Bharat Darshan Special Tourist Train: Explore popular religious and sacred destinations across India to make this summer memorable! Indian Railways’ catering and e-ticketing arm, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is offering an all-inclusive tour package for travellers, covering all important tourist places in the country. The duration of the tour package called ‘Bharat Darshan (WZBD257)’ is for 8 nights and 9 days. For this tour, the train will depart from Okha, Gujarat on 30 May 2019 and will cover various iconic destinations, including, Mathura, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Amritsar, Wagah Border, and Vaishnodevi. Passengers can board or de-board from Okha, Dwarka, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Surendra Nagar, Viramgam, Anand, Vadodara, Sabarmati, Godhra, Ratlam.
The tour train will have 3 AC and sleeper class coaches. The all-inclusive Bharat Darshan tour package will cost Rs 8,505 per person for Sleeper class and Rs 10,395 per person for 3 AC class. The Bharat Darshan tour package will include hall accommodation at places of night stay or morning freshening up, tourist buses for passengers visiting sightseeing spots, pure vegetarian meals, security arrangements for each coach (without arms), tour escorts for announcements and information as well as an IRCTC official on the train as train superintendent.
As per the cancellation policy of the Bharat Darshan tour package, an amount of Rs 100 will be deducted per passenger, if the ticket cancellation is done up to 15 days. While, 25 per cent of the total package cost will be deducted if the ticket cancellation is done up to 8 to 14 days; 50 per cent of the total package cost will be deducted if the ticket cancellation is done up to 4 to7 days. If the ticket cancellation is done in less than 4 days, then there will be no refund at all.
Ticket booking of this tour package is available online on the official IRCTC website, irctc.co.in. Passengers can also book through IRCTC’s Tourist Facilitation Centre, zonal offices as well as regional offices.