[IRI] Chennai Rajdhani with Very Clean LGD WAP7 accelerating towards AGRA

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Channel: Mohd Arif · 2015 · Travel & Events

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12434 Delhi  Hazrat Nizamuddin - Chennai Central Rajdhani Express  ( ஹஸ்ரத் நிஜாமுதீன்-சென்னை சென்டிரல் ராஜ்தானி     / हजरत निजामुद्दीन-चेन्नई सेंट्रल राजधानी एक्सप्रेस )  with milky white  Lallaguda shed WAP7 #30318 Crossing my 54003 Kosi Kalan - H Nizamuddin Passenger near Okhla Railway  Station  at very  great speed

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   The Chennai Rajdhani Express (12433/34) 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 covers a distance of 2176 kilometers in 28 hours 20 minutes as compared to 33 hours covered by Tamil Nadu Express and 35 hours taken by Grand Trunk Express. It gets WAP7/WAP4 from SCR's LALLAGUDA electric shed. It shares the record of being the fastest train between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Chennai Central with the Chennai Duronto covering the 2174 km journey in 28 hours and 20 
minutes.
         The train has a high priority at signals, 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, Second Class AC 2-tier with open system berths (bays of 4 berths + 2 berths on the side) but provided with curtains for privacy, Second Class AC 3-tier (bays of 6 berths + 2 berths on the side) with no privacy 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 77.23 km/h, and touches a top speed of 130 km/h in the Delhi-Bhopal section of the route.[citation needed] This train is now running with the new LHB rakes since 2012
  
   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.
   
          The 12433 Rajdhani Express leaves Chennai Central in the morning of Sunday/Friday at 06:10 and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin at 10:20 in the morning of the next day. While on the return journey, the 12434 Rajdhani Express leaves Hazrat Nizamuddin at 15:55 on Wednesday/Friday and reaches Chennai Central at 20:15 in the evening of the next day

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