New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani to begin operation on 19th Jan: All you need to know
Brand new Rajdhani all set to start from Saturday.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will flag off the railways' latest Rajdhani on the Mumbai-Delhi route Saturday.
With the introduction of the Mumbai-Hazrat Nizamuddin bi-weekly Rajdhani Express, there will now be three Rajdhanis serving the route between the two cities, the railways said Friday.
However, this will be the first such train passing through the Central zone, covering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Kalyan, Nasik, Jalgaon, Khandwa, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra, and Hazrat Nizamuddin and passing through two significant Hindi heartland states -- Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, it said.
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had earlier said this Rajdhani 'was a request from the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis'.
At present, there are two Rajdhani trains running between Delhi and Mumbai — one from Mumbai Central and the other from Bandra Terminus. The current fleet size of Rajdhani trains on the railway network is 23.
On the other hand, the much-expected train 18 would soon run from Delhi to Varanasi. The run-time of the train would be eight hours, which is about one-and-a-half-times faster than the fastest train on the route. Goyal said the Railway Protection Force (RPF) was running campaigns to sensitise people on the Train 18 route.
The train has a number of features to enhance passenger comfort, which include interconnected fully-sealed gangways, automatic doors with retractable footsteps, GPS-based passenger information system, modular toilets with bio-vacuum systems, rotational seats that can be aligned in the direction of travel, roller blinds, diffused LED lighting and differently-abled-friendly toilets.
With agency inputs