19-coach Tejas Express with LED TV, tea/coffee vending machine all set to hit the tracks next week

New Delhi: The much-awaited Tejas Express, which boasts of several modern facilities onboard like LED TV and tea/coffee vending machine, will be flagged off from Mumbai for Goa on May 22.

Since the train is equipped with better facilities, the fare will also be slightly higher as compared to normal mail/express service, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said while inspecting the new Tejas coaches.

The Ministry of Railways has tweeted:

Today, MR @sureshpprabhu inspected #Tejas Rake at Safdarjung Stn #PromisesInMotion pic.twitter.com/QpuqWo91OM

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) May 19, 2017

Equipped with CCTV cameras besides smoke and fire detection system, the 19-coach Tejas train will have bio- vacuum toilets and GPS-based passenger information display system.

The Ministry of India has tweeted:

Know all about Tajas the new journey experience #IndianRailways #Tejas #NewJourneyExperiencehttps://t.co/8oESkq1s4y pic.twitter.com/mphxTBBSYh

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) May 19, 2017

There will be comfortable seating arrangements and each seat will have LED TV with touch control system and call bell facilities.

Manufactured at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, the coaches will have automatic entrance door, a first in non- suburban train in Indian Railways.

There will be tea and coffee vending machines and snack tables at each coach as catering facility for passengers in the new designed coaches.

Promised in the budget, Tejas Express will also be pressed into service in Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Lucknow sectors, according to the railways.

With PTI Inputs