NORTH CENTRAL RAILWAY
(A) Passenger Carrying Trains at a Glance:
852 Mail/Express (408.56 Avg./day) & 188 Passenger (186 Avg./day) trains are scheduled to run over North Central Railway system.
90.20% Mail/Exp trains are running at 130 Kmph speed over both trunk routes DDU-GZB & BINA-PWL section.
Out of 50 Rajdhani trains running over Indian Railways, North Central Railway operates 42 Rajdhani trains (22.30 Avg./day) i.e. 84%.
Schedule average speed of Mail/Express trains is 64.59 kmph which is the highest amongst all zonal railways.
(B) Prestigious trains:
(1) 12049/12050 Nizamuddin-Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi “Gatimaan” Exp (6 days)
(2) 12001/12002 New Delhi-Rani Kamalapati “Shatabdi” Express (Daily)
(3) 22435/22436 New Delhi-Varanasi “Vande Bharat” Express (6 days)is the first Vande Bharat train introduced over Indian Railway with an average speed of 104 kmph over North Central Railway.
(4) 20171/20172 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Rani Kamlapati “Vande Bharat” Express (6 days) is the second Vande Bharat train introduced over Indian Railway with an average speed of 92.05 kmph over North Central Railway.
(5) 22415/22416 Banaras-New Delhi “Vande Bharat” Express (6 days) is introduced over Indian Railway with an average speed of 102 kmph over North Central Railway.
(6) 22425/22426 Ayodhya Cantt.-Anand ViharTerminal “Vande Bharat” Express (6 days) is introduced over Indian Railway with an average speed of 92 kmph over North Central Railway.
(7) 22469/22470 Khajuraho -Hazrat Nizamuddin “Vande Bharat” Express (6 days) is introduced over Indian Railway with an average speed of 79 kmph over North Central Railway.
(8) 12417/12418 Prayagraj – New Delhi “Prayagraj” Express (Daily) is the longest passenger carrying train running with 24 LHB coach over Indian Railway with speed of 130 kmph.
(9) 12275/12276 Prayagraj-New Delhi and 22437/22438 Prayagraj-Anand Vihar “Humsafar” Express (Daily) is the first ever train over Indian Railway to introduce sleeper coaches in Humsafar category of trains.
(10) 12403/12404 & 20403/20404 Prayagraj-Bikaner “Superfast” Express (Daily) is the first ever train over Indian Railway to introduce 3AC Economy coaches.
(11) 22221/22222 Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Nizamuddin “Rajdhani” Express (Daily) is the first Rajdhani over Indian Railway running with push-pull mode of locomotives.
(12) 20981/20982 Udaipur-Agra Cantt. “Vande Bharat” Express (Tri-weekly)
(13) 20176/20175 Agra Cantt.- Banaras “Vande Bharat” Express (6 days)
Augmentation of T.No. 20176/75 (AGC-BSBS) Vande Bharat services from 8 Cars to 16 Cars w.e.f. 29.05.25.
(C) Special trains (TODs):
In addition to scheduled Mail/Express and passenger trains, several special trains also run on different occasions viz. festival, summer, winter, pilgrim mela, recruitment, etc.
2023-24 - 7653 Trips (20.91 Avg./day)
2024-25 - 14654 Trips (40.04 Avg./day)
(Apr-July)' 2025-26 - 5765 Trips (47.25 Avg./day)
(D) Charted trains:
Charted Tourist trains (Palace On Wheel, Maharaja, Deccan Oddessy, Buddhist, Ramayan Circuit, Bharat Gaurav, etc) are also run on the basis of demand.
(E) Aastha Special trains:- 444 Trips
(F) Total no. of special trains run during Maha Kumbh Mela-2025 : 5216
(G) New Train : Apr-July' 2025 - 05 Pair
(H) Detailed Train Information: Use official app or website NTES (National Train Enquiry System) (https://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in)
