Bandra Rajdhani Express


The Bandra Rajdhani Express is a semi-high speed rail service linking the Indian cities of Bandra and New Delhi. It operates with a maximum speed of 150 km/h and an average speed of 99 km/h, making it the fastest train service in India by average speed, and third fastest by maximum speed, after the Gatimaan Express and Vande Bharat Express. The train takes less than 14 hours to complete the 1367-kilometre journey between Bandra Terminus and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in New Delhi.

Service

Schedule

Train 09003, departs daily from Bandra Terminus at 16:05. It has 3 intermediate stops, before arriving at H. Nizamuddin at 06:00 + 1. The return train 09004 departs daily from H. Nizamuddin at 16:15, and has 3 intermediate stops, before arriving in Bandra at 06:10 + 1.
The Bandra Rajdhani Express has a top speed of 150 km/h, which is primarily hit north of Vadodara. On nearly the entire distance between Kota and Vadodara, the train runs at the full 150 km/h, allowing the 458-kilometre journey between the two cities to be covered under 4 hours. Several portions of the service in Uttar Pradesh are also set at 150 km/h.
The remaining portions south of Vadodara is also restricted to 130 km/h, depending on track condition and curvature.

Usage

The train is very popular with businesspeople working in Delhi, who could return to Gujarat by midnight after a whole day's work in Delhi. It is also popular for those seeking to reach the Mumbai area by early morning from Delhi.