Train Number : 12423 / 12424
20503 / 20504
20505 / 20506
Train Name : Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express
(Old - Guwahati Rajdhani Express )
From - New Delhi
To - Dibrugarh
About Train 🚆
Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express is one of the premier train in the exclusive fleet of Rajdhani Expresses of Indian Railways. Currently there are three set of Rajdhani Express which connects New Delhi (Capital of India) with Guwahati and further with Dibrugarh.
The three sets of Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express runs on three different routes:
1st set of Train Number 12423/24 runs through Barauni with total distance of 2435 km with an average speed of 65 km/hr.
Dibrugarh, New Tinsukia, Dimapur, Lumding ,New Guwahati, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni, Mughlasarai, Allahabad, Kanpur, New Delhi.
2nd set of Train Number 20503/04 runs through Muzaffarpur with total distance of 2452 km with an average speed of 58 km/hr.
Dibrugarh, Mariani, Dimapur, Lumding , Guwahati, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Chhapra, Varanasi, Lucknow Charbagh, Moradabad, New Delhi.
3rd set of Train Number 20505/06 runs through Chhapra with total distance of 2458 km with an average speed of 58 km/hr.
Dibrugarh, New Tinsukia, Dimapur, Lumding , Guwahati, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni, Hajipur, Chhapra, Ballia, Varanasi, Lucknow Charbagh, Moradabad, New Delhi.
The First set of Rajdhani Express was Inaugurated on 26 October 1996 as Guwahati Rajdhani Express which runs through Barauni, was Flagged off by Ram Vilas Paswan (Former Minister of Railways) which runs as a Weekly service. Later that the Frequency was Increased to Tri-weekly in 1997.
Later on, 11 January 1999 the Second set of Guwahati Rajdhani Express was Inaugurated which runs through Chhapra, was Flagged off by Nitish Kumar (Former Minister of Railways) which runs as a bi-weekly service.
After that on, 24 March 2010 the Third set of Guwahati Rajdhani Express was Inaugurated which runs through Muzaffarpur, was Flagged off by Mamata Banerjee (Former Minister of Railways) which runs as a weekly service.
Later due to public demand in 2012, The three sets of Rajdhani was extended up to Dibrugarh and runs as Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express and also the Frequency of First Set increased to daily service.
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