Rajdhani Express

This article is about the passenger train service. For the upcoming film, see Rajdhani Express (film).

Rajdhani Express is a passenger train service in India connecting New Delhi with other important destinations, especially state capitals. Rajdhani means "The Capital" in Hindi and other Indian Languages.

History [edit]

Rajdhani Express was introduced in 1969,^[1] for providing fast connections (up to 140 km/h or 87 mph, speed variation depending upon the particular track section) from New Delhi to the capital cities of various states in India.^[2] The first Rajdhani Express left New Delhi station for Howrah station to cover a distance of 1,445 km in 17 hours 20 mins.^[3]

About [edit]

Rajdhanis get highest priority on the Indian railway network.^[3] They are fully air-conditioned.^[2] Passengers are served complimentary meals during the journey. Depending on the duration and timings of the journey, these could include lunch, high tea, dinner, morning tea and breakfast.^[3] Almost all Rajdhani trains offer three classes of accommodation: First Class AC with 2- or 4-berth lockable bedrooms, AC 2-tier with open berths (bays of 4 berths + 2 berths on the other side of the corridor) with curtains for privacy, and AC 3-tier (bays of 6 berths + 2 berths on the side) with curtains for privacy.^[2] Currently there are 24 pairs of Rajdhani Express trains, connecting New Delhi to Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Kolkata, Jammu, Mumbai, Patna and Thiruvananthapuram. These trains have fewer stops than other express trains and halt only at state capitals and prominent cities.

Rajdhani Train Routes [edit]

Train No.	Train Name	Journey	Frequency
12235–12236	Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani	New Delhi → Lucknow → Varanasi → Muzaffarpur → Samastipur → Guwahati → Dibrugarh	Weekly
12301–12302	Howrah Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Allahabad → Gaya → Parasnath → Dhanbad → Howrah	6 Days/Week
12305–12306	Howrah Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Allahabad → Patna → Madhupur → Howrah	Weekly
12309–12310	Patna Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Allahabad → Patna	Daily
12313–12314	Sealdah Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Gaya → Dhanbad → Asansol → Durgapur → Sealdah	Daily
12423–12424	Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Allahabad → Mughalsarai → Patna → Barauni → Naugachia → Katihar → Guwahati → Dibrugarh	Daily
12425–12426	Jammu Tawi Rajdhani	New Delhi → Jammu Tawi	Daily
12429–12430	Bangalore Rajdhani	New Delhi → Jhansi → Bhopal → Nagpur → Secunderabad → Raichur → Anantapur → Bangalore	4 Days/Week
12431–12432	Trivandrum Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kota → Vadodara → Vasai Road → Panvel → Madgaon → Mangalore → Shornur → Ernakulam → Trivandrum	3 Days/Week
12433–12434	Chennai Rajdhani	New Delhi → Jhansi → Bhopal → Nagpur → Vijayawada → Warangal → Chennai	2 Days/Week
12435–12436	Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani	New Delhi → Lucknow → Varanasi → Hajipur → Guwahati → Dibrugarh	2 Days/Week
12437–12438	Secunderabad Rajdhani	New Delhi → Jhansi → Bhopal → Nagpur → Secunderabad	Weekly
12439–12440	Ranchi Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Gaya → Bokaro → Ranchi	2 Days/Week
12441–12442	Bilaspur Rajdhani	New Delhi → Jhansi → Bhopal → Nagpur → Durg → Raipur → Bilaspur	2 Days/Week
12453–12454	Ranchi Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Daltonganj → Ranchi	Weekly
12951–12952	Mumbai Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kota → Ratlam → Vadodara → Surat → Mumbai	Daily
12953–12954	August Kranti Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kota → Ratlam → Vadodara → Surat → Mumbai	Daily
12957–12958	Ahmedabad Rajdhani	New Delhi → Jaipur → Ajmer → Abu Road → Palanpur → Ahmedabad	Daily
22693–22694	Bangalore Rajdhani	New Delhi → Jhansi → Bhopal → Nagpur → Secunderabad → Raichur → Anantapur → Bangalore	3 Days/Week
22811–22812	Bhubaneswar Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Gaya →Bokaro → Adra → Balasore → Cuttack → Bhubaneswar	3 Days/Week
22823–22824	Bhubaneswar Rajdhani	New Delhi → Kanpur → Gaya → Bokaro → Tatanagar → Balasore → Cuttack → Bhubaneswar	4 Days/Week