mumbai passengers of tejas express which will run between mumbai and ahmedabad may get the option of transporting their luggage without having to lug it along with them on the train passengers may be charged rs 100 per kg of luggage for the pickup and drop service indian railway catering and transport corporation irctc which will operate tejas express is working on a project whereby the luggage will be picked up by a startup firm a day before the train is to depart an irctc official said the luggage will reach the destination hotel or residence of the passenger well before they arrive by train irctc is in negotiations with a startup to work out a deal the official said the main advantage of this is that passengers will have the option of travelling by a local train or public transport to catch tejas express at borivli or mumbai central instead of taking a taxi or car since the luggage would have been already transportedpassengers end up missing a train at times because of heavy traffic on roads besides narrowing of the carriageway due to barricading for metro works a journey which can be completed in 30 to 40 minutes by train is thus concluded in 60 minutes to 100 minutes by roadalso tejas has chair cars which makes storage of bigger luggage difficult below the seats or on the rack irctc will put in place safeguards to ensure passengers are compensated in case of late delivery or damage or loss of luggage the first private tejas express train is expected to run between mumbai and ahmedabad in midnovember the trains will have a flexifare system similar to shatabdi express no passengers with a concessional fare facility will be allowed on this train thoughthe train will leave from ahmedabad at 610am and arrive at mumbai central at 110pm for its return journey the train will depart at 340pm and reach ahmedabad at 955pm en route it will only halt at four stations borivli vapi surat and vadodarathe railways will set up checkin counters at stations for passengers of this train the private operator will be allowed to explore the space inside and outside the station to generate advertisement revenue too