(a) whether the Government is contemplating to upgrade existing Rajdhani Express between Delhi and Mumbai which will take lesser time;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether trial run conducted by the Railways has been found to be safe and successful; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the upgraded Rajdhani trains are likely to be run on the Delhi-Mumbai route?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)
(a) to (d): At present, there is no proposal of revising the timings of existing 2 pairs of Rajdhani Express trains running between Delhi and Mumbai viz. 12951/12952 Mumbai Central-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (daily) and 12953/12954 Mumbai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin August Kranti Rajdhani Express (daily). However, a special Rajdhani Express train viz. 09003/09004 Bandra(T)-Hazrat Nizamuddin Special Rajdhani (tri-weekly) with running time of 13 hours 55 minutes in both directions has been started on an experimental basis for a period of three months.
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