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Posted: Apr 12 2015 (19:02)
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Apr 12 2015 (19:02) 12301/Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (Via Gaya) | DKDE/Dankaur (3 PFs) | HWH/WAP-7/30371
Gunjan Pravinchandra Pandya
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ROYAL BENGAL TIGER : Howrah Rajdhani Express Roars Dankaur At 130 KMPH : First Rajdhani Of India
Indian Railways : Seen in video is Bengal Tiger : 12301/Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Gaya) hauled by Howrah [HWH] WAP-7 #30371 roaring with continuous honking at Dankaur station of North Central Railways [NCR] at raw MPS of 130 KMPH. Rail fan Tarun Tyagi can be seen in action as well.
Howrah Rajdhani is the first fully air-conditioned train, as well as the first Rajdhani train. It is the most senior of all the...
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Indian Railways : Seen in video is Bengal Tiger : 12301/Howrah - New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Gaya) hauled by Howrah [HWH] WAP-7 #30371 roaring with continuous honking at Dankaur station of North Central Railways [NCR] at raw MPS of 130 KMPH. Rail fan Tarun Tyagi can be seen in action as well.
Howrah Rajdhani is the first fully air-conditioned train, as well as the first Rajdhani train. It is the most senior of all the...
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1. Can you post the time table of the first Rajdhani? Because, the journey time has not reduced much when compared to the today's train. More stoppages could be a reason.
2. Can we get the fare details of the fare for the first Rajdhani? Just to have a perspective.
2. Can we get the fare details of the fare for the first Rajdhani? Just to have a perspective.
Sorry to say but I don't think there is any document/page from where we can get info related to old time table or fare details of First Rajdhani.
I did some googling.
Then First Rajdhani
Distance: 1,445 km from Howrah to New Delhi; Time: 17 hrs, 20 min
Stops: Three technical stops at Gomoh, Mughalsarai, Kanpur. No passenger pick-ups or drops.
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Then First Rajdhani
Distance: 1,445 km from Howrah to New Delhi; Time: 17 hrs, 20 min
Stops: Three technical stops at Gomoh, Mughalsarai, Kanpur. No passenger pick-ups or drops.
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one correction here .. 12309/10 RJBP-NDLS Rajdhani also has two coaches of AC First class .. :)
On a poignant note about Rajdhanis, I quote from the linked article,
"Overwhelmingly, the question asked, is: why, four decades on, are we still locked into 17-hour journeys and maximum speed of 130 or 140 km? As some point out, in the 40 years that the Howrah Rajdhani increased its speed from 120 to 130 kmph, China's rails went from nowhere to trains running at 300 kmph. Asks railway buff, Mohan Bhuyan: "Couldn't journey time at least have come down by one hour for every decade?" For the men who brought the Rajdhani into existence, too, the anniversary is bitter-sweet. "There has been a virtual freeze on the development of indigenous technology," says Banerji. "One Rajdhani has been replicated 200 times."...
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"Overwhelmingly, the question asked, is: why, four decades on, are we still locked into 17-hour journeys and maximum speed of 130 or 140 km? As some point out, in the 40 years that the Howrah Rajdhani increased its speed from 120 to 130 kmph, China's rails went from nowhere to trains running at 300 kmph. Asks railway buff, Mohan Bhuyan: "Couldn't journey time at least have come down by one hour for every decade?" For the men who brought the Rajdhani into existence, too, the anniversary is bitter-sweet. "There has been a virtual freeze on the development of indigenous technology," says Banerji. "One Rajdhani has been replicated 200 times."...
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