The commercial run of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express will start from January 19.

The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express, the second train to be run by railway subsidiary IRCTC, has been flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani from Ahmedabad.

The first such train, the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, has been running since last year.

Gujarat: The inaugural run of Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express has been flagged off in Ahmedabad. The commercial run of the Tejas Express will begin on January 19. pic.twitter.com/H8qckOLm6D ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2020

Here's all you need to know about the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express that was flagged off on Friday:

Tejas Express Ahmedabad to Mumbai train number

This train 82902/82901 shall ply on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Ahmedabad route six days a week.

Tejas Express Ahmedabad to Mumbai route

The Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express will ply six days a week with Thursday as an off-day for maintenance activities.

The train will start its journey at Ahmedabad at 6:40 hours and will reach Mumbai Central at 13.10 hours, having scheduled commercial halts at Nadiad, Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Vapi and Borivali.

Tejas Express Mumbai to Ahmedabad time table

For the return journey, the train will leave Mumbai Central at 15:40 hours and will reach Ahmedabad at 21:55 hours having scheduled enroute halts at Borivali, Vapi, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara and Nadiad.

Tejas Express Ahmedabad to Mumbai booking online

The tickets of Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express can be booked only online on IRCTC website and there will be no booking available at railway reservation counters.

The train seats can also be booked through IRCTC's online travel portal partners like Paytm, Ixigo, PhonePe, Make My Trip, Google, Ibibo, Railyatri and others.

Tejas Express Ahmedabad to Mumbai ticket price

Train fare will be dynamic in nature keeping in consideration the prevailing bus, taxi, rail and airfares. The train will have different series of fares for lean, busy and festive seasons. Further, train fares will be on point to point basis.

Current booking will be available to users after preparation of first chart which will normally be between four hours before and up to five minutes before the scheduled departure of the train.

There will be no tatkal quota or premium tatkal quota in the train. There will be only General Quota and Foreign Tourist Quota. Foreign Tourist Quota of 6 seats in EC and 12 seats in CC will be available for Foreign Tourists.

While there will be no concession tickets in the train, children below 5 years of age have been exempted from fare and will be booked along with their parents. Names of children so booked will not appear on the chart.

Children of age five years and above will be booked at full fare and will be provided with a seat, the railways said.

All passengers travelling on IRCTC train will be provided with Rail Travel Insurance of up to Rs 25 lakhs, free of cost by IRCTC. This complimentary travel insurance also includes exclusive coverage of Rs. 1 lakh against household theft/robbery during the travel period of the passengers.

Besides this special feature, in a first of its own, IRCTC will also pay a compensation of Rs 100 in case the train during its run is delayed by more than one hour and Rs 250 in case of delay of more than two hours to every passenger.

First glimpse of the new Mumbai-Ahmedabad Tejas Express which will be inaugurated tomorrow.



With state-of-the-art facilities along with the crew’s traditional attire, the new Tejas Express is a symbol of Indian culture blended with modernisation for enhanced passenger comfort. pic.twitter.com/HEvoCkBYKX Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) January 16, 2020

Tejas Express Ahmedabad to Mumbai features

This fully air-conditioned train shall have two executive class chair cars having 56 seats each and eight chair cars having the capacity of 78 seats each. The total carrying capacity of the train will be 736 passengers.

The commercial run of the train will start from January 19, 2020 from Ahmedabad, the railways said. The first such train, the Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, has been running since last year.

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