Heritage on Wheels
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Heritage on Wheels is a new
luxury train that will take you through the colorful
kaleidoscope of Shekhawati region in Rajasthan.
Modelled on immensly popular Palace on Wheels, this
train will start and end at Jaipur and run twice a
week for four days.
A joint venture with Indian Railway, Heritage
on Wheels is the second luxury train being run by
RTDC (Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation) and
expected to take care of the rising number of
tourists. The new train will cover places like
Navalgarh, Churu and other places in Shekhawati
famous as the "open air gallery" for its traditional
paintings on the walls of old havelis and
palaces. The 4-day package will include package would
include services of well-trained guides,
sight-seeing, camel safaris, horse rides and visits
to palaces and famous havelis in the desert
state
Heritage on Wheels will have 14 air-conditioned
coaches with a capacity of 100 passengers. All the
coaches of the train were earlier part of the royal
carriages of erstwhile maharajas of India.
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