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The Rajdhani Express (lit. ' Capital Express ') is a series of passenger train services in India operated by Indian Railways connecting the national capital New Delhi with the capitals or the largest cities of various states. Rajdhani, derived from the Sanskrit means "capital". Introduced in 1969, the trains are amongst the premium services ...
Super-fast express: Any passenger train with an average speed higher than 55 km/h (34 mph) on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge. Mail: Trains which earlier had a mail coach attached. Newer trains are not named so, but older trains remain in operation. Express: Express trains travel faster and have fewer stops than ordinary passenger trains.
The 12951 / 12952 Mumbai Central – New Delhi - Mumbai Central Tejas Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani class train of Indian Railways, that connects Mumbai Central (MMCT) and New Delhi (NDLS) in India. It is the fastest Tejas Rajdhani Express among all Rajdhani express service of India, with an average speed of 90 km / hr and maximum permissible ...
It was given a Tri-weekly run. It was introduced with objective to cut the travel time between Mumbai and Delhi to under 14 Hours. Mumbai Rajdhani takes 16 Hours 45 minutes while the August Kranti Rajdhani takes 17 Hours. It had 2 Locomotives, 1 on front and other on back used Push-pull technique for faster acceleration.
Howrah Rajdhani Express, hauled by the WAP-7 electric locomotive. The Rajdhani Express bound for New Delhi (train number 12301) departs from Howrah Railway Station at 16:50 hrs and reaches New Delhi at 10:05 hrs the following day, covering a distance of 1452 km in 17 hours and 15 minutes, achieving an average speed of 84 km/h.
In 1837, the first train ran on Red Hill railway line between Red Hills and Chintadripet in Madras and was hauled by a rotary steam engine imported from England. [1] [2] In 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bombay and Thane which covered a distance of 54 km (34 mi) in 57 minutes, averaging a speed of 57 km/h (35 mph). [3]
The train also has one or two End-on-Generation cars at either end. This train is popular with passengers and made a daily train in 2009. Previously, it used to run 5 days a week. As a Rajdhani Express, it is a Superfast train and gets the highest priority on its journey between Ahmedabad and New Delhi.
Most of the other Duronto trains take less travel time than their Rajdhani counterparts. Therefore, before the introduction of Mumbai Duronto, it was expected to be the fastest service on the route by many Indian railfans. The Rajdhani Express gets top-most priority on the route, making it the fastest train in the Mumbai–Delhi route.