The 20501 / 20502 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Rajdhani Express is a semi-high-speed Fully AC Train belonging to the Northeast Frontier Railway zone, and runs between Agartala and Anand Vihar Terminal in New Delhi, India. It is currently being operated as train numbers 20501/20502 on a weekly basis.
It became the 1st Rajdhani express to be rolled out with Tejas Express livery Sleeper LHB coach operated from 15 February 2021.
Speed and service details
The 20501 Agartala–Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Rajdhani Express has an average speed of 61 km/h and covers 2427 km in 40 hrs 5 mins.
The 20502 Anand Vihar Terminal–Agartala Tejas Rajdhani Express has an average speed of 58 km/h and covers 2427 km in 41 hrs 30 mins.
Route and halts
TRIPURA
(Starts)
ASSAM
New Karimganj Junction
WEST BENGAL
BIHAR
UTTAR PRADESH
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction
DELHI
(Ends)
Coach composition
The train has standard Tejas Express livery LHB coach of 18 coaches, capable of achieving a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The coach configuration is:
1 First AC classes
3 AC II Tiers
11 AC III Tiers
1 Pantry car
2 End-on Generator Car
1 Luggage Van
Locomotive
A Siliguri/SGUJ or a New Guwahati/NGC- based WDP-4/WDP-4B/WDP-4D locomotive hauls the train from to , and from to , the train is hauled by WAP-7 Locomotive of Ghaziabad/GZB or Tuglakabad/TKD- based and vice versa.
Running
Train No. 20501 Agartala to Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Rajdhani Express runs on Monday from Agartala and reaches Anand Vihar Terminal on Wednesday. Train No. 20502 Anand Vihar Terminal to Agartala Tejas Rajdhani Express runs on Wednesday from Anand Vihar Terminal and reaches Agartala on Friday.