Chennai Rajdhani Express

The 12433 / 12434 Hazrat Nizamuddin - Chennai Central Rajdhani Express is an important train connecting Chennai to New Delhi. It was first introduced in 1993 and runs twice a week from Delhi and twice from Chennai. The Chennai Rajdhani is a fast alternative to the classic Grand Trunk Express and the modern superfast Tamil Nadu Express. The Chennai Rajdhani Express covers a distance of 2176 kilometers in 28 hours 10 minutes as compared to 33 hours and 5 min covered by Tamil Nadu Express and 35 hours and 15 minutes taken by Grand Trunk Express.[1] It gets WAP7 from SCR's Lallaguda electric shed. It shares the record of being the second fastest train between Chennai Central and Hazrat Nizamuddin covering the distance of 2175 km in 28 hours and 10 minutes as Chennai Duronto covering the 2174 km journey in 27 hours and 55 minutes but in return it does not happens.

Chennai Rajdhani Express
Chennai Rajdhani Express trainboard
Overview
Service typeRajdhani Express
LocaleTamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service1993 (1993)
Current operator(s)Northern Railways
Route
StartMGR Chennai Central (MAS)
Stops8
EndHazrat Nizamuddin (NZM)
Distance travelled2,175 km (1,351 mi)
Average journey time28 hours 15 minutes
Service frequencyBi - Weekly
Train number(s)12433 / 12434
On-board services
Class(es)AC First Class(1A), AC Two Tier(2A), AC Three Tier(3A)
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesYes
Observation facilitiesLarge windows
Entertainment facilitiesYes(1A)
Technical
Rolling stockLHB Coaches
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed79 km/h (49 mph) average with halts
Rake sharing
Route map

Train

The train get highest priority on the Indian railway network and is fully air-conditioned. Passengers are provided with complimentary meals during the journey. Depending on the timings of the train, lunch, high tea, dinner, morning tea, and breakfast are served. The trains offer three classes of accommodation; First Class AC with 2 or 4 berth lockable bedrooms, AC 2-tier with open system berths (bays of 4 berths + 2 berths on the side) but provided with curtains for privacy, AC 3-tier (bays of 6 berths + 2 berths on the side) without curtains.

Passengers travelling on the First AC class in this train are treated with luxury. They get their own private cabin, music stereos, scent emitters and a 4 course dinner.

The Chennai Rajdhani Express runs at an average speed of 77.24 km/h,[2][3] and touches a top speed of 130 km/h in the Delhi-Jhansi section of the route. This train now runs with the new LHB rakes, which were introduced in 2012.

Chennai Rajdhani Express is the Fastest train on Chennai-Delhi sector, and it uses a Lallaguda bases HOG equipped WAP 7 locomotive from end to end.

Route & Halts

Coach composition

This train has 9 AC Three tier,5 AC Two Tier,1 AC First Class,1 pantry car & 2 luggage cum generator coaches taking the total to 18 LHB coaches. It shares its rake with Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express and Secunderabad Rajdhani Express and Madgaon Rajdhani Express

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Timetable

The 12433 Rajdhani Express leaves Chennai Central in the morning of Friday & Sunday at 06:10 and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station at 10:25 in the morning of the next day.[2] While on the return journey, the 12434 Chennai Rajdhani leaves Hazrat Nizamuddin at 15:55 on Wednesday & Friday and reaches Chennai Central at 20:45 in the evening of the next day.[3]

References
  1. "Chidambaram flags off bi-weekly Chennai-Delhi Duronto Express". The Hindu. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. "Rajdhani Express - 12433". MakeMyTrip.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  3. "Chennai Rajdhni - 12434". MakeMyTrip.com.

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