ZERO RAJDHANI

Oct. 18, 2020

Bogibeel, India’s longest rail-and-road bridge throughout the Brahmaputra, had in December 2018 introduced the 2 banks of Assam nearer by greater than seven hours. A ‘zero Rajdhani’ train via this 4.94 km bridge has now brought the people of the 2 banks closer to New Delhi by more than 100 km.

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The 02505/02506 between New Delhi and Dibrugarh on October 12 is technically not a Rajdhani, a superfast train whose number starts with 2 while those of mail express trains start with 1. The zero makes it a special train, the likes of which are operated temporarily.
Railway officials said the special ‘Rajdhani’ could be the first of its kind, deviating from the definition of such trains – connecting the national capital with the capitals or nearest largest city of the States.
The train bypasses Guwahati, Assam’s principal city and the original terminal for the Rajdhani, by some 50 km.

Source : The Hindu