Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express


The 12431 / 12432 Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani is a Rajdhani Express service in India, connecting the to, the capital of Kerala state.

Background

It runs from Thiruvananthapuram Central to Hazrat Nizamuddin. It is the longest running Rajdhani Express train, which covers about. It has a record for the highest section speed, reaching between Ratnagiri and Sawantwadi Road. It also gets a top speed of between Nagda and Hazrat Nizamuddin. It moves at an average speed of between Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram. It runs the longest non stop run between Kota Junction - Vadodara Junction section.
Before the Konkan Railway came up in 1998, there were only 2 South bound Rajdhani from Delhi. Trivandrum Rajdhani Express was a weekly train back then having rake sharing agreement with Bangalore Rajdhani Express & it used to run via Chennai.

Coach composition

The Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani generally has 1 AC 1st Class, 5 AC 2 tier, 9 AC 3 tier coaches, 1 pantry car and 2 luggage cum generator coaches making a total of 18 LHB Coaches. Back in 1995, the train had 11 coaches only.
It shares its rakes with Chennai Rajdhani Express, Secunderabad Rajdhani Express and Madgaon Rajdhani Express.
Earlier, it also shared its rake with the Bangalore Rajdhani Express.
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Route & Halts

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Traction

It is hauled by a WAP 7 locomotive of Vadodara / Tughlakabad electric loco shed from NZM to BRC, and then from BRC to TVC it is hauled by an Ernakulam diesel loco shed based WDP 4D and Erode Diesel loco shed based WDM-3D twins pulls the train
Earlier it used to be hauled by WDP-3A between Hazrat Nizamuddin to Vadodara.