POWs, Deccan Odyssey etc are ultimate luxury & high end tourist trains giving almost 5 star facility with cabins. Today Maharaja Express operates between Mumbai & Delhi in addition to other destinations.
The proposed pvt trains are supposed to be meant for travellers & not tourists, they may be SF or faster/premium fully ac trains with better facilities or may be high volume all ac fast trains with reasonable fares.
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more... expect Pvt sector definitely to come with a real cheap ac travel with fare just 2 times od SL travel through innovative design of coaches, subject to condition that IR does not charge abnormally high haulage charges from private operators. Past experience of container train operators had not been very good for pvt operators. Independent regulator have to play a constructive role for successful involvement of pvt sector.