Indian Railways– Good news for passengers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first Rajdhani Express train from Mizoram to Delhi on Saturday, September 13. This train will connect Sairang Station (Aizawl) to Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi. Its regular weekly service will start from September 19. This information has been shared by the Northeast Frontier Railway.
According to the news, this Rajdhani Express will be the first direct rail service between Mizoram and the country’s capital. The train will cover a distance of 2,510 km in 43 hours 25 minutes, with an average speed of 57.81 km / h.
When will the train leave?
On the inaugural day on September 13, the train schedule will be different from the regular service. The 20-coach train will leave Sairang station at 10 am and reach Anand Vihar station at 7:30 am on Monday. As per the regular schedule, this Rajdhani Express under train number 20597 will leave Sairang on September 19 at 4:30 pm and reach Delhi on September 21 at 10:50 am. On the return journey, as train number 20598, it will leave Anand Vihar on September 21 at 7:50 pm and reach Sairang on September 23 (Tuesday) at 3:15 pm.
The train will stop at these major stations
Rajdhani Express will stop at 21 stations (except Sairang and Anand Vihar). Between origin and destination station, Rajdhani Express train will also stop at major stations like Guwahati, New Cooch Behar, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Bhagalpur, Patna, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction and Kanpur.
According to railway officials, the new line between Bairabi and Sairang has not been electrified yet, so diesel engines will be used in this section. The journey from Guwahati to Delhi will be covered by electric engines. Let us tell you, apart from the Rajdhani Express, Prime Minister Modi will also flag off two more trains. These trains are Sairang-Guwahati Daily Express and Sairang-Kolkata Tri-weekly Train.
According to PTI, railway officials said that Bairabi, a border town of Mizoram, earlier had a meter gauge line, which was converted to broad gauge in 2016. Now this line has been extended to Sairang. These trains are also starting with the inauguration of this line. The Bairabi-Sairang rail project, proposed in September 1999, is now going to connect Mizoram’s capital Aizawl to India’s railway network. This project has been completed by overcoming challenges like difficult geographical conditions, limited working period and frequent landslides.