Kashi Mahakal Express to begin commercial run from Varanasi today

The Kashi
Mahakal Express, the third private train of IRCTC, will start from today. The
train service will link the three Jyotirlinga – Omkareshwar near Indore,
Mahakaleshwar, in Ujjain and Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi.

First Kashi
Mahakal train will start from Varanasi this afternoon and will reach Indore
tomorrow morning on the day of Mahashivratri. This is also the first overnight
journey train run by IRCTC.

Chief
Regional Manager of IRCTC Ashwini Shrivastava told AIR that apart from giving
high-class facilities, IRCTC is also offering tour packages of Omkareshvar.

Flagged off
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, the train will cover 1,131 km
between Varanasi and Indore via Lucknow and a distance of 1,102 km between
Varanasi and Indore via Prayagraj in approximately 19 hours.

Light
devotional music, two dedicated private guards in every coach and only
vegetarian meals are some of the features of the fully 3-AC service. The train
will run thrice a week between Varanasi and Indore.