India’s first Rajdhani Express that works on push-pull technology will associate Mumbai and New Delhi consistently now ahead
The train runs with an engine on the front and one at the back. This implies that there is no compelling reason to attach-detach bankers in the ghat sections and subsequently cuts down the journey time.
The Central Railways’ 22221/22222 Rajdhani Express was introduced on 19 January 2019 on a bi-weekly basis. Its recurrence was later expanded to four times each week and now the train will work each day from 19 January 2021. The train currently leaves CSMT at 16.10 hrs and arrives at Hazrat Nizamuddin at 10.05 hrs. It then leaves Hazrat Nizamuddin at 17.15 hrs and arrives at CSMT at 11.50 hrs.
Clarifying the expanding fame of this train service, the Railway Ministry expressed, “The train got such a huge response that within less than a month of its launch, two additional AC-2 Tier and AC-3 Tier coaches were added. This train was no less than a blessing for people staying in the Central suburbs beyond Thane and Kalyan, since it provided them the option to travel in Rajdhani Express with boarding facility at Kalyan.”
The train has a solitary first AC coach, five AC-2 tiers, 11 AC-3 tiers alongside a pantry car. The increase in the train’s frequency will further help improving connectivity between the national and the financial capital of the country.