Indian Railways, through Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), is operating various tourist trains such as Bharat Darshan/ Aastha Circuit Tourist, Pilgrim Tourist Trains, State Special Tourist Trains, Deluxe Tourist Trains, Buddhist Circuit Train and Luxury Tourist Trains which are connecting major historical cities/tourist places of the country viz. Ayodhya, Varanasi, Ujjain, Agra, Prayagraj, Baidyanath, Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Nagpur, Indore, Aurangabad, Chitrakoot, Mathura, Vrindavan, Puri, Gangasagar, Tirupati, Madurai, Rameshwaram, Srirangapatnam, Mysore, Dwarka, Ankaleshwar, Nasik, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Khajuraho, Orchha, Sarnath, Kushinagar, Sravasti, Fatehpur Sikri, Nathdwara, Nandigram, Sitamadhi, Hampi, Mumbai, Gokarana, Belur, Jabalpur, Coorg, Thanjavur.

This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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