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The 12951 / 12952 Mumbai Central – New Delhi - Mumbai Central Tejas Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani class train of Indian Railways, that connects Mumbai Central (MMCT) and New Delhi (NDLS) in India. It is the fastest Tejas Rajdhani Express among all Rajdhani express service of India, with an average speed of 90 km / hr and maximum permissible ...
The train covers the distance of 1,378 km in 16 hrs 33 min, with an average speed of 83 km / hr and a maximum permissible speed of 130 km / hr. In its return trip, the 12954 August Kranti Rajdhani Express bound to Mumbai, departs from Hazrat Nizamuddin at 17:15 hrs and arrives in Mumbai Central on the subsequent day at 10:05 hrs.
The train completed the 1,450 km (900 mi) trip in 17 hours 20 minutes and was the only such train in operation till 1972, when the second Rajdhani was introduced from Mumbai. [ 1 ] Rajdhani , derived from the Sanskrit means "capital" and later, with subsequent up-gradation of the tracks, new Rajdhani expresses were introduced connecting major ...
Abohar–Jodhpur–Bathinda Passenger; Adilabad–Hazur Sahib Nanded Express; Agartala–Anand Vihar Terminal Rajdhani Express; Agniveena Express; Ahilyanagari Express
If the first digit is 0, 1 or 2 and the second digit is 2, the third digit identifies the railway zone where the train is maintained, except for 0 (Y20XX, the Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi Express in all zones): 1 (Y21XX): Central and some West Central zone trains; 2 (Y22XX): Some Northern, North Central, North Western and Southern zone trains
The train is designed to run at a maximum speed of 200 km/h (120 mph) but the maximum operating speed allowed is 130 km/h (81 mph) due to track and safety constraints. [13] Presently, the train runs at an average speed of 65 km/h (40 mph). [14] There are 14 non-executive chair cars and they can seat up to 72 passengers each in 3+2 configuration.
Similarly, locomotives on the way to pick up or having dropped off a train, or running round to change the direction of travel, are given the train number but with the prefix altered to 0. An unusual situation arose with the opening of the Channel Tunnel : many continental train reporting numbers are all numeric.
The Mumbai Suburban Railway is an offshoot of the first passenger railway to be built by the British East India Company, and is also the oldest railway system in Asia.The first train was run by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (now Central Railway) between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) and Thane, a distance of 34 km (21 mi), on 16 April 1853 at 15:35.