Fastest Duronto Express in India.

The 2nd fastest Indian train 2259 Sealdah New Delhi Duronto Express excelling like rajdhani express & shatabdi express.

The Duronto Express trains are projected to be the fastest trains in India which run from source to the destination non-stop with only some major technical and crew halts in the journey.

These trains were introduced by Mamta Banerjee in the Rail Budget 2009-10 and connect the metros and state capitals of India.As per the announcement made on 3rd July, 2009, 12 weekly, bi-weekly and tri-weekly Duronto services were to ply, in the recent rail budget of 24th February, 2010, ten more Duronto were announced which are estimated to start plying in a year.

Improved passenger services in Duronto trains

The facilities available in Duronto trains are better than any other train service of Indian Railways. There are five different classes of accommodation- First AC, Two-tier AC, Three-tier AC, Economy Three-tier AC and Non-AC Sleeper Class (available in Mumbai-Nagpur and Howrah-Yeshwantapur Duronto).

The Duronto coaches are painted with splashes of colors and are 24 meters long as compared to the regular coach length of 22.3 meters.

The new Duronto express coaches are made of stainless steel coaches having several superior features, including control discharge toilet system, improved and superior thermal and sound insulation and centre buffer coupler to run longer trains. These coaches are fitted with air springs in lieu of coil springs, which provide better riding quality even at higher speeds.

The passenger services include a pantry car providing meals the costs of which are included in the tickets. The pantry car has also been redesigned
Reduces fares in Duronto Express

The fares of the Duronto trains are less than other Expresses running on the same routes. The AC three-tier economy class coaches include Side Middle Berths (SM) increasing the capacity of passengers to 81 per coach reducing the waiting lists on busy routes.
Doctors on Board

Apart from this Doctors on board long distance trains are all set to be on Duronto Expresses and provide medical services free of cost, provisions to move a patient to patient-care sick bay on the trains have also been introduced. The safety of the passengers has further been ensured by providing auto-closing, sliding as well as end wall vestibule doors in these trains.
Timings to suite service class passengers

The timings of all the trains have been set keeping in mind the Service Class people who can opt for these trains to take Weekend leaves reaching in time for their offices on Mondays.

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• duronto
• express
• rajdhani
• shatabdi

[cupidvogel]

This video doesn't show Duronto running at its maximum speed...

[cheersabhishek]

@cupidvogel a re yaar follow the language........i hv said this is the fastest Duronto infact it is the fastest long distance train in India..........i hvnt said dat this is running at its max speed........hope u got it

[mrjaihind]

Duronto exp cant match rajdhani for speed...... Rajdhani average speed is over 90

km/hr.......

[cheersabhishek]

@mrjaihind check it on official Railway website boss........its not my view rather its official

[stellarartwars07]

Indian trains seem to be about twice as long as UK ones!

[cheersabhishek]

@stellarartwars07 yeah bcoz of d large population......perhaps

[zapperrapper1]

@cheersabhishek at whch station have u captured this video

[cupidvogel]

@cheersabhishek Okay okay, got it.

[cheersabhishek]

@Ruchir5 thnx a lot.........

[Ruchir5]

Great capture....