In what came as a good news, Railways will soon start a new Rajdhani train between the Mumbai-delhi route. According to Zee Media sources, the new Rajdhani is likely to run on the traks in third week of January. Sources said that the routes have been decided in wake of general elections 2019.
The possible train route might be Mumbai CSTM, Kalyan, Nasik, Jalgaon, Khandwa, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra, Nizamuddin railway station in New Delhi.
Currently, there are two Rajdhani trains are running between Delhi and Mumbai.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Maharastra CM Devendra Fadnavis will show green flag to the proposed Rajdhani Train.
Meanwhile, Indian Railways high-speed, engine-less train set named Train 18 (T18) will be rolled out soon. The Railways is likely to begin the commercial run of the much awaited Train 18 between Delhi and Varanasi next week, just ahead of the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad which begins on January 14, sources said Wednesday.
It is also likely to be one of the four special trains to ferry delegates of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on January 24 from the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad to the national capital in time for the Republic Day event.
While the railways had been saying that it had proposed two routes for the train, Delhi to Bhopal and Delhi to Varanasi, this is the first time that the route has been officially confirmed.
"We have successfully tested the train and the suggestions are being incorporated. Very soon the train will be dedicated to the nation and we have requested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi flag it off. This train will run between Delhi and Varanasi in eight hours and the fastest train between the two cities takes 11.30 hours," Goyal said.
"This train has amenities of international standards, is Wi-Fi enabled, CCTV cameras and it has no locomotive or engine. It is a trainset. It will cover the 750-km route at a maximum speed of 160kmph," said Goyal, who inspected the rake at the New Delhi railway station.
