IRCTC flags off Tiger Express

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the Tiger Trail Circuit train on the occasion of World Environment Day on June 5, 2016, through video conferencing. The train will start from Delhi’s Safdarjung railway station and with 5 days/6 nights itinerary and it will travel via Katani, to Jabalpur, Bandhavgadh, and Kanha in Madhya Pradesh. The train is semi-luxury and will take the guests to Bandhavgarh and Kanha National Parks as well as to Dhuadhar Waterfall in Bedhaghat near Jabalpur. The itinerary has a tariff structure starting from Rs 38,500. For travelling in 1AC, tariff has been fixed at Rs 49,500 for single occupancy, Rs 45,500 for double occupancy, Rs 44,900 for triple occupancy and Rs 39,500 for child with bed (5-11 years). The fares for those travelling in AC 2-tier is Rs 43,500 for single occupancy, Rs 39,000 for double occupancy, Rs 38,500 for triple occupancy and Rs 33,500 for child with bed (5-11 years). However, these rates are valid for Indian citizens only. An additional surcharge of Rs. 4,000 per person will be charged from foreigners for the Safari booking at Bandhagarh and Kanha.
Several dignitaries were present on this occasion at both the ends of this remote flagging off programme. At Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station end Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Meenakshi Lekhi, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Janardhan Dwivedi, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Karan Singh Tanwar, Vice-Chairman NDMC were the distinguished guests present on the occasion. Railway officials present at the Safdarjung Station were Member Traffic, Railway Board, Mohammad Jamshed, Member Staff, Pradeep Kumar, Member Mechanical, Hemant Kumar, Member Electrical, A.K. Kapoor, Finance Commissioner Railways, S. Mukherjee, General Manager, Northern Railway, A.K. Puthia and Divisional Railway Manager, Delhi, Arun Arora and Other Senior Officers of Railway Board and Northern Railway.