A newly married British couple expressed their love in a unique way by hiring an entire train Nilgiri hills.
The couple travel from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam to spend their honeymoon. They paid Rs. 3 lakh to hire the special train which was introduced by Southern Railway.
The couple became the first people to travel one-way trip by chartering the entire train.
Graham William Lynn (30) and Silviya Plasic (27) got married recently. To make their honeymoon special and memorable, the couple booked the entire train through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation website.
They were given a rousing reception by station managers at Mettupalayam and Coonoor on their arrival on Friday.
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The train left Mettupalayam at 9.10 am and reached Ooty by 2.40 PM.
As part of efforts to promote hill tourism, the Railway Board had approved the Salem division to operate the special train with a seating capacity of 120, in the Nilgiri Mountain railway section.
(PTI)
