Bangalore Rajdhani Express

Bangalore Rajdhani Express
Overview
Service type	Rajdhani Express
Locale	Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service	1 November 1992
Current operator(s)	South Western Railway
Route
Termini	Bangalore; Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station
Stops	10
Distance travelled	2,375 km (1,476 mi)
Average journey time	33 hours 55 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	22691 / 22692 / 22693 / 22694
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier
Seating arrangements	No
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	LHB rakes No of rakes = 18
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Track gauge	Broad Gauge
Operating speed	72 km/h (45 mph)

The Bengaluru - Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express. This train connects Bengaluru and Delhi. It was the fastest service on the Bangalore & Delhi sector before Yeshvantapur Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express.

Service

The Rajdhani Express is the 2nd fastest train on the Bengaluru (Earlier known as Bangalore) - Delhi sector after Duronto. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 22691 from Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna(Bengaluru) to Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station and as train number 22692 in the reverse direction - four days a week. On the other days, it operates as 22693 / 22694. It covers a distance of 2375 kilometres^[1] in Bangalore City Junction to Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station direction and it takes 33 hours 55 mins when operating as train number 22691 at an average speed of 72 km/h while its return journey as train number 22692 takes 33 hrs 55 mins to cover 2375 kilometers^[2] at an average speed of 72 km/h thus making it the second fastest train on the Bangalore - Delhi sector. It uses a Lallaguda WAP 7 electric engine till Secunderabad and from Secunderabad it uses WDP4/WDP4B/WDP4D of Krishnarajapuram Diesel Loco Shed till Bangalore. It has a top speed of 130kmph with its Lalaguda WAP7 between Delhi and Agra.

History

Originally introduced in 1992, this was a weekly train, then converted to bi-weekly, tri-weekly and then four times a week. In end of March 2010, service 12493/12494, which later became 22693/22694 was added to make it a daily service. This was the first Rajdhani where overnight service standard was changed - the distance being greater than what can be covered overnight at Indian Railway's speeds.

Coach composition

The Bangalore Rajdhani generally has a 1 First AC, 5 AC 2 tier, 1 pantry car, 2 luggage cum generator coach & 9 AC 3 tier coaches taking the total up to 18 coaches.^[3] This Rajdhani had an infamous coach composition in terms of livery such that it was also called 'King of Mismatch'. Sometimes it had coaches of 7 different liveries.This mismatch is seldom seen now after the train switched over to LHB coaches. 22693/22694 received LHB coaches effective 21 April/22 April 2012. 22691/22692 Bangalore Rajdhani also received LHB rakes effectively from 09/08/2012 thus making it to run entirely with LHB since 9 August 2012.