* Gatimaan may not be a very successful train, but shall be historically important for being the first non business chaircar train with hostess and premium fare. Earlier super luxury tourist trains like Palace on wheels had such facility for paxs. * Many paxs may be willing to pay extra for enjoying the new experience and feel like a "baarati"/ a VIP when served meals by hostesses. * Also a large nunber of Paxs habitual of air travel & getting food served by hostess may switch over to such SHS trains. *... more...
Gatiman(Tejas) type trains should be commercial operated on many routes on trial, and passenger response to such trains shall give vital inputs about feasibility of operating HSTs on the routes in future.
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