With the Palace on Wheels train fully booked for the next two years, the Railway Ministry and the Rajasthan government have drawn up plans to start a new train with suite facility from the first quarter of 2008.
Twenty-two coaches of the proposed train were being designed and fabricated at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) Managing Director Rakesh Saini today said. The new train would most probably connect Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Sawaimadhopur and Bharatpur in Rajasthan, he said, adding a new circuit was also being explored by the railways. There are plans to make special suite for small groups and individuals. In the existing Palace on Wheels, there is a lounge for four cabin passengers.
Besides, a board room, conference room, Ayurvedic therapeutic centre with special emphasis on spa and massage would be the additional attraction for tourists, he added. The Palace on Wheels, which has been making profits for the last 25 years, is being run by the RTDC.
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