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By: Shankh Chatterjee Luxury tourist trains are slowly gaining popularity in India. There are a number of these trains traveling all around the country showing people every place they would like to see all in the comfort of a train packed with the luxury of a 5 star hotel. The train traveling around the Deccan region (The Deccan Odyssey), Royal Rajasthan (Rajasthan on wheels), Maharajas own travel car (Maharaja’s express), experience a royal treatment on a palace (Palace on wheels). All of these trains together cover all of India where tourists most often go, only difference this way they experience the luxury of Indian hospitality while the travel span of their journey through India. It is truly an experience being aboard one of these trains. They are elaborate inside and out. They have all the comforts that you could possibly want from train and during a journey. They provide not only comfort but impeccable service. The rooms are beautifully and ornately decorated. The theme of the train is followed throughout and it reflects in everything you see and touch. The food alone is a reason to come back to the train. The cuisines of every place you visit will be available on the train with utmost accuracy of the taste and presentation. The food is served hot and steamy and it looks absolutely authentic, the presentation on these trains is amazing and wonderful, and utterly pleasing to the eyes. A huge advantage of taking these trains is that you get to enjoy the lovely countryside and see the beautiful landscape of India up close. The mountains, the desert, the ghats and many more such sites are visible during these train journeys and they have the ability to transport you into another world. The trains are so well decorated, they follow the theme of the train and represent the heritage of the area that the train would cover. The Rajasthan on wheels has each coach names and themes after a particular district of the state and has the culinary experience of all them aboard. To ride on these trains not only do you need more than a week out of your life to enjoy this splendid experience, but you will have to shell out quite a bit a money as well. The starting price for a ticket for one of these trains starts as low as 25 thousand and goes up to 10 lakhs per person. This royal and palatial experience provided by these trains does not come cheap, so better start saving for that epic adventure on the tracks around the subcontinent. The interiors of the train is themed in various ways and all of them don’t fail to impress you in any way. The rooms have elaborate carvings in wood all along the walls and pillars. Yes, there are pillars. The chairs have silk cushions and upholstery and the beds have silk or high thread count linens. Some of the rooms have chandeliers as well as various lamps and mirrors along the walls. The rooms sizes may vary according to the package you take, but all of them are so elaborate that even the cheapest ones don’t fail to impress us for the experience they give us. Luxury trains, an interior innovation: Palace on wheels (2012) Men standing by to invite people (photograph) [online] https://www.wexas.com/travel-article/great-rail-journeys-99327885 [accessed on: 14/04/17]
Luxury trains, an interior innovation: Maharaja’s express (2013) Deluxe Bedroom (photograph), [online] http://us.the-maharajas.com/maharajas-express-train-presidential-suite.html [accessed on: 20/04/17]
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