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Mumbai Rajdhani Express
Rajdhani ExpressOverview Service type Rajdhani Express Locale Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana & Delhi Current operator(s) Western Railways Route Start Mumbai Central No. of intermediate stops 4 End New Delhi Railway Station Distance travelled 1,384 km (860 mi) Average journey time 15 hours 57 minutes Service frequency Daily Train number(s) 12951 / 12952 On-board services Class(es) AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier Seating arrangements Yes Sleeping arrangements Yes Catering facilities Yes Technical Gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Operating speed 90 km/h (56 mph) average with halts The 12951/12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express connects Mumbai and Delhi. It is one of the fastest trains in India.
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Service
The 12951/12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express is the fastest train on the Mumbai - Delhi sector and the fastest Rajdhani train. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12951 from Mumbai Central to New Delhi Railway Station and as train number 12952 in the reverse direction. It reaches Mumbai Central at 8:35AM.It covers a distance of 1385 kilometres in each direction however it takes 15 hours 50 mins when operating as train number 12951 at an average speed of 87.47 km/h (excluding halts) while its return journey as train number 12952 takes 16 hrs 05 mins at an average speed of 86.05 km/h (excluding halts) thus making it the fastest train on the Mumbai - Delhi sector.
It has 4 halts in either direction at Surat (recently added), Vadodara Junction, Ratlam Junction & Kota Junction.
Coach composition
The Mumbai Rajdhani generally has a 1 AC 1st Class coach, 4 AC 2 tier class coaches, 2 pantry cars, 2 luggage cum generator coaches & up to 10 AC 3 tier coaches taking the total up to 19 coaches.
Locomotion
It departs Mumbai Central with a Valsad WCAM 2P locomotive in order to use Mumbai's DC traction wires and switches power on-the-fly in a dead zone just beyond Virar from where onwards it is a pure AC line. There is a loco change over at Vadodara. A WCAM-2P of the Valsad Shed hauls the train between Mumbai Central and Vadodara where it switches over to a WAP7 engine from the Ghaziabad shed.
Soon the process of Loco change will stop as the entire root will be electrified by 25K AC voltage till Churchgate.
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Categories:- Rajdhani Express trains
- Transport in Mumbai
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