Bilaspur Rajdhani experimentally extended to Howrah (for 3 months) with stoppages in Brajrajnagar and Rourkela
Jharsugurha- Brajarajnagar- Belpahar, Railway Budget 2009, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Sambaplur- Burla- Bargarh- Chipilima February 26th. 2009, 11:07amFollowing is an excerpt from a report in Indopia:
Passengers to Kolkata would now have as many as three Rajdhanis to choose from, with the Railways deciding to extend Bilaspur Rajdhani up to Howrah with immediate effect.
At present, Howrah and Sealdah Rajdhanis connect Delhi to Kolkata.
However, the extension will be on an experimental basis for four months a release issued by Northern Railway said.
The extension would also benefit the people of the steel city of Rourkela, located between Bilaspur and Howrah, as they had been for long demanding a Rajdhani linking to the national capital.
The proposed revised timings are:
2441 (From HWH Friday and Saturday w.e.f 27.02)
HWH: 21 25
TATA: 01 00
ROU: 03 15
Brajrajnagar: 05 02
Raigarh: 05 52
Champa: 07 05
BSP: 08 40
NDLS: 06 05
2442 (From New Delhi Wednesday and Thursday w.e.f 25.02)
NDLS: 20 40
BSP: 17 20
Champa: 18 12
Raigarh: 19 19
Brajrajnagar: 20 17
ROU: 22 20
TATA: 00 50
HWH: 04 30
Composition: AC1: 1, AC2: 3, AC3: 4, PC: 1.
Note that Brajrajnagar is 12 kms from Jharsuguda Jn and 60 km from Sambalpur.
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March 2nd, 2009 at 4:10 am
Dats cool..its been long pending dream dat was at last fulfilled..n please make this train a permanent one wid cahnge in timings..m sure people of rourkela will luv 2 hav a rajdhani exp…
March 30th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Really cool but it would be grate if it will stop in Jharsuguda.
Thanks,
Pankaj Sarkar
March 31st, 2009 at 9:31 am
already culcutta got 2 rajdhnais, why again for them.. its for chhattisgarh people and it should start from bilaspur or raipur..
May 1st, 2009 at 4:24 am
Dude it was a long time demand from the people of rourkela..and since its extension its running beyond its capacity with more waiting lists..dont you think you guys from bilaspur were doing loss to the railways during this slowdown..Cheer up dude..its d bst move taken by the railways til date..i wud request the minister to extend the bilaspur hyd express or the banglore one to rourkela..evn the trivendrum express must be extended in near future..
July 10th, 2009 at 5:01 am
What is the use of this rajdhani?? I have to commute regularly to Bhopal from Howrah.. previously had little option except tarvelling by Shipra Express or worst possible Howrah Bhopal Exp. But when we got this Rajdhani it was a boon for passengers like us. However Howrah Bilaspur Newdelhi Rajdhani’s reservation is often susoended. Even during vacation of durgapuja 2009, the reservation procedure is suspended for this train. In such rush time if one entire train is taken out of the system.. the reservation condition of existing Shipra Exp n Bhopal Exp turns worse. It was a long cherished dream that shaped into reality when Bilaspur NEwdelhi Rajdhani was extended till Howrah. So, i hereby request the concerned authority to look into the matter and commence proper reservation of this train.
October 5th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Guys..the Bilaspur rajdhani has been cancelled from Nov first week onwards towards Rourkela due to some nasty politics at bilaspur.Now what problem do the people of Bilaspur have..god knows.They cant take this if the rajdhani is extended till Howarh…even if the tiny town of Bilaspur has less or no potential to run rajdhani to its full capacity..got to know that Rourkela chamber of commerce is faighting hard to make the rajdhani express a permamnent train…I wish it happens as Rourkela really deserves a rajdhani train
July 26th, 2010 at 5:29 am
The Rajdhani express has rightly been canclled beyond Bilaspur.
This Rajdhani was started for the people of Chhattisgarh and it is mainly used by Raipur people. Raipur is atleast 10 times bigger commerial centre if compared with tiny towns like Rourkela
and Raiways cant ignore that fact that Raipur people were not getting reservations once this train was extended till Howrah.