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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.
The train service was started in March 2010. The IRCTC and Cox and Kings India Ltd [5] entered a joint venture, setting up Royale Indian Rail Tours Ltd (RIRTL) to oversee the functioning and management of the Maharajas' Express. This arrangement was terminated on 12 August 2011, and the train was then operated exclusively by IRCTC. [6]
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The station, which has not been in use after the commissioning of Vallarpadam container terminus is now locked and all the train service to the station from Ernakulam Junction were completely stopped in 2013. [3] Since then, only occasional tourist trains carrying passengers will arrive at the station – notably the Golden Chariot in 2022. [4]
Worldwide Rail Journeys Private Limited is a luxury train journey provider based in India with registered offices in India, UK and Tokyo, Japan. [1]It is an approved official General Sales Agent (GSA) of Palace on Wheels, Royal Rajasthan on Wheels and Golden Chariot.
The coaches are manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai at the cost of ₹ 650 million (US$7.6 million) per trainset. [2] In contrast to other Indian trains, the trainsets will have a locomotive at both ends in a push-pull configuration , enabling better acceleration and shorter turnaround times in direction reversals.
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