"The Palace On Wheels"
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Capture the ambience of erstwhile Royalty as you experience pure luxury on wheels!! |
Palace on Wheels, the joint venture of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation & Indian Railways has been operating since 1982. The concept of the Palace on Wheels was derived from the royal background of the coaches which belonged to the rulers of the erstwhile princely states and same were used initially for the journey of the Pace-on-Wheels. After its continuous running for 9 years from its inception, it was observed that the Royal coaches had become technically unfit for the smooth rail journey and hence it was decided to fabricate a new air-conditioned meter gauge Palace-on-Wheels on the same patters of the old train. The new air conditioned train was launched in 1991.
In the last 13 years the Palace-on-Wheels has gained remarkable success and popularity. The train has been rated as one of the best 10 luxurious rail journeys in the world. In the year 1995 due to over all gauge conversion in the state, a new broad-gauge air conditioned Palace-on-Wheels was fabricated which has 14 saloons. Each saloons is having 4 coupes with 2 beds each with attached bath, shower, channel music fully carpeted and specially designed furniture. Each saloon has a mini pantry which ensure availability of hot and cold beverages and refreshment through out the journey. The train has a beautiful lounge attached with well equipped bar car. The train has two restaurants - The Maharajah & Maharani which serves Indian and Continental cuisine
