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The <keyword id="3691811" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="tejas-express" source="Orion">Tejas Express</keyword> train operating between <keyword id="6358070" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="mumbai" source="Orion">Mumbai</keyword> and Karmali in Goa will have the second <keyword id="4398349" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vistadome" source="Orion">vistadome</keyword> coach, which provides a wider and hindrance-free view of the surroundings, from April 14, <keyword id="6364162" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="central-railway" source="Orion">Central Railway</keyword> officials said. These coaches, having huge windows and transparent roofs, have become popular among passengers of rail sections from Mumbai to <keyword id="2094" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="pune" source="Orion">Pune</keyword> and Goa. The Konkan belt offers a stunning view of waterfalls, rivers, valleys, tunnels, lush green fields and creeks. One vistadome coach was attached to the Mumbai-Karmali Tejas Express in September last year. After the attachment of an additional vistadome coach, it will become the first train in the country to have two such coaches, the officials said on Tuesday. Following this change, the train will have two vistadome coaches, 11 AC chair cars, one AC executive chair car coach and two luggage coaches and a generator-cum-brake van, the Central Railway said in a release. The vistadome coaches also have other attractions like LED lights, rotatable seats and pushback chairs, GPS-based information system, electrically operated automatic sliding compartment doors, wide side sliding doors for specially-abled people and toilets with ceramic tile flooring. The viewing gallery having big glass windows on three sides is one of the biggest attractions of these coaches, according to railway officials, and passengers love to click photographs and selfies from it. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/research/news/health-benefits-of-living-in-cities-for-children-and-teens-diminishing-says-global-study/articleshow/99429845.cms">Health benefits of living in cities for children and teens diminishing says global study</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/accounting-firm-ey-calls-off-plan-to-break-up-auditing-consulting-units/articleshow/99429402.cms">Accounting firm EY calls off plan to break up auditing &amp; consulting units</a>

Mumbai-Goa Tejas Express to get second vistadome coach from April 14

The <keyword id="70669" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Railway-Catering-and-Tourism-Corporation">Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation</keyword> Limited (IRCTC) has cancelled the operation of the country's <keyword id="10317532" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="first-private-train-tejas-express">first private train Tejas Express</keyword> from Monday. The IRCTC has decided to end the operations of the Lucknow-Delhi and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express due to a shortage of the passengers. Tejas Express had resumed operations in October after its operation was suspended due to <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>. The IRCTC is a public sector undertaking of <keyword id="9255929" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-ministry-of-railways">the Ministry of Railways</keyword>. Earlier, the IRCTC had said in a statement that the management has decided to cancel the operations of all Tejas trains due to a shortage of passengers. IRCTC has cancelled the Lucknow-New Delhi (82501/82502) Tejas Express from November 23 while the Ahmedabad-Mumbai (82901/82902) Tejas Express from November 24. "The management has decided to cancel all departures of the IRCTC Tejas trains due to <keyword id="10317531" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="low-occupancy-levels">low occupancy levels</keyword> resulting from <keyword id="8902449" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19-pandemic">Covid-19 pandemic</keyword>. The company will review its decision after seeing the occupancy level of other trains of the Indian Railways operating in both these routes," IRCTC said in a statement. The two Tejas trains between Lucknow-New Delhi and Ahmedabad-Mumbai were resumed from October 17 in view of the festival rush. The operation of both the trains was stopped on March 19 due to the pandemic. IRCTC had taken several steps to run Tejas Express keeping in mind the coronavirus outbreak. Sources said that the occupancy of Tejas Express was around 25 to 40 per cent after the resumption of operation as against 50-80 per cent before the coronavirus lockdown. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/amazon-pharmacy-is-going-to-be-the-first-big-test-of-public-trust-in-prime-and-will-expose-the-company-to-more-scrutiny/articleshow/79353327.cms">Amazon Pharmacy is going to be the first big test of public trust in Prime and will expose the company to more scrutiny</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-to-cost-govts-25-37-per-dose-ceo/articleshow/79353606.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to cost govts $25-$37 per dose: CEO</a>

IRCTC cancels operation of Tejas Express due to low occupancy

New Delhi, The Railways introduced 153 services in 2019-20 as compared to 266 services in 2018-19, which included modern semi-high speed trains like Vande Bharat, <keyword id="3691811" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="tejas-express">Tejas Express</keyword> and UDAY (Utkrisht Double-Decker Air-conditioned Yatri) Express trains, Parliament was informed on Friday. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, <keyword id="6356740" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="RAILWAY">Railway</keyword> Minister <keyword id="6355222" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="piyush-goyal">Piyush Goyal</keyword> said: "To facilitate passengers, Indian Railways, during the period 2018-19 and 2019-20, railways introduced new 153 and 266 services respectively." He said that introducing new services is a continual endeavour of the national transporter to upgrade train services and to provide improved facilities to the passengers. "Indian Railways have introduced premium services like <keyword id="7263559" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vande-Bharat-Express">Vande Bharat Express</keyword>, Humsafar, Tejas, Antyodaya, UDAY, to provide better travelling experience to the passengers," he said, adding that state-of-art Vande Bharat Express services have been introduced on <keyword id="3931882" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-delhi-varanasi">New Delhi-Varanasi</keyword> and New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra sectors. "These trains have ultra modern features like quick acceleration, on board infotainment and Global Positioning System (GPS) based passenger information system, automatic sliding doors, retractable footsteps and zero discharge vacuum bio toilets etc," he said. Goyal said that a total of four pairs of Tejas Express services have been introduced. "Two of these -- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Karmali Tejas Express and Chennai Egmore-Madurai Jn Tejas Express are being run by Indian Railways, while the other two Tejas trains namely, Lucknow-New Delhi Tejas Express and Mumbai Central-Ahmedabad Tejas Express are operated by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (<keyword id="65866" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IRCTC">IRCTC</keyword>)," he said. Similarly, two pairs of <keyword id="3691812" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="uday-express">UDAY Express</keyword> have been operationalised -- Bangalore City - Coimbatore UDAY Express and Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada UDAY Express. He said that other premium services like Humsafar, Tejas, Antyodaya, UDAY, Mahamana and coaches like Deen Dayalu and Anubhuti, which have upgraded interiors or exteriors and improved passenger amenities, have been introduced in various train services. He further said that the railways is manufacturing only Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches, which are technologically superior and have better riding, aesthetics and safety features than conventional Integral Coach Factory (ICF) type coaches. "Production Units of railways have stopped the manufacturing of ICF type coaches and are manufacturing only LHB coaches from the year 2018-19 onwards," he said. Goyal also said that vistadome coaches provide panoramic view, through wider body side windows as well as through transparent sections in the roof, thus enabling the passengers to enjoy the scenic beauty of the places through which they travel. "Recently, vistadome coaches on LHB platform have been manufactured with several modern features or amenities," he said. He said that under Project Utkrisht, which was launched in April 2018 to improve the condition of ICF type coaches running in Mail or Express trains, railways has upgraded 447 rakes of Mail or Express trains till December 2020. Similarly, under Project Swarn, 65 rakes of Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains have been upgraded across multiple dimensions, which include coach interiors, toilets, onboard cleanliness, staff behaviour, linen, etc. The Minister said that 63 smart coaches with ultra modern features like smart public address and passenger information system, Smart HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning system), Smart security and surveillance system etc. have been manufactured and introduced. He said that conversion of end-on-generation (EOG) trains into Head-On-Generation (HOG) trains is om to reduce noise and air pollution at stations and in trains. It is expected to significantly reduce the consumption of fossil fuels, he added. 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