Chennai Rajdhani Express

Chennai Rajdhani Express
	File:Chennai rajdhani exp.jpg Chennai Rajdhani Express trainboard
Overview
Service type	Rajdhani Express
Locale	Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi
First service	1993; 32 years ago
Current operator(s)	Northern Railways
Route
Start	MGR Chennai Central (MAS)
Stops	8
End	Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM)
Distance travelled	2,175 km (1,351 mi)
Average journey time	28 hours 15 minutes
Service frequency	Bi - Weekly
Train number(s)	12433 / 12434
On-board services
Class(es)	AC First Class(1A), AC Two Tier(2A), AC Three Tier(3A)
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Observation facilities	Large windows
Entertainment facilities	Yes(1A)
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB Coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	79 km/h (49 mph) average with halts
Rake sharing	Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express; Secunderabad Rajdhani Express; Madgaon Rajdhani Express;
Route map
Route map

The 12433 / 12434 Hazrat Nizamuddin - Chennai Central Rajdhani Express is an important train connecting Chennai to New Delhi. It was first introduced in 1993 and runs twice a week from Delhi and twice from Chennai. The Chennai Rajdhani is a fast alternative to the classic Grand Trunk Express and the modern superfast Tamil Nadu Express. The Chennai Rajdhani Express covers a distance of 2176 kilometers in 28 hours 10 minutes as compared to 33 hours and 5 min covered by Tamil Nadu Express and 35 hours and 15 minutes taken by Grand Trunk Express.^[1] It gets WAP7 from SCR's Lallaguda electric shed. It shares the record of being the second fastest train between Chennai Central and Hazrat Nizamuddin covering the distance of 2175 km in 28 hours and 10 minutes as Chennai Duronto covering the 2174 km journey in 27 hours and 55 minutes but in return it does not happens.

Train

The train get highest priority on the Indian railway network and is fully air-conditioned. Passengers are provided with complimentary meals during the journey. Depending on the timings of the train, lunch, high tea, dinner, morning tea, and breakfast are served. The trains offer three classes of accommodation; First Class AC with 2 or 4 berth lockable bedrooms, AC 2-tier with open system berths (bays of 4 berths + 2 berths on the side) but provided with curtains for privacy, AC 3-tier (bays of 6 berths + 2 berths on the side) without curtains.

Passengers travelling on the First AC class in this train are treated with luxury. They get their own private cabin, music stereos, scent emitters and a 4 course dinner.

The Chennai Rajdhani Express runs at an average speed of 77.24 km/h,^[2]^[3] and touches a top speed of 130 km/h in the Delhi-Jhansi section of the route. This train now runs with the new LHB rakes, which were introduced in 2012.

Traction

It is hauled by a Vijaywada based WAP 4 locomotive end to end.

Route & Halts

Coach composition

This train has 9 AC Three tier,5 AC Two Tier,1 AC First Class,1 pantry car & 2 luggage cum generator coaches taking the total to 18 LHB coaches. It shares its rake with Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express and Secunderabad Rajdhani Express and Madgaon Rajdhani Express

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	EOG	H1	A5	A4	A3	A2	A1	PC	B9	B8	B7	B6	B5	B4	B3	B2	B1	EOG

Timetable

The 12433 Rajdhani Express leaves Chennai Central in the morning of Friday and Sunday at 06:10 and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station at 10:25 in the morning of the next day.^[2] On the return journey, the 12434 Chennai Rajdhani leaves Hazrat Nizamuddin at 15:55 PM on Wednesday and Friday and reaches Chennai Central at 20:45 in the evening of the next day.^[3]