Sealdah Rajdhani Express

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Sealdah Rajdhani Express

Sealdah Rajdhani Express trainboard
Overview
Service type	Rajdhani Express
Locale	West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service	1 July 2000; 21 years ago (1 July 2000)
Current operator(s)	Eastern Railways
Route
Start	Sealdah (SDAH)
Stops	6
End	New Delhi (NDLS)
Distance travelled	1,457 km (905 mi)
Average journey time	17 hrs 45 mins
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	12313 / 12314
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Available
Observation facilities	Large Windows
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	25 kV AC 50 Hz OHLE
Operating speed	83 km/h (52 mph) average including halts, Maximum Speed = 140 km/h (87 mph)
Route map Legend km from New Delhi railway station 0 New Delhi railway station Yamuna Delhi–Uttar Pradesh border NH 2 (Grand Trunk Road) 440 Kanpur Central railway station NH 2 (Grand Trunk Road) Old Naini Bridge across Yamuna 787 Mughalsarai Junction railway station Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border Nehru Setu bridge across Son River 992 Gaya Falgu River Bihar- Jharkhand border Barakar River Parasnath Hill 1350 m 1476 yd NH 2 (Grand Trunk Road) 1191 Dhanbad NH 2 (Grand Trunk Road) Barakar River Jharkhand–West Bengal border 1249 Asansol 1291 Durgapur Hooghly River 1457 Sealdah railway station

Sealdah Rajdhani Express, is a Rajdhani class train of Indian Railways which connects the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata to the National Capital of India, New Delhi through Sealdah on daily basis. It is the third Rajdhani Express class train connecting Delhi and Kolkata and is the third-fastest connection between these two cities by rail.^[1]

Overview[]

Owing to the high demands of the passengers plying between Delhi and Kolkata and to ease down the existing pressure of bookings on the Howrah Rajdhani Express, Indian Railways decided to introduce another Rajdhani Class train between these two cities. Since Howrah Division of Eastern Railways already had two existing Rajdhani Express trains, thus Sealdah Division of Eastern Railway was awarded with third Rajdhani Express to West Bengal. Hence on 1 July 2000, the first Sealdah Rajdhani Express left for New Delhi from Sealdah for its maiden journey.^[2]

Gallery[]

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  Sealdah Rajdhani Express – AC 3 tier coach – B 12

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  Sealdah Rajdhani Express – AC 2 tier coach

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  Sealdah Rajdhani Express – AC 3 tier coach – B 7, halted at New Delhi rail station

Route & Halts[]

• Sealdah
• Durgapur
• Asansol Junction
• Dhanbad Junction
• Gaya Junction
• Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction
• Kanpur Central
• New Delhi

Traction[]

It is hauled by a Howrah based WAP-7 (HOG) equipped locomotive from end to end.

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