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New premier train set to pamper Goans

Soon, train passengers travelling between Mumbai and Goa may be spoilt for choice: cuisine curated by celebrity chefs, tea and coffee vending machines and individual LCD screens.


PTI
NEW DELHI

Railways will unveil a new premier train service between Mumbai and Goa in June with state-of-the-art facilities.   
The 20-coach Tejas Express will also have automatic doors and secured gangways for all coaches, a first for the Indian Railways.   
Currently automatic doors are operational in Metro trains only, while gangways, corridors between coaches, are not closed from the sides.   
 After the Mumbai-Goa run, the Tejas service, which was promised in the budget, is likely to be pressed on the Delhi-Chandigarh route.   
Since Tejas will be a new premier class train, there will be many facilities including tea and coffee vending machines, magazines and snack tables, said a senior Railway Ministry official.   
There will also be water level indicators in 

TEJAS: LUXURY ON TRACKS
 Automatic doors, secured gangways for all coaches
 Water level indicators in bio-vacuum toilets, sensorised taps & hand driers
 Choicest cuisine curated by celebrity chefs
 Wi-fi facilities & toilet engagement boards
 LCD screens for entertainment; to be used for info and safety instructions
 To have integrated braille displays, digital destination boards    
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Exit Digvijaya, Chella comes as big boost to Congress under Luizinho

State Congress President Luizinho Faleiro’s camp appears an elated lot over the removal of AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh and his replacement with Dr Chella Kumar as the new AICC general secretary in-charge of Goa desk.

The Goan Network
Published May 1, 2017, 7:13 PM IST
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the goan I networkMARGAOThe move is also seen in political circles as a clear signal to the State Congress leaders that Rahul Gandhi has reposed their faith in state Congress President Luizinho Faleiro despite the Congress party failing to cobble up the required numbers to form the government after March 11.  Sources said that the removal of Digvijaya by the Sonia-Rahul duo is one thing, but the fact that they have settled for Dr Chella Kumar as the new AICC general…

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