We have come across this information and it is good that we have kind a crew over the train also as we see in the airplane. But our country really appreciate the female freedom and how the travelers will behave with them. I am sure our government will think about the security of these hostesses who make your journey easy in the train and when you reach your destination you feel that you just leave one home and came to other.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will be announcing the special features of the first semi-high speed train in the country while presenting the Rail Budget on February 25.
What’s different about this train?
The train will have a high-power emergency braking system, automatic fire alarm, GPS-based passenger information system and sliding doors in the coaches. There will also be live TV service as part of infotainment. A senior railway ministry official said, ‘We are trying to provide best possible services in Gatiman matching the flight services,” said a senior railway ministry official.’
There’ll be no end to food.
Both Indian and continental cuisine will be served on the train. Passengers will have an assortment of food to choose from. There will be wholewheat upma, mini dosa, Kanjeevaram idli, fresh cut fruits, aloo kulcha with swiss roll, roasted dry fruit and chicken roll. Chicken sausages with Spanish egg white omelette and date walnut slice cakes will also be served in bone china crockery.
It will be reasonable, not unaffordable.
The fare for chair car in fully airconditioned Gatiman Express has been fixed at Rs 690, while a passenger will be required to spend Rs 1,365 for travelling Executive Class. In Delhi-Agra Shatabadi Express, the chair car fare is Rs 540 and Rs 1,040 for Executive Class.
It’ll be quicker
Equipped with a 5,400 HP electric locomotive, the train will have 12 coaches. While Shatabdi takes 120 minutes to cover the 200 km distance, Gatiman Express proposes to complete the journey in 105 minutes.
And more versions of this train will be out soon!
The Indian Railway plans to roll out such trains on 9 more routes including Kanpur-Delhi, Chandigarh-Delhi, Hyderabad-Chennai, Nagpur-Bilaspur, Goa-Mumbai and Nagpur-Secunderabad.
