Ranchi–New Delhi Rajdhani Express

Ranchi Rajdhani Express

Overview
Service type	Rajdhani Express
Locale	Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi
Current operator(s)	Northern Railways
Route
Termini	Ranchi Junction (RNC) New Delhi (NDLS)
Stops	6
Distance travelled	1,305 km (811 mi) but 1,309 km (813 mi) returning Ranchi (20839/20840))/ 1,249 km (776 mi) (20407/20408)/ 1,246 km (774 mi) (12453/12454)
Average journey time	average of both directions: 16 hours 57.5 minutes / 16 hours 22.5 minutes / 17 hours 45 minutes
Service frequency	Bi-weekly (20839/20840), Weekly (20407/20408), Weekly (12453/12454)
Train number(s)	20839 / 20840 20407 / 20408 12453 / 12454
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available (included in the ticket)
Observation facilities	Large windows
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	130 km/h (81 mph) maximum
Route map

Ranchi Rajdhani Express is a premier train in the exclusive fleet of Rajdhani Express of Indian Railways. Currently there are two set of Rajdhani Express which connects capital of India, New Delhi with Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand.

History

• The first set of Ranchi Rajdhani Express was inaugurated on 17 October 2001, which runs through Bokaro Steel City and terminated at Hatia instead of present terminal, Ranchi with one of the stoppages at Ranchi , flagged off by Nitish Kumar (former Minister of Railways) which used to run as a weekly service. Later, in 2004 the frequency of first set was increased to bi-weekly.
• Later, the second set of Ranchi Rajdhani Express was inaugurated on 11 June 2006, which runs through Daltonganj, Flagged off by Lalu Prasad Yadav (former Minister of Railways) which used to run as a bi-weekly service. Later two different weekly routes were introduced instead of this route after gauge conversion from narrow gauge to broad gauge between Ranchi and Lohardaga, a non-stopping station of these trains and construction of new route between Lohardaga, a non-stopping station of these trains and Tori, a non-stopping station of these trains but both routes touch Daltonganj and one of them touches Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn. (Mughalsarai Junction) like the previous route. [1] [2].

Routes

The three sets of Ranchi Rajdhani Express runs at two different routes:

• 1st set of train number 20839/20840 runs through Bokaro Steel City with the length of 1305 km (1309 km towards Ranchi) with an average speed of 78 km/hr

Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Koderma, Gaya Junction, Dehri-on-Sone, Mughalsarai Junction (Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn.), Kanpur Central to New Delhi.

• 2nd set of train number 20407/20408 runs through Ranchi, Lohardaga (no halt), Daltonganj, Garwa Road Junction, Mughalsarai Junction (Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn.), Allahabad (Prayagraj), Kanpur Central to New Delhi and the route lenghth is 1249 km.

• 3rd set of train number 12453/12454 runs through Ranchi, Lohardaga (no halt), Daltonganj, Garwa Road Junction, Renukut ( Renukoot ), Chopan, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Kanpur Central to New Delhi and the route lenghth is 1246 km.

Traction

The two sets of Ranchi Rajdhani Express is hauled by a WAP-7 (HOG)-equipped locomotive of Ghaziabad electric loco shed in both directions.

Incident

On 7 Sep 2017, the engine and power car of train derailed near New Delhi, but no casualties reported.