India · Sleeper · Luxury
Palace on Wheels is a seven-night round trip from New Delhi through Rajasthan and Agra, combining en-suite sleeping cabins, restaurants and guided sightseeing at a sequence of major heritage destinations.
New Delhi → New Delhi
Sleeper · Luxury
Why take this journey
It remains one of the clearest luxury-train introductions to Rajasthan: the route is fixed enough to be easy to understand while covering a large amount of ground without repeated hotel changes.
Life on board
Bar
Bar/lounge facilities are part of the train.
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Dining car
Restaurant cars provide onboard meals.
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Private toilet
Cabins provide private en-suite facilities.
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Sleeper cabin
Private sleeping cabins are the core accommodation.
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The itinerary
The published route runs from New Delhi to New Delhi via Jaipur Junction railway station, Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station, Udaipur City railway station, Jaisalmer railway station, Agra Cantt railway station.
Key stops
Delhi Safdarjung railway stationJaipur Junction railway stationSawai Madhopur Junction railway stationJaisalmer railway stationAgra Cantt railway stationDelhi Safdarjung railway station
Delhi Safdarjung railway station
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Jaipur Junction railway station
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Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station
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Udaipur City railway station
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Jaisalmer railway station
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Agra Cantt railway station
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Delhi Safdarjung railway station
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Along the line
The fixed itinerary connects a sequence of major Rajasthan heritage destinations.
The route concludes with Agra before returning to New Delhi, completing a broad northern India circuit.
Luxury / rail cruise
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Restaurant service: Restaurant cars provide onboard meals. Private toilet: Cabins provide private en-suite facilities. Sleeper cabin: Private sleeping cabins are the core accommodation. Bar: Bar/lounge facilities are part of the train.
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Rajasthan circuit: The fixed itinerary connects a sequence of major Rajasthan heritage destinations. Agra and return to Delhi: The route concludes with Agra before returning to New Delhi, completing a broad northern India circuit.
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Reservation: required. Direct online booking is recorded. A recorded from-price is 864.00 USD; confirm the current departure before purchase. Book a dated 7-night luxury departure and cabin category; tariff is quoted per person and season/occupancy rules apply.
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Plan the ride
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192h
The published route runs from New Delhi to New Delhi via Jaipur Junction railway station, Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station, Udaipur City railway station, Jaisalmer railway station, Agra Cantt railway station.
Key stops
Delhi Safdarjung railway stationJaipur Junction railway stationSawai Madhopur Junction railway stationJaisalmer railway stationAgra Cantt railway stationDelhi Safdarjung railway station
Delhi Safdarjung railway station
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Jaipur Junction railway station
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Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station
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Udaipur City railway station
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Jaisalmer railway station
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Agra Cantt railway station
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Delhi Safdarjung railway station
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Everything about the way this runs assumes you are here for the travelling itself; the schedule leaves room for the journey to be looked at. Spread over more than a day out of and back to New Delhi, the landscape has time to change completely, so the run reads as a cross-section of the region rather than a single sightseeing moment. Passing Jaipur Junction railway station and Udaipur City railway station gives the journey its midpoint, and the character either side of it is noticeably different.
Dining car
Restaurant cars provide onboard meals.
Bar
Bar/lounge facilities are part of the train.
Private toilet
Cabins provide private en-suite facilities.
Sleeper cabin
Private sleeping cabins are the core accommodation.
4 onboard details are confirmed against a source. Anything not listed here has not been researched yet; treat it as unknown, not absent.
These months show when the train runs, which is a service fact. How good each month is for the experience has not been rated yet, so no month is presented as better than another.
First-time rail travellers
Especially good
Fixed Rajasthan/Agra circuit covers many headline destinations in one itinerary.
Couples
Especially good
Private cabin and restaurant-led journey suit a shared special trip.
Luxury seekers
Especially good
Seven-night cabin-based tour is explicitly a luxury rail product.
It does not run all year
Runs Sep–Apr.
It is a multi-day commitment
192h on board.
You cannot just turn up
A reservation is required for this journey.
Booking takes some effort
Verified as difficult to book.
Our current editorial assessment, for comparing journeys, a considered judgement, not a measurement.
More subjective
Not rated yet: seat quality, onboard service, slow travel quality, remoteness.
Step-free access and assistance are set out with the practical detail further down rather than reduced to a score.
Prices quoted 2026–27 published Deluxe Cabin double-occupancy tariff starts at USD 864 per person per night in September 2026/April 2027; peak-season nightly tariff is higher and taxes/terms apply.
Not yet verified: rail pass validity. We leave these blank rather than guess.
Only the operator's website is verified for this service. Timetables, fares and reservations must be found from there. Journey length: 192h. Checked 1 Nov 2026 · Palace on Wheels.
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Your next step
Book a dated 7-night luxury departure and cabin category; tariff is quoted per person and season/occupancy rules apply.
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Last reviewed 1 Nov 2026.
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Checked 1 Nov 2026