Moradabad, July 03 (HS). IRCTC Chief Regional Manager Ajit Kumar Sinha said on Wednesday that Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is operating a South India tour by Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train from Yoga City Rishikesh Railway Station. In this tour, Rameshwaram Meenakshi Temple (Madura), Kanyakumari, Tirupati Balaji and Mallikarjun Jyotirlinga will be visited.
Chief Regional Manager Ajit Kumar Sinha further informed that this journey will be from 31st July to 11th August, it will include 11 days and 12 days. The total number of berths in this travel train is 767. In which there will be 02 AC (total seats 49), 03 AC (total seats 70) and 648 sleeper seats. The stations for boarding and deboarding will be Yoganagari Rishikesh, Haridwar, Moradabad, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Lucknow, Raebareli, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Manikpur, Satna. Facilities in this package include AC, AC and sleeper class travel, non-vegetarian and vegetarian lunch and dinner, local tour by AC/non-AC buses.
The Chief Regional Manager said that the package price in Economy class Sleeper Plus is Rs. 23300/- per person and package price per child (5-11 years) is Rs. 21960/-. (Sleeper class train journey, stay in non AC hotels on double/triple, wash and change in non AC hotel room on multi share and non AC transport will be arranged. The package price in Standard class (AC class) is Rs. 38850/- per person and package price per child (15-11 years) is Rs. 38250/-. 3 AC class train journey, stay in AC hotels on double/triple, wash and change in non AC hotel room on double/triple and non AC transport will be arranged. The package price in Comfort class (AC class) is Rs. 52600/- per person and package price per child (5-11 years) is Rs. 50700/-. (There will be AC class train travel, accommodation in AC hotels on double/triple, wash and change in AC hotel room on double/triple and AC transport. LTC and EMI facility starting from Rs. 1130/- per month is also available. EMI facility can be availed from government and non-government banks available on IRCTC portal. Booking of this package will be done on first come first serve basis. For booking the above journey, online booking can also be done from IRCTC office located at Paryatan Bhawan, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow and IRCTC website www.irctctourism.com.