<p>Fares of Tejas Express train will be 20 per cent more than that of the Shatabdi Express.<br /><br />Equipped with modern facilities such as CCTV cameras and smoke-and-fire detection system, Tejas Express will be flagged off from Mumbai for Goa on May 22 by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.<br /><br />Unlike the Shatabdi Express, passengers will have the option to opt for onboard food. If a passenger opts for food while buying ticket, the catering charge will be included in the fare.<br /><br />There is an increase of more than 20 per cent in the base fare for Tejas as against the Shatabdi, said a railway ministry official. The superfast surcharge, reservation fee and catering charges will be levied separately.<br /><br />The Executive Class fare in Tejas has been fixed at Rs 2,540 without food and Rs 2,940 with food.<br /><br />The Chair Car fare Rs 1,850 with food and Rs 1,220 without food.<br /><br />The Shatabdi fares are Rs 2,390 and Rs 1,185 in EC and CC respectively which include food also.<br /><br />Since the train is equipped with better facilities, the fare will also be slightly higher as compared to normal mail/express service, Prabhu had said while inspecting the new Tejas coaches on Friday here.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />There will be comfortable seating arrangements and each seat will have LED TV with touch control system and call bell facilities.<br /><br />Manufactured at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, the coaches will have automatic entrance door, a first in non- suburban train in the Indian Railways.<br /><br />Promised in the budget, Tejas Express will also be pressed into service in Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Lucknow sectors soon.</p>
<p>Fares of Tejas Express train will be 20 per cent more than that of the Shatabdi Express.<br /><br />Equipped with modern facilities such as CCTV cameras and smoke-and-fire detection system, Tejas Express will be flagged off from Mumbai for Goa on May 22 by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.<br /><br />Unlike the Shatabdi Express, passengers will have the option to opt for onboard food. If a passenger opts for food while buying ticket, the catering charge will be included in the fare.<br /><br />There is an increase of more than 20 per cent in the base fare for Tejas as against the Shatabdi, said a railway ministry official. The superfast surcharge, reservation fee and catering charges will be levied separately.<br /><br />The Executive Class fare in Tejas has been fixed at Rs 2,540 without food and Rs 2,940 with food.<br /><br />The Chair Car fare Rs 1,850 with food and Rs 1,220 without food.<br /><br />The Shatabdi fares are Rs 2,390 and Rs 1,185 in EC and CC respectively which include food also.<br /><br />Since the train is equipped with better facilities, the fare will also be slightly higher as compared to normal mail/express service, Prabhu had said while inspecting the new Tejas coaches on Friday here.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />There will be comfortable seating arrangements and each seat will have LED TV with touch control system and call bell facilities.<br /><br />Manufactured at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, the coaches will have automatic entrance door, a first in non- suburban train in the Indian Railways.<br /><br />Promised in the budget, Tejas Express will also be pressed into service in Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Lucknow sectors soon.</p>