New Delhi: Owing to the successful runs of four packages of special tourist trains last year in 2018, on Ramayana Circuit, covering places associated with Lord Rama as mentioned in the famous Indian epic Ramayana, Indian Railways is again re-launching two tour packages on this circuit this year in November.
The two tourist trains will be run by Indian Railways' PSU namely Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd(IRCTC). These packages are part of Bharat Darshan scheme of IRCTC.
The first such train by the name "Shri Ramayana Yatra" is scheduled to depart from Jaipur (Rajasthan) via Delhi on 3 November. The package also includes the option of visiting Ramayana related places in Sri Lanka for limited number of seats. The other train by the name "Ramayana Express" is starting from Indore in Madhya Pradesh via Varanasi from 18 November.
Shri Ramayana Yatra will start from Jaipur Railway Station with boarding/deboarding Stations at Alwar, Rewari, Delhi Safdarjung, Ghaziabad,
Moradabad, Bareilly and Lucknow.
Ramayana Express will depart from Indore on 18 November, 2019 with boarding stations- Indore, Dewas, Ujjain, Maksi, Shujalpur, Sehore, Bairagarh(Bhopal), Vidisha, Ganj Basoda, Bina, Lalitpur & Jhansi. Deboarding stations are Nagpur, Itarsi, Hoshangabad, Bairagarh(Bhopal), Sehore, Shujalpur, Maksi, Ujjain, Dewas & Indore. One more such train is expected to depart from Madurai in the coming months.