Bangalore New Delhi Rajdhani Express

The reason for this blog is the limited or outdated information available about travel by Rajdhani.

This was my first trip on a Rajdhani, Bangalore to Nizamuddin Rajdhani(22691) to be precise. We boarded the train from Secunderabad.

Normally, the train arrives/departs from Platform # 10 of the Secunderabad station. However to be more certain you can check it out by dialing 139.

Complimentary food is served on-board this Rajdhani and I suppose on all the other Rajdhani and Shatabdi's. There are a lot of bad reviews about the food quality on the net but I feel things have changed for the better since then. This journey was in Oct-2014.

Only branded items are now served on-board the train and the food quality and the overall. catering service was good.

They start serving the breakfast right after the Train departs from Secunderabad.

Bangalore to Secunderabad

Did the Bangalore to Secunderabad leg of the journey as well. The train departs from SBC Bangalore (also known as KSR Bangalore). There are 4 stations in Bangalore so check it out in case you are new to Bangalore.

Reaching KSR:  The station is connected by the purple metro line. So this may be a cost effective way to reach the station however, not advisable if you are having heavy luggage or with elderly as there are no lift/escalators between the metro and the railway station. No porters available either. So you need carry the heavy luggage over the foot over bridge on your own.

Food: A three course dinner is served on the train. Starting with a tomato soup with bread sticks, the main course (Veg option has chapati, rice, dal, one curry and curd) and followed by a dessert (normally an Amul ice-cream). The quality is decent however they take too long to serve the items.