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{{Short description|Train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{italic title}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Ranchi–New Delhi Rajdhani Express
| logo =
| image = Ranchi rajdhani.jpg
| caption = Ranchi ''Rajdhani Express'' at [[Etawah Junction railway station]]
| type = [[Rajdhani Express]]
| locale = [[Jharkhand]], [[West Bengal]], [[Bihar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] & [[New Delhi]]
| first =
| last =
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] (for 20407/20408 and 12453/12454) [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]] (for 20839/20840)
| ridership =
| start = {{stnlnk|Ranchi Junction}} (RNC)
| stops = 6 as 20839/20840, 5 as 20407/20408, 6 as 12453/12454
| end = {{stnlnk|New Delhi}} (NDLS)
| distance = 20839/20840 - {{convert|1307|km|0|abbr=on}}, 
20407/20408 - {{convert|1251|km|0|abbr=on}}, 
12453/12454 - {{convert|1244|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 20839/20840 16 Hrs 55 Mins, 
20407/20408 16 Hrs, 
12453/12454 17 Hrs 55 Mins
| class = [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC First Class]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 2 Tier]], [[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC 3 Tier]]
| catering = On-board catering, E-catering
| stock = [[LHB coach]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|lk=on}}
| trainnumber = 20839/20840, 20407/20408, 12453/12454
| speed = Average Speed (including halts) 
20839/20840 (76 km/h), 20407/20408 (74 km/h), 12453/12454 (69 km/h)
| map_name =
| map = {{Ranchi Rajdhani Express Route (Via Chopan)}}
{{Ranchi Rajdhani Express Route (Via Japla)}}

<big>'''''(Via Bokaro Steel City)'''''</big>

<big>'''↓ ( 20839 / 20840 ) ↓'''</big>
[[File:(New Delhi - Ranchi) Rajdhani express route map.png|250px]]
| map_state = collapsed
}}

The '''Ranchi–New Delhi Rajdhani Express''' is a premium train in the exclusive fleet of [[Rajdhani Express]] of Indian Railways.

==History==
* On 17 October 2001, [[Nitish Kumar]], former [[Ministry of Railways|Minister of Railways]], inaugurated the train service as a weekly service through {{stnlnk|Bokaro Steel City}} with [[Hatia railway station|Hatia]] as the terminating station instead of present terminating station [[Ranchi Junction railway station|Ranchi]].<ref>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/2001-02.pdf Rail Budget 2001-02], Retrieved 26 May 2019</ref> Later, in 2004 the frequency was increased to bi-weekly.<ref>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/2003-04.pdf Rail Budget 2003-04], Retrieved 26 May 2019</ref>
* On 11 June 2006, [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], former [[Ministry of Railways|Minister of Railways]], inaugurated the train service as a bi-weekly service through the [[Prayagraj Junction railway station|Prayagraj]] - [[Mughalsarai Junction railway station|Mughalsarai]] - [[Daltonganj railway station|Daltonganj]] - [[Barkakana Junction railway station|Barkakana]] - [[Muri Junction railway station|Muri]] route. Later in 2021, after gauge conversion of [[Ranchi Junction railway station|Ranchi]] - [[Lohardaga railway station|Lohardaga]] rail line and construction of [[Lohardaga railway station|Lohardaga]] - [[Tori Junction railway station|Tori]] rail line the route was changed to [[Prayagraj Junction railway station|Prayagraj]] - [[Mughalsarai Junction railway station|Mughalsarai]] - [[Daltonganj railway station|Daltonganj]] - [[Lohardaga railway station|Lohardaga]] - [[Tori Junction railway station|Tori]] - [[Ranchi Junction railway station|Ranchi]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-11-10 |title=Ranchi Rajdhani to run via Lohardaga route every Thursday |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/ranchi-rajdhani-to-run-via-lohardaga-route-every-thursday/articleshow/87613895.cms |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ranchi Rajdhani to run on Lohardaga route on Thursdays |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/ranchi-rajdhani-to-run-on-lohardaga-route-on-thursdays/cid/1838116 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref> Further, the route for the train service on one of the two days of a week was changed to [[Prayagraj Junction railway station|Prayagraj]] - [[Chunar Junction railway station|Chunar]] - [[Chopan railway station|Chopan]] - [[Daltonganj railway station|Daltonganj]] - [[Lohardaga railway station|Lohardaga]] - [[Tori Junction railway station|Tori]] - [[Ranchi Junction railway station|Ranchi]].

== Coach composition ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |Train Number
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |1
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |2
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |3
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |4
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |5
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |6
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |7
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |8
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |9
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |10
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |11
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |12
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |13
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |14
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |15
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |16
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |17
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |18
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |19
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |20
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |21
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |22
|-
|20839
|LOCO
|EOG
|B11
|B10
|B9
|B8
|B7
|B6
|B5
|B4
|B3
|B2
|B1
|PC
|A6
|A5
|A4
|A3
|A2
|A1
|H1
|EOG
|-
|20840
|LOCO
|EOG
|H1
|A1
|A2
|A3
|A4
|A5
|A6
|PC
|B1
|B2
|B3
|B4
|B5
|B6
|B7
|B8
|B9
|B10
|B11
|EOG
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |Train Number
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |1
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |2
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |3
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |4
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |5
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |6
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |7
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |8
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |9
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |10
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |11
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |12
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |13
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |14
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |15
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |16
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |17
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |18
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |19
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |20
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |21
|-
|20407
|LOCO
|EOG
|B11
|B10
|B9
|B8
|B7
|B6
|B5
|B4
|B3
|B2
|B1
|PC
|A5
|A4
|A3
|A2
|A1
|H1
|EOG
|-
|20408
|LOCO
|EOG
|H1
|A1
|A2
|A3
|A4
|A5
|PC
|B1
|B2
|B3
|B4
|B5
|B6
|B7
|B8
|B9
|B10
|B11
|EOG
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |Train Number
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |1
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |2
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |3
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |4
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |5
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |6
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |7
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |8
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |9
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |10
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |11
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |12
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |13
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |14
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |15
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |16
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |17
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |18
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |19
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |20
! rowspan="1" scope="col" style="background:FireBrick;" |21
|-
|12453
|LOCO
|EOG
|B11
|B10
|B9
|B8
|B7
|B6
|B5
|B4
|B3
|B2
|B1
|PC
|A5
|A4
|A3
|A2
|A1
|H1
|EOG
|-
|12454
|LOCO
|EOG
|H1
|A1
|A2
|A3
|A4
|A5
|PC
|B1
|B2
|B3
|B4
|B5
|B6
|B7
|B8
|B9
|B10
|B11
|EOG
|}

== Traction ==
The three sets of Ranchi Rajdhani Express is hauled by a [[WAP-7]] (HOG)-equipped locomotive of [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad|Ghaziabad electric loco shed]] in both directions.Route& Halts

== Time table ==
{| class="wikitable" width="65%" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="5" |Route 1 - via [[Chopan railway station|Chopan]]
! rowspan="11" |
! colspan="5" |Route 2 - via Japla
! rowspan="11" |
! colspan="5" |Route 3 - via [[Bokaro Steel City railway station|Bokaro Steel City]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Train No. 12453
! rowspan="2" |Stations
! colspan="2" |Train No. 12454
! colspan="2" |Train No. 20407
! rowspan="2" |Stations
! colspan="2" |Train No. 20408
! colspan="2" |Train No. 20839
! rowspan="2" |Stations
! colspan="2" |Train No. 20840
|-
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
!'''Arrival'''
!'''Departure'''
|-
|'''---'''
|'''17:15'''
|[[Ranchi Junction railway station|Ranchi]]
|'''09:45'''
|'''---'''
|'''---'''
|'''18:25'''
|[[Ranchi Junction railway station|Ranchi]]
|'''08:10'''
|'''---'''
|'''---'''
|'''18:10'''
|[[Ranchi Junction railway station|Ranchi]]
|'''09:05'''
|'''---'''
|-
|20:39
|20:41
|[[Daltonganj railway station|Daltonganj]]
|05:40
|05:42
|21:39
|21:41
|[[Daltonganj railway station|Daltonganj]]
|04:41
|04:43
|20:05
|20:10
|[[Bokaro Steel City railway station|Bokaro Steel City]]
|06:30
|06:35
|-
|21:20
|21:25
|[[Garwa Road Junction railway station|Garhwa Road]]
|05:00
|05:05
|22:50
|22:55
|[[Garwa Road Junction railway station|Garhwa Road]]
|04:10
|04:15
|22:01
|22:03
|[[Koderma Junction railway station|Koderma]]
|04:40
|04:42
|-
|22:36
|22:38
|[[Renukoot railway station|Renukut]]
|03:20
|03:22
| rowspan="2" |01:35
| rowspan="2" |01:45
| rowspan="2" |[[Mughalsarai Junction railway station|Mughalsarai]]
| rowspan="2" |01:12
| rowspan="2" |01:22
|23:20
|23:23
|[[Gaya Junction railway station|Gaya]]
|03:30
|03:33
|-
|00:05
|00:10
|[[Chopan railway station|Chopan]]
|02:45
|02:50
|00:16
|00:18
|[[Dehri-on-Sone railway station|Dehri-on-Sone]]
|02:28
|02:30
|-
|03:35
|03:37
|[[Prayagraj Junction railway station|Prayagraj]]
|22:58
|23:00
|03:35
|03:37
|[[Prayagraj Junction railway station|Prayagraj]]
|22:58
|23:00
|01:35
|01:45
|[[Mughalsarai Junction railway station|Mughalsarai]]
|01:12
|01:22
|-
|05:40
|05:45
|[[Kanpur Central railway station|Kanpur Central]]
|20:52
|20:57
|05:40
|05:45
|[[Kanpur Central railway station|Kanpur Central]]
|20:52
|20:57
|05:40
|05:45
|[[Kanpur Central railway station|Kanpur Central]]
|20:52
|20:57
|-
|'''11:10'''
|'''---'''
|[[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]]
|'''---'''
|'''16:10'''
|'''11:10'''
|'''---'''
|[[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]]
|'''---'''
|'''16:10'''
|'''11:10'''
|'''---'''
|[[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]]
|'''---'''
|'''16:10'''
|}

== Incidents ==
On 7 Sep 2017, the engine and power car of train derailed near New Delhi, but no casualties were reported.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-09-07 |title=Ranchi Rajdhani Express derails in Delhi |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/ranchi-rajdhani-express-derails-in-delhi/articleshow/60404910.cms |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajdhani Express}}
{{Railways in Eastern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express (via Bokaro Steel City)}}
[[Category:Transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Rajdhani Express trains]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Transport in Ranchi]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Bihar]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 2001]]

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