Palace On Wheels, India's First Luxury Tourist Train, To Host Weddings From July 20

Rajasthan is known for its beauty, culture and heritage. Every street, nook and corner reflects their heritage. Every city or town in this state has its own identity, story and famous places to visit. This pride is demonstrated on one of India’s second most expensive trains, the Palace on Wheels. Keeping up with its name, the train offers some of the royal facilities that enhance the experience of the passengers. Now, it is all set to introduce a new facility.

The Palace on Wheels is India’s one of the luxury tourist trains that was launched by the Indian Railways in collaboration with Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation to boost tourism in Rajasthan. It was first launched in 1982 and is also known as Heritage Palace on Wheels. The train offers royal facilities like deluxe cabins, fine dining, bar, lounge and spa. Along with these facilities, one more facility will be available. One can get married on the train.

The royal train of Rajasthan, the Palace on Wheels has a royal look. It has regal interiors and offers excellent food and other such amenities. Now, people will be able to get married and carry out other rituals on this moving train. An agreement has been made with the travel company to provide wedding facilities on the train. The train with this facility will begin functioning on July 20, making it one of a kind.

To this date, getting married on a moving train has never happened. The Palace on Wheels takes you on a tour of the historical and tourist places of Rajasthan like Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Bharatpur. It also covers Agra and New Delhi.

After Maharaj Express, Palace on Wheels is the second most expensive train among the trains running in India. The fare is in lakhs. The average fare per passenger for one day of travel is about Rs 1 lakh. The fare of the train goes up to more than a lakh rupees depending on the number of days/nights. Majorly, foreign tourists, famous personalities and even businessmen travel on this luxurious train.

Every kind of facility is available on this royal train for the passengers. Now, the train will be equipped to host a wedding as well and is expected to generate revenue of lakhs of rupees.