BENGALURU (KARNATAKA) TO HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN (DELHI) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 22691 KSR BENGALURU - HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN RAJDHANI EXPRESS : FIRST CLASS AC RAJDHANI EXPRESS : RAJDHANI EXPRESS FIST CLASS AC INTERIORS : RAJDHANI EXPRESS FIRST CLASS AC FOOD (BREAKFAST , SOUP , LUNCH , ICECREAM , SNACKS , DINNER) : LGD WAP-7 LOCOMOTIVE : INDIAN RAILWAYS
22691/K.S.R. Bengaluru - Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express
Other Names: Bangalore Rajdhani
क्रा.सं.रा बेंगलुरु - हज़रत निज़ामुद्दीन राजधानी एक्सप्रेस
SBC/KSR Bengaluru City Junction (Bangalore) -- NZM/Hazrat Nizamuddin
The 22691 / 22692 KSR Bengaluru-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express. This train connects Bangalore and Delhi. It was the fastest service on the Bangalore & Delhi sector before Yeshvantapur Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express running via Secunderabad-Nagpur-Bhopal-Agra route.
Originally introduced in 1992, this was a weekly train, then converted to bi-weekly, tri-weekly and then four times a week. Before the Konkan Railway came up in 1998, there were only 2 South bound Rajdhani from Delhi. Bangalore Rajdhani Express was a weekly train back then having rake sharing agreement with Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express & it used to run via Chennai Central. In end of March 2010, service 12493/12494, which later became 22693/22694 was added to make it a daily service. This was the first Rajdhani where overnight service standard was changed - the distance being greater than what can be covered overnight at Indian Railway's speeds. It covers a distance of 2,367 km (1,471 mi) kilometres in KSR Bangalore City to Hazrat Nizamuddin direction and it takes 33 hours 30 mins when operating as train number 22691 at an average speed of 71 km/h (44 mi/h) while its return journey as train number 22692 takes 33 hrs 30 mins to cover 2,367 km (1,471 mi) at an average speed of 71 km/h (44 mi/h) thus making it the second fastest train on the Bangalore - Delhi sector running via Secunderabad-Nagpur-Bhopal-Agra route. Currently 22693/94 is being planned to be revived again in Yesvantpur Junction-Hazrat Nizamuddin route, which will either run via Hubli or Hubballi-Pune-Vadodara-Kota route or run via Raichur-Solapur-Bhusaval-Bhopal-Agra route.
Bangalore Rajdhani Express is the 2nd fastest train on the Bangalore (earlier known as Bangalore)-Delhi sector after Yeshvantapur-Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 22691 from Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bangalore) to Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, and as train number 22692 in the reverse direction. It has been converted into a daily service from 1 July 2017.
The Bangalore Rajdhani generally has a 1 AC 1st Class, 5 AC 2 tier, 11 AC 3 tier, 1 Pantry car, 1 High Capacity Parcel Van and 2 End on Generator coaches taking the total up to 22 coaches.
As the electrification between Guntakal and Bangalore completed on 30th June 2017, it is now regularly hauled by a Lallaguda based WAP-7 (HOG) equipped locomotive from end to end.
Routes & Halts
KSR Bangalore City
Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam
Dharmavaram
Guntakal Junction
Raichur
Sedam
Secunderabad
Kazipet
Balharshah
Nagpur Junction
Itarsi Junction
Bhopal Junction
Jhansi Junction
Gwalior
Agra Cantonment
Hazrat Nizamuddin
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru Station), commonly known as KSR Bengaluru Station, Bengaluru City Railway Station or Bangalore City Railway Station ( Majestic Railway station ) (station code: SBC) is the main railway station serving the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is the busiest railway station in South Western Railway zone of Indian Railways, and is the only station classified under NSG1 category in the zone.
It is located across the Kempegowda Bus Station.
The important trains originating and passing from Bangalore city station are KSR Bengaluru Mail, Kacheguda-Mysuru Express, Karnataka Express, Bangalore Miraj Rani Chennamma Express, Island Express, Chennai Shatabdi Express, Rajdhani Express, Lal Bagh Express, Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express, Brindavan Express and Wodeyar Express, Humsafar Express, Duronto Express.
Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station (station code: NZM) is a railway station in South Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is one of the five main stations in Delhi and handles nearly 250 trains daily The station was named after the Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin. Hazrat Nizamuddin station was upgraded to help relieve congestion at New Delhi railway station.
Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station connects all the major cities and was developed to ease congestion on New Delhi which is located approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north. It originates and terminates Rajdhani Express trains going towards Bengaluru, Chennai, Secunderabad, Madgaon, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram.