दौड़ती है हिमालय तट से सागर, हमसफ़र हर राह पर, हवाई जहाज़ों को त्याग कर, करो अक्सर, भारतीय रेल में सफर. - Arpit P

12301 Howrah rajdhani is on rampage today. It reached Andal (179 kms from HWH) at 18:37 hrs at an average speed of 105.3 kmph and Asansol (206 kms from HWH) at 18:55 hrs at an average speed of 103 kmph. I have never seen it reaching Andal/Asansol so early. However, it slowed down thereafter and reached Dhanbad at 19:48 hrs at an avg. speed of 91.9 kmph- it took 53 mins to cover 59 kms (avg=66.8 kmph only) from ASN to DHN. If HWH Rajdhani had maintained an average of 100 kmph after Asansol, it would have reached Dhanbad at 19:30 hrs only (i.e. just 2 hrs 35 mins from Howrah).

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