allows a ticket holder to board the train and ...
With service in Europe, Asia, and South America, Belmond is the only private luxury tour provider (with the exception of Russia's Golden Eagle Trans Siberian Express) to offer continental or intercontinental service. [6] The Venice-Simplon Orient Express, with service from London to Venice, was voted the top luxury train in the world in 2009. [7]
The Indian Railways offers various travel classes on its coaches, various freight wagons, apart from specialized and dedicated coaching stock for other uses. [10] As of 2022, Indian Railways rolling stock consisted of 318,196 freight wagons and 84,863 passenger coaches. [11]
The Premium AC special train from Mumbai to Delhi was the first train which was launched on 24 December 2013 during festive season of Christmas and New Year. [3] The train's maiden journey earned 48 percent more than the Mumbai — Delhi Rajdhani that ran during the same period. [9]