New Delhi–Mumbai main line


The Delhi–Mumbai line is a major railway line in India. Linking the national capital of New Delhi with financial capital Mumbai, this railway line covers a distance of across the Indian states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Mumbai Rajdhani Express which is the fastest Rajdhani Express travels on this line and covers the distance between Delhi and Mumbai in 15 hours and 40 minutes at an average speed of 91 km/hr. In 2016, Spanish high speed rail manufacturer Talgo conducted several trials of its high speed train between Mumbai. The train attained a maximum speed of 150 km/hr and completed the New Delhi-Mumbai Central journey in less than 12 hours.

Details

Starting at the New Delhi railway station, the Delhi-Mumbai line runs concurrent with Delhi-Chennai line for 141 km up to Mathura. From here it runs in Southwest direction and passes through cities of Bharatpur, Kota, Ratlam, Vadodara, Surat before terminating at Mumbai Central railway station. Within Maharashtra, Western line of Mumbai Suburban Railway uses runs on the same tracks from Dahanu Road to Mumbai Central railway station.
This line is divided into three sections:
  1. New Delhi–Mathura section
  2. Mathura–Vadodara section
  3. Vadodara-Mumbai section

    Electrification

The Delhi–Mumbai line was fully electrified by 1987.

Passenger movement

, Mathura, Kota, Ratlam, Vadodara and Mumbai Central, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.

Major trains