1. The Railway Minister of India has officially referred the GZB-CNB-ALD-MGS part of the grand chord as "the most congested network in the world". This accounts for 750 km (almost half of the route) covered by HWH Rajdhani of which only 100km is tripled. You are again neglecting the clause of busy junctions like Kanpur, Allahabad and Mughalsarai. Also, for the fact that SDAH Duronto has more priority than HWH Rajdhani, although I wish you were true but it is not. It is not able to overtake a mere superfast(Shiv Ganga) till Allahabad, in past 1 year it has NEVER reached SDAH/NDLS on time. I am assuming that you are aware about these facts and I should not elaborate more. And regarding your point of medals and darbaaris and kids, well I can argue with you over and over for the same but do not want to. You cannot call someone...
more... a KING if it is getting everything easily in a decent well off environment without any constraints. Well actually you can 'call', but whether silver spoon holding entity actually deserves to be the KING or not is the Question. If hypothetically all the factors that are present in the present Grand Chord from Congestion to weather factors and the technical factors that include presence of busiest junctions of the country and of course, the slobby controlling, I am sure you will atleast find Mum Raj struggling if not running for life!
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2. You do not get the point. I have met passengers in HWH Rajdhani whose final destination was not Kolkata but somewhere else and HWH was a part of their break journey. I myself am from North East but prefer Kolkata bound trains because of their punctuality and better management. In a way, HWH Raj is serving not just the traffic along the grand chord but also other routes(indirectly). And this point was written to show importance of HWH.
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3. The only thing that goes in favor of Mumbai Rajdhani for SHS is that it is on a less congested track. The number of dedicated trains(originating from Delhi, terminating at Kolkata/Mumbai) between New Delhi and Kolkata is more than New Delhi and Mumbaii. Still HWH Rajdhani proves its worth. HWH Rajdhani has been called the KING by the Railfans from long ago. Yes you can sure give the title based on present scenario of the CITY, but on that logic we should start finding a new BAPU for our country(Mahatma Gandhi has got too old and mainstream), a new Iron Lady etc.
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4. That was exactly my point. You can answer the poll based on your fanaticism or affection towards a train. But comparison of two trains on two completely different routes that as mentioned, has different criteria of intermediate stations, controlling, weather, congestion etc is baseless. Based on an excerpt from wikipedia "A scientific control is an observation designed to minimize the effects of variables other than the independent variable. This increases the reliability of the results, often through a comparison between control measurements and the other measurements."
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Enough said. I am ending the argument from my side.
