Today's Cancelled Trains
A new Rajdhani, the first to ply along the Konkan Railway route
Now, board a Rajdhani from Goa, Vasai or Panvel
MUMBAI: Now you can board a Rajdhani for Goa (Madgaon), or alternately, board the train to Delhi from Vasai or Panvel. A new Rajdhani, the first to ply along the Konkan Railway route, will be inaugurated on Sunday and will run twice a week.
While a Rajdhani from Goa has been long awaited, Mumbaikars will doubly benefit—they get an additional train to Goa and can take a Rajdhani to Delhi from Vasai Road station on the Western line and Panvel station on the Harbour line. The inaugural run of the train will be flagged off by railway minister Suresh Prabhu in Madgaon at 3pm on Sunday. Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar will also be present during the launch, officials stated. Said a senior KR official: "Commuters have long been asking for a Rajdhani connecting Goa. The Union minister will launch the service on Sunday and it will be a Divali gift to commuters."
According to the timetable, the train (number 22413) will leave Madgaon on Sundays and Mondays at 10.05 am and will reach Hazrat Nizamuddin station (New Delhi) at 12.40pm the next day. In the return direction, the train (number 22414) will depart from Hazrat Nizamuddin station on Fridays and Saturdays at 10.55am and reach Madgaon at 12.50pm the next day. The Madgaon-Delhi train will have halts at Thivim, Kudal, Ratnagiri, Panvel, Vasai Road, Surat, Vadodara and Kota.
Said an official, "Even those headed for Ratnagiri can board this train from Mumbai. Also, for a Mumbaikar, this could be yet another Rajdhani for Delhi—boarding point being Vasai Road and Panvel stations."
At present, the Mumbai Rajdhani, which leaves Mumbai Central at 5pm, is the fastest train on the Mumbai-Delhi sector and reaches New Delhi at 8.35am the next day. The Rajdhani generally has AC first class coach, AC two-tier coaches and AC three-tier coaches, two pantry cars, two luggage-cum-generator coaches.
Source:Times Of India
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