New luxury train to cost Rs 25 lakh per trip!

The redoubtable Lalu Prasad has been the best thing to have happened to Indian Railways.

The processes and systems that the Railways Minister has put in place have seen the loss-making Railways turn around and post impressive profits. And he has managed to fill the empty coffers of the Indian Railways without even raising passenger fares!

Now he has more plans. Riding on the stupendous success of Palace on Wheels, one of the top 10 luxury trains of the world, the railway ministry in close coordination with Rajasthan will be launching a second super luxury train in December.

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without the below stuff train will not start
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Aptly named as Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, the tourist train will be operated jointly by the Railways and the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC). So check out what this moving palace offers. . . MORE

wowwwww....great i hope i could get a trip

^^^a free one that is....

25 lakh for a trip.... Uppss....

Great going (to the unnamed IAS officer who advices lalu but gets no credit)

let me travel lol

25 Lakhs!!!!

Will anyone except rich people go on this trip
This will be a totally flop idea

Re: 25 Lakhs!!!!

D@rekills4 said:
Will anyone except rich people go on this trip
This will be a totally flop idea

And mostly NRI's and cash rich americans and europeans.

Re: 25 Lakhs!!!!

D@rekills4 said:
Will anyone except rich people go on this trip
This will be a totally flop idea

go by planes

S

Is smoking & taking liquor is allowed in train. i don't think so. Why they are serving only in luxury trains. why not in other trains.

25 lakhs per trip is absurd...!! I feel 25 lakhs is probably the amount that railways will be spending per trip for this train..! New luxury train to cost (Indian Railways) Rs 25 lakh per trip..!

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guys this train is to rip off nri's and foreigners
If u ask me it is a really good business statergy

adi007 said:
guys this train is to rip off nri's and foreigners
If u ask me it is a really good business statergy

Business counts on more on ones ignorance than knowledge

[and dats true for almost everything in life!]

good business tactics , surely yes.
though it will be a waist for us.targeted only for the mindless foreigners , i guess

A

WTF

Tell me when a train ride will cost 25 Rs./ride till then I aint interested

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25 lakhs per trip is also too high for the NRI's and the super rich. I think this is the cost the Indian Railways will incur per trip. Actual per ticket price for passengers will be very much less. What is the cost per passenger for a ride in "Palace on Wheels"?

Now that's a perfect sum.

Wonder how many Nehalem Based configs I can arrange for that budget!!!!

prasad_den said:
New luxury train to cost (Indian Railways) Rs 25 lakh per trip..!

Yeah..
afaik, the costliest train ride costs somewhere around USD20,000.

Indian Railways FTW!

On a serious note, I think it is a good idea to get so much money from the rich NRIs and foreigners and subsidize train fare for the average Indian. Cheerios!