Most probably the first Click of the Third Rajdhani for Mumbai.
Date:- 24/12/13.
Ready to depart from New Delhi Platform no.1
Seems Mumbai is in need for full AC trains so much? Her step-sister LTT NZM AC Exp was started recently, still this twin sister of BCT Raj is started now... then TVC Rajdhani is given Surat halt now.
The...
more... demand and priority for Rajdhani trains.. results in less priority given to other trains like Duronto and SF. While Duronto timetable was out, many railfans were disappointed as it was much slower than Rajdhani as well as GR. Reason given was no other train can be given such aggressive timings like BCT Raj as the route is jam packed and now we get to see timings were possible in the form of this train
Ofcourse, trains on WR route run ontime but with lots of slack.. if sleeper trains are also taken care of and given priority then this slack would be avoided and It would really help to solve problems of huge waiting list, unwanted situations in sleeper trains.. In short I meant there should be a Rajdhani type Sleeper train too, with travel time of 17 hours.