Accommodation and Facilities aboard the Palace on Wheels

The Palace on Wheels has often been rated amongst the top ten luxury trains of the World and the train lives up to its description. The entire trip on the Palace on Wheels is sheer luxury. The lavish lifestyle of the erstwhile Maharajas is relived by the tourists onboard the Palace-on-Wheels. To begin with, the entire Palace on Wheels is completely air-conditioned. In all there are fourteen exquisite saloons in the luxury train. Each one of the fourteen saloons is named after an erstwhile princely state of Rajasthan. The various saloons of the Palace on Wheels are Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Bundi, Dholpur, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Kota, Sirohi and Udaipur. The entire décor of each saloon including the furniture, furnishings, handicrafts, paintings and the wall-to-wall carpets evokes visions of those royal kingdoms. Each saloon has four cabins i.e. twin bedded chambers with attached bath and shower. Both hot and cold running waters are available. Though ideally only two beds are available and additional folding bed is added for the person or the child. Built in wardrobes are available for safe and organized storage of your cloths, bags and baggage. In all there are fifty-two sleeping car compartments in the Palace-on-Wheels with two side beds each, which earlier used to be mounted on each other. Each saloon of the Palace on Wheels has a personal attendant/Khidmatgar. These turban-clad attendants take charge right at the platform. They welcome you and escort you to the respective coupe and update you with the facilities that are available on board the Palace-on-Wheels.

There are several other facilities available on board the Palace on Wheels that make the journey comfortable and enjoyable. The channel music facility plays the background music that is also used as the public address system, to make important announcements. Then the facility of intercom makes communication within the Palace on Wheels easy.