| Mumbai Rajdhani Express | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Service type | Rajdhani Express |
| Locale | Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana & Delhi |
| Current operator(s) | Western Railways |
| Route | |
| Start | Mumbai Central |
| No. of intermediate stops | 4 |
| End | New Delhi Railway Station |
| Distance travelled | 1,384 km (860 mi) |
| Average journey time | 15 hours 57 minutes |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Train number(s) | 12951 / 12952 |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier |
| Seating arrangements | Yes |
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
| Catering facilities | Yes |
| Technical | |
| Gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Operating speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) average with halts |
The 12951/12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express connects Mumbai and Delhi. It is one of the fastest trains in India.
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The 12951/12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express is the fastest train on the Mumbai - Delhi sector and the fastest Rajdhani train. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12951 from Mumbai Central to New Delhi Railway Station and as train number 12952 in the reverse direction. It reaches Mumbai Central at 8:35AM.It covers a distance of 1385 kilometres in each direction however it takes 15 hours 50 mins when operating as train number 12951 at an average speed of 87.47 km/h (excluding halts) while its return journey as train number 12952 takes 16 hrs 05 mins at an average speed of 86.05 km/h (excluding halts) thus making it the fastest train on the Mumbai - Delhi sector.
It has 4 halts in either direction at Surat, Vadodara Junction, Ratlam Junction & Kota Junction.
The Mumbai Rajdhani generally has a 1 AC 1st Class coach, 4 AC 2 tier class coaches, 2 pantry cars, 2 luggage cum generator coaches & up to 10 AC 3 tier coaches taking the total up to 19 coaches.
It departs Mumbai Central with a Valsad WCAM 2P locomotive in order to use Mumbai's DC traction wires and switches power on-the-fly in a dead zone just beyond Vile Parle from where onwards it is a pure AC line. There is a loco change over at Vadodara. A WCAM-2P of the Valsad Shed hauls the train between Mumbai Central and Vadodara where it switches over to a WAP7 engine from the Ghaziabad shed.
Recently, Western Railway has begun converting the Mumbai region's 1500v DC traction to 25000v AC traction. This will result in the elimination of the need to change engine's at Vadodara & WAP engines will start entering the Mumbai region.