Indian Railways will run a luxury tourist train in Karnataka on the pattern of the Palace On Wheels train in Rajasthan sector. The luxury train in Karnataka will be marketed by the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation for ticketing and provision of hospitality services.
The train will cover a distance of 2155 kilometres on Bangalore-Mysore-Hasan-Hospet (Hampi)- Gadag-Londa-Madgaon-Bangalore sector.
The traian will have 18 coaches including 11 air conditioned saloon cars, one air conditioned bar car, one conference car, one air conditioned restaurant car, one staff car and two power cars. The train will operate throughout the year. During the peak season from October to March, the tariff per night per person for foreign tourists will be US$ 300 per night per person and for Indian tourists Rs. 11640 per night per person. During off season in April, May, August and September, the tariff for foreign tourists per night per person will be US$ 200 and for Indian tourists Rs. 7760 per night per person.
The introduction of luxury tourist train in Karnataka in early 2005 follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Karnataka Government and the Indian Railways on December 20, 2002.
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