Rajendra Nagar Patna Rajdhani Express

Patna Rajdhani Express

Overview
Service type	Rajdhani Express
Status	Operating
Locale	Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service	1996 (1996)
Current operator(s)	East Central Railways
Route
Start	Rajendra Nagar Terminal
Stops	4
End	New Delhi
Distance travelled	1,002 km (623 mi)
Average journey time	13 hours
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12309/ 12310
On-board services
Class(es)	First AC, Second AC, Third AC
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Available
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	Large Windows
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	140km/hr

The Patna Rajdhani Express connects Patna, Bihar and Delhi. It is one of the fastest trains on the Patna - Delhi sector.

History

This Train was introduced in the Annual Railway Budget of 1996-97 as a daily Rajdhani Express from New Delhi to Patna via Lucknow. Later its route was changed to run via Allahabad. In 1997, the Pantry Car service was introduced.

Service

It is a daily train. It operates as train number 12309 from Rajendra Nagar (Patna) to New Delhi Railway Station and as train number 12310 in the reverse direction. It covers a distance of 1001 kilometres in each direction however it takes 12 hours 35 minutes when operating as train number 12309 at an average speed of 79 km/h (excluding halts) while its return journey takes 12 h 50 min at an average speed of 79 km/h (excluding halts) as train number 12310.

It has 4 halts in either direction at Patna Junction, Mughalsarai Junction, Allahabad Junction, and Kanpur Central. With 21 Coaches, the train is the longest Rajdhani Express service in the country. The train is regularly hauled by a WAP 7 locomotive of Ghaziabad shed from September 2013.