New Delhi: Opening a new chapter in the history of ‌Indian Railways, the country's fastest train - Gatimaan Express - was launched on Tuesday.


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"Launching of 'Gatimaan Express' is an important step for our Railways," said Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.


 



"The launch of this heralds a new era of high speed rail travel in India," Ministry of Railways tweeted.



It's a semi-bullet train!


This new semi-bullet train will operate between the national capital's Hazrat Nizamuddin station and Agra Cantonment station.


Six days a week


It will operate six days a week, except on Friday.


Timings


It will leave Nizammuddin railway station at 8.10 a.m. and reach Agra Cantt. at 9.50 a.m


Fare


The fare for a single AC chair car seat will be Rs.750, and that for the executive AC chair car seat Rs.1,500. 



Others features: Wi-Fi, executive coaches, etc


The Gatiman Express train comprises of two executive AC chair cars and eight AC chair car coaches. 


The ministry elaborated that the on-board catering on the new train will be carried out by the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a railway undertaking.


"IRCTC has made arrangement for deploying train hostesses on-board the train. This train will see improved catering and will have options of different kinds of cuisines," the statement added.


The new train also provides on-board entertainment facility free of cost by a private agency -- MyFreeTv.in. 


"Under this facility, passengers can view various entertaining videos during the travel on their smartphone, tablets or laptops even without internet connection through Wi-Fi," the statement said.


In addition, the ministry pointed out that the express train features new LHB (Linke-Hofmann-Busch) coaches fabricated by Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala. 


"These coaches have been fitted with bio-toilets and are fit to run at 160 km per hour. These coaches have also been fitted with balanced draft gear couplers for a smooth ride," the statement added.


The new express train will be hauled by an electrical engine, "WAP 5", which has a power output of 5,500 HP.