Presenting SER's first operational Rajdhani. With the technical halts of the NDLS bound Durontos being converted to commercial halts, a faster higher priority train like a Rajdhani is much needed!
Now of all the terminals in Kolkata, Shalimar is the least congested. However it is diffcult to access and also lacks LHB maintainance abilities. Santraganchi Junction another nearby terminal is compartively well connected. That it has a E-loco shed and LHB maintainance, made it's casepoint even stronger. The train starts at Santraganchi and joins the HWH-NDLS line in Dankuni via the CCLW link. This train gives a Rajdhani link to Bardhamaan which until now had a weekly Rajdhani link. This train was made to give more priority and more ticketing to...
more... smaller stations en-route like Parasnath, Koderma.....that is the reason Dhanbad and Mughalsarai have been made Techical Halts for crew change and catering purposes, while Gaya has been skipped!
The last Rajdhani that I made had a controversial run of sorts to say the least, hope this one doesn't repeat it's predecessor's feat....
Kindly review and flag.....do mention a reason incase you red-flag!
Thanks.....