Tejas Express has made its debut on the tracks today. Nine things you need to know about it

A screen for every passenger, cuisine curated by celebrity chefs, WiFi, sensor taps and a bright, yellow look. The Indian railway passenger will travel posh from today with Tejas, the country's first semi-high speed, fully air-conditioned train.

Tejas made its first run today from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and it reaches Karmali, North Goa tomorrow morning, covering a distance of 579 km in 8.5 hours.

Tejas, according to Indian Railways, will change the Indian train passenger's perception about the national transporter, and it has a few good reasons to call this new train an aeroplane on tracks.

Here's what we know about this state-of-the-art high-speed train:

1) It will run on the Mumbai to Karmali (Goa) route five days a week during non-monsoon period and three days a week during monsoon (June 10 and October 31). Later, its route will also be extended to the Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Lucknow sectors.

2) It's costly. Travellers will have to shell out 20 per cent more in terms of fares compared to the Shatabdi but with the facilities that Tejas gives, it's worth it.

3) Here's what it will cost like:

a) For journey from Mumbai to Karmali
Rs 1,280: AC chair-car seat

b) Rs 2,680: Executive chair-car seat

The catering service charges on-board are included in the fare.

4) Though the new coaches are capable of running at a speed of 200 km/h, but due to some technical shortcoming Tejas will run at a speed of 160 km/h.

5) Hate train toilets? Well, Tejas gives you reprieve. The facilities in the train include coaches with bio-vacuum toilets, water-level indicators, tap sensors, hand dryers, and integrated braille displays.

6) The train gives you that flight feeling with LED TVs for each passenger that comes with phone sockets and WiFi. Yes, there is a train attendant too, who will be at your seat the moment you push the button provided on top, just like plane.

7) Train food also gets a makeover on Tejas with a celebrity chef menu, tea and coffee vending machines. Railways will also provide magazines, snack tables. Tejas coaches will have CCTV cameras, fire & smoke detection and suppression system.

8) The train coaches are manufactured in Kapurthala and will have automatic entrance door, a first for non-suburban trains in the Indian Railways.

9) The 20-coach Tejas will have one executive AC chair car with a seating capacity of 56 and 12 AC chair cars with seat capacity of 78 each coach.