Pink slip blues haunt luxury trains

Cooling their wheels

The spectre of slowdown, pay cuts and pink slips has forced the steam out of luxury trains in India, forcing many of them to cool their wheels at railway yards instead of being on the tracks over which they once chugged along majestically.

Sitting idle, failing to attract passengers, are tourist trains like Heritage on Wheels, covering the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, and Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, which takes travellers to the Taj Mahal and Bharatpur Bird sanctuary, besides the main cities of the state.

Image: A view of the deluxe saloon 'Pearl' belonging to the Royal Rajasthan on Wheels

Text: IANS

Image courtesy: www.royalrajasthanonwheels.co.in / www.deccan-odyssey-india.com

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