Night train route
Howrah Rajdhani
New Delhi → Kolkata · India
Howrah Rajdhani in pictures
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- Distance
- 1,447 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 17 h
- Average speed
- 85 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- Indian Railways ↗
- Train
- LHB Rajdhani rake
- Countries
- India
- In service since
- 1969
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
India’s first Rajdhani (1969): the all-air-conditioned overnight flagship racing the Grand Chord from the capital to Kolkata, dinner and bedrolls at your berth.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11160959 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Indian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Howrah Rajdhani?
The Howrah Rajdhani runs 1,447 km from New Delhi to Kolkata.
How long does the Howrah Rajdhani take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 17 h for the 1,447 km. That is an average of 85 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Howrah Rajdhani?
Indian Railways, with LHB Rajdhani rake.
How old is the Howrah Rajdhani?
The line has been in service since 1969. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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