Travelled on the SC Rajdhani this Sunday on 2AC. Train was led by offlink TKD WAP 7 30397. Train was half empty as usual. The pantry staff was amazing, constantly offering extra food if needed. The rake was however quite dirty.
Train arrived in SC at 13:35. Clearly this Rajdhani can be speeded up between KZJ and SC. Was crawling in this stretch for the most bit and could have reached SC at 13:00 itself if travelling at MPS.
Additionally I think the timings of this train can be changed to basically the...
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reverse of the SBC Rajdhani between SC-NZM. 12437 can leave SC around 21:00 and reach NZM next day at 18:30 while 12438 can leave NZM at 8:30 and reach SC next day at 06:00. There is a lack of trains between Hyderabad and Delhi at this time slot. This will also provide good overnight options to Nagpur, Bhopal and Jhansi from Hyderabad.

Travelled by this train. Just a few observations. My coach was B3. The composition was the same as was in the website already.
Departed SC at 5:50 am Pf 1. Surprisingly it was still announced as Shalimar AC Special. The train reached WL at 7:57 and left at 7:59 Pf 1.
Reached BZA at 11:20 and departed at 12:00 Pf 4.
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at 14:13 and left at 14:16 Pf 3.
SLO 15:03-15:06 Pf 1.
Reached VSKP at 17:37 and left at 18:!2 Pf 8. The train was detained near DVD for close to 30 minutes.
Reached VZM at 19:10 and left at 19:13 Pf 4.
Reached CHE at 20:05 and left at 20:07 Pf 2.
Next day we reached SHM at 9:35 Pf 2.
Loco Links. Got LGD WAG 9 on SC-BZA-VSKP run and then got BSL WAG 5A on the VSKP-SHM run. The acceleration of the WAG 9 was quite extraordinary.
In terms of cleanliness, the coaches were cleaned quite frequently. The toilets were also clean. The bedding provided was also clean and good.
The only issue that I found was that the train can be speeded up by atleast 1 and a half to 2 hours. The LHB coaches can easily do the journey in 25:30 hours or so.
There was no catering onboard. People were rushing in the platforms in BZA and VSKP for food.
Overall journey was quite good and the train is very comfortable.