Bangalore Rajdhani Express

Bangalore Rajdhani Express

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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
Start	Bangalore
Stops	10
End	Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station
Distance travelled	2,375 km (1,476 mi)
Average journey time	33 hours 55 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	22691 / 22692 (Mon, Wed, Thu, Sun) & 22693 / 22694 (Tue, Fri, Sat)
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) average with halts; 130 km/h (81 mph) max

The Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna(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 Bangalor) - 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 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 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.

Train service 22691/22692 has 11 halts in either direction at Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmavaram Junction, Anantapur, Raichur, Sedam, Secunderabad Junction, Kazipet Junction, Nagpur Junction, Bhopal Junction and Jhansi Junction. Train service 22693/22694 has 7 halts in either direction at Sri Satya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, Dharmavaram Junction, Secunderabad Junction, Kazipet Junction Nagpur Junction, Bhopal Junction and Jhansi Junction. Train service 22693/22694 operates on a different route between Bangalore and Secunderabad.

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. 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.

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  Banglore Rajdhani Express trainboard

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  Banglore Rajdhani Express 3 tier coach

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  Greeting Poster on Banglore Rajdhani

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  First Class AC Chair Car of Bangalore Rajdhani Express