YOU MUST HAVE DREAMT TO TRAVEL , AT LEAST ONE TIME IN A LUXURY TRAIN WHICH OFFERS SERVICE LIKE  - YOU ARE THEIR KING !!!!!!!! THESE TRAINS HAVE EXTRAORDINARY FAIR , SERVICE AND TICKET COST AS WELL !!!!

TODAY HERE WE ARE GOING TO DISSCUSS ABOUT THE TOP 5 MOST LUXURIOUS TRAINS OF THE WORLD WHICH ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR WORLD CLASS FACILITIES AND HOSPITALITY !!!

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TODAY'S TOPIC IS GOING TO BE LUXURY BECAUSE WE WILL DISCUSS ABOUT THE TOP 5 MOST LUXURIOUS TRAINS IN THE WORLD -------- 

SO LET'S BEGIN !!!!!!!!!

 BEFORE COUNT-DOWN WE WILL COVER THE INFORMATION OF EACH OUR OUR TRAIN ON THE BASIS OF FOLLOWING :

A) COUNTRY.

B) ROUTE .

C) REVIEWS.

D) TICKET PRICE .

E) FACILITIES PROVIDED.

SO THIS IS OUR LIST ----

1) VENICE--SIMPLON ORIENT EXPRESS.

You must have heard the name " Orient Express "  in many train simulator games , tv shows and expeditions , this was the train about which you were hearing . 

This  is a British super luxury train which has a cost of 2535  euros per trip for one passenger. The  journey time of this train for it's most famous route is 2 days with one night over-board.

 For example - the fare of this train  for a journey from Paris to Istanbul for a cabin suite is around 31,000 euros !!!!! ( 1euro = 89 INR)

This train is owned and operated by a private parent company whose name is  Belmond. This train is not only the most luxury train but it is also known as one of the oldest luxury trains which are still running , because this train was started in the year  1884 , quite old isn't it ???

The dress code in the evening in this train is formal but casual. The men prefer to wear a suite while women wear a beautiful attire !!!!!

 If we talk about the catering system of this train , then you don't have to worry about paying extra , as the catering charges of this train is included within the ticket fare itself. 

The food is prepared by the best chefs on-board in the pantry car and can be ordered on the seat or the passenger  may go to the buffet car to fetch his/her meal !!!

There is also good  system of entertainment of the passengers because there is Wi-Fi provided in the train , Train has ut's own library car , there are Tv's installed in passenger's cabin and many others. According to the reviews of the people about the Orient Express are quite good that tell the sevice staff is cooperative and helpful , the atmosphere of the train is very good and there is good security in and around the train !!! 

2) MAHARAJAS EXPRESS ( INDIA ).

If we are discussing about luxury trains and don't count India's Maharaja Express then this will  be unfair !!!! because it is the world's second  most luxury train which is not a train , in fact it is a 7 star hotel on wheels !!!

 This train is operated by Indian Railways and IRCTC ( Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation ) jointly. This train has a ticket price of INR- 18 lakh , seriously ???

The Maharaja Express was started 10 years ago  ie- 2010 , and it's booking office and corporte office are located at Barakhamba Road- Connaught Place , New Delhi. This train has a journey time of one week and travels through the Indian states of ( starts from Delhi Safdarjang Railway Station )

Delhi---Rajasthan---Gujrat---Maharashtra---Goa---Delhi

and on seventh day of it's journey it reaches its destination Delhi around 7:30 in the morning. 

The most famous specialty of  this train is that the food in this train is served on Gold plated plates , and each of that plate costs  INR-35,000, I am not joking !!!! 

This train has onboard wi fi  and large Televisions in the passenger's cabin. The passengers are picked up from their home and dropped to the station in a BMW car and when they enter the station they are welcomed with red carpet as well as Indian culture dance and flower petals.

3) THE ROCKY MOUTAINEER EXPRESS ( CANADA )

This train is a Canadian super luxury train which runs between Banff  to  Vancouver . This train has a travel time of around 3 days and per head ticket costs $1,000 . 

This train is owned and operated by a company whose name is same as the train - The Rocky Mountaineer , which is a rail tour company of western Canada. 

The Rocky Mountaineer Express was  started 30 years ago in the year 1990 , and  this train however has runtime of mostly  during day- time because to give more memorable experience to passengers by enabling them to explore in daylight !! 

 The catering charges of the train travel is included in the  ticket fare itself and the passengers are given complimentary alcoholic or non alcoholic drinks and gourmet meals during the journey. The train has glass windows on its roof to give you more experience of travel!! 

4) ROVOS RAIL ( SOUTH AFRICA )

This  luxury train belongs to South Africa, which is operated and owned by a private company whose name is Rovos Rail. This train runs in the route of South Africa--Namibia--Tanzania.

 The ticket price of this train is divided into 2 classes which are 
Gold Suite-- $13,000  And  Deluxe Suite-- $ 17,000.

The dress code in this train is  , for men- Jacket and Women- cocktail dress !!!!
The travel time of this train is also during the day-time and in night this train halts at sidings of the railway stations for whole night and continues it's journey from morning, the travel time of this train is around 9 days in which it covers over 3,450 kms.  

All the meals which are served in the train are charged in the ticket fare so you don't have to pay separately for  food , which is given during the  journey !!!!

5) SEVEN STARS ( JAPAN ) 

This train  is the most luxury train of  Japan  and the train consists of  2-person suites and has good sleeping facilities. 

The ticket cost of this train ranges from 3,20,000 yen to 9,00,000 yen for 2 day and 4 day journey respectively. This train is operated by  a private company whose name is Seven stars .

The Seven Stars Express  starts from  Hakata railway station  and travels around Kyushu via Fukuoka -- Oita--Miyazaki etc and  has  halts at Yufuin and Onsen. This train was started seven years ago -- in October- 2013 . 

The most unique thing in this train , which you will not be able to find in other trains is that this train consists of an Observation Coach 

which is transparent from back and the passenger can see outside views from the rear of this train. All catering  charges of this train are included in the ticket fare itself !!

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 HI FRIEND !! I AM BACK AGAIN WITH ANOTHER YET INTERESTING ARTICLE IN WHICH I WILL TELL YOU ALL INFORMATION ABOUT  ICH COACHES AND  LHB COACHES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED BY INDIAN RAILWAYS !!!!!!!

BUT BEFORE WE START , IF YOU ARE MY REGULAR VISITOR THEN YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE ARTICLE . BUT IF YOU ARE  MY NEW VISITOR THE PLEASE READ ABOUT ME AND MY BLOG'S INTRODUCTION 

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SO , SHALL WE BEGIN OUR TODAY'S POST ..... OK !!!!!

IF YOU KNOW ABOUT INDIA AND HAVE SEEN INDIAN RAILWAYS , THEN YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE TYPE OF COACHES :

               

IF YES , THEN YOU MAY HAVE EVEN THOUGHT THAT WHY THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COACHES USED AND WHAT THEY ARE CALLED ?? IN TODAY'S POST YOU WILL GET YOUR ALL ANSWER FOR WHY, WHAT etc.

A) LET US START WITH THIS COACH :

This is an ICF rake coach which has a full form of - Integral Coach Factory , which is located in the Indian state of  Tamil  Nadu- Chennai. This coach factory was established  68 years ago from today in 1952 in Chennai. This factory is known to manufacture the famous and most common type of coaches used in Indian Railways , which are ICF rake coaches.

This factory was the first Indian rail coach factory to produce coaches for use in India. Before this Indian Railways , which was controlled , owned and operated by British Government imported the rail coaches from England via sea transport for use in India , same was for the import of railway locomotives !! Some of those coaches can even be seen today as well in the National Rail Museum located at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. From the year of establishment till today it has created over  60,000 railway coaches which has made this factory the world's largest rail coach factory !!!

Earlier in 19's the coaches which were made here were of red color and mixed of wood , but after some time it started to create the legendary blue colored ICF coaches , which are commonly seen today .

Not only coaches , this factory also manufactures some LHB coaches , Local train coaches and some training coaches. This factory is the only one where the ICF coaches are made .

 You must have heard about the Train 18 or Vande Bharat Express , even this train was also made here at a cost of  100 crore rupees !! 

This factory also manufactures the ICF Rajdhani , Garibrath and Duronto coaches . 
Apart from this here are some pros and cons of the ICF rake coaches :

PROSPECTS OF ICF COACHES ---

1) THESE COACHES ARE CHEAPER THAN THE LHB COACHES.

2) THESE COACHES CAN EASILY BE COUPLED WITH ANY TYPE OF COACH ( EXCEPT LHB)

3) THESE COACHES USE BELT DRIVE ALTERNATORS TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY , HENCE NO POWER CAR REQUIRED.

BUT, THERE ARE MORE COSEQUENCES OF THESE COACHES ---

1) WHEN THERE IS AN ACCIDENT THESE COACHES CLIMB-UPON EACH OTHER , HENCE MULTIPLYING THE NUBER OF CASULITIES IN ACCIDENTS.

2) THERE IS A SPEED RESTRICTION OF THESE COACHES TO ONLY 110km/hr , HENCE  TRAIN CANNOT MOVE WITH GOOD SPEED.

3) THESE COACHES REQUIRE COONSTANT MAINTAINENCE WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

4) THESE COACHES ARE MADE UP OF IRON , WHICH MAKES THEM HEAVIER THAN OTHE COACHES.

5) THESE COACHES HAVE SPRING TYPE SUSPENSION SYSTEM WHICH MAKE THE JOURNEY A LITTLE " JERKY " AT HIGHER SPEEDS.

NOW , LET'S  TALK ABOUT THIS MORDERN LHB COACHES :

This is a modern LHB rake coaches which are now-a-days used in our premium trains like - Shatabdi , Rajdhani, Duronto , Humsafar , Double Decker and  the Tejas Express Trains. The first train in India to get these LHB coaches was The New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express in the December month of the year 2003. 

From then these coaches changed the Indian Railways into Modern Era of trains because the coaches were a lot better than the conventional ICF rake coaches which from Safety to Performance.

The full form of LHB is ( Linke Hoffmann Busche ) , these coaches were firstly imported from one of  the most discipline country of world- Germany. Later the Indian Railway started to produce is own LHB coaches.

 Earlier they were of only A/C class , but later they started to build LHB coaches of  Sleeper and  General classes.

These coaches are produced in different coach factories  located in  different parts of  India , some of which are listed below :

1) Modern Coach Factory - Rae Bariely ( Uttar Pradesh )

2) Rail coach Factory - Kapurthala ( Punjab )

3)  Integral Coach Factory- Chennai ( Tamil Nadu )

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 15,000 LHB RAKE COACHES WHICH ARE RUNNING IN THE NERVES OF INDIA. SOME MILESTONE OF THESE COACHES ARE :

A) THE FASTEST TRAIN OF INDIA THE GATIMAN EXPRESS IS CONSISTED OF LHB COACHES.

B) LOGEST TRAIN OF LHB COACHES IS NEW DELHI-ALLAHABAD ( NOW PRAYAGRAJ) PRAYAGRAJ EXPRESS.

3) THE FIRST SHATABDI TO RECEIVE LHB COACHES WAS NEW DELHI-LUCKNOW SHATABDI EXPRESS .

NOW LET'S SEE  PROS AND CONS OF THESE LHB COACHES :

PROSPECTS OF LHB COACHES :

1) THESE COACHES CAN EASILY ATTAIN A SPEED OF 160km/hr , HENCE INCREASING THE SPEED OF TRAINS.

2)  LHB COACHES USE BUFFER TYPE COUPLING, WHICH PREVENTS THE COACH FROM CLIMBING ON EACH OTHER DURING ACCIDENTS.

3) THESE COACHES USE VACUUM TYPE SUSPENSION SYSTEM , WHICH MAKES THE JOURNEY SMOOTH AND COMFORTABLE.

4) LHB COACHES ARE MADE OF ALUMINIUM AND IRON , WHICH MAKES THEM LIGHTER THAN ICF COACHES.

COSEQUENCES OF LHB COACHES :

1) THESE COACHES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE THAN ICF COACHES , COST OF AN  AC3rd COACH IS ---- ( ICF -- 80 LAKH) / ( LHB---1.5 TO 2 CRORE ) PER COACH. THE BOIGE ( THE PART WHERE WHEELS ARE ATTACHED) IS VERY EXPENSIVE . THEY USE FIAT TYPE BOGIES.

2) THESE COACHES CAN ONLY BE COUPLED WITH LHB COACHES AND SOME ICF COACHES WITH CENTER BUFFER COUPLERS.

SO THESE WERE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ICF AND LHB COACHES. 

INDIAN RILWAY HAS PLANNED TO CHANGE ALL THE ICF COACHES INTO LHB COACHES BY THE YEAR 2026  ( EARLIER DEADLINE WAS 2017 ).

THIS WAS ALL FROM TODAY'S ARTICLE AND I  WILL BE BACK AGAIN WITH ANOTHER INFORMATIVE ARTICLE , UNTILL THEN 
 
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