Full Journey on the Howrah Rajdhani Express: Dhanbad-Howrah High Speed Action

The concluding three hours of a wonderful journey aboard the 12302 Howrah Rajdhani Express. We leave Dhanbad 3 hours and 10 minutes behind schedule and charge towards Howrah at full tilt, through the eastern fringes of Jharkhand and central West Bengal. At Kumardhubi, we meet the legendary 13317 Howrah Dhanbad Black Diamond Express, with a Howrah WAP7 and subsequently, thunder over the Barakar River and Barakar at 130 kmph as we make our entry into Bengal. We cross Asansol at a sedate pace, courtesy a 15 kmph speed restriction. A fleeting glimpse of 'Jagjivan Ram', India's first WAM1 is obtained at the Asansol electric locomotive shed while the 12304 Howrah New Delhi Poorva Express with a Howrah WAP4 bears out its commercial halt at Asansol, with local vendors making brisk business by the unreserved coaches. The progress from Asansol to Waria (taking over 30 minutes) is excruciatingly slow with a number of slowdowns and caution orders. In particular, there is a moderate halt outside Raniganj, where we meet the 12385 Howrah Dhanbad Double Decker Express, led by a subdued Gomoh WAP7. All hell breaks loose post Waria however as we blaze through the Waria-Bardhaman section at terrifying speeds. Durgapur is torn apart at 130 kmph and the 64 kilometres between Durgapur and Bardhaman covered in a mere 31 minutes, at an average speed of 124 kmph. The LED display inside the coach never showed less than 125 kmph in this period and hit 132 kmph on a couple of occasions. We slow down at Bardhaman where I assist an individual to hop off the train and avail of a connection to Rampurhat and at Saktigarh, we switch over to the reversible middle track and resume our blistering progress towards Howrah. In between, we meet the Howrah WDM3 hauled Secunderabad Guwahati Express, creating an incredibly high speed crossing with the Howrah WDM3 doing great guns and we steadily hitting 130 kmph. The stellar run post Waria ensured that we covered the 259 kilometres between Dhanbad and Howrah in 3 hours and 10 minutes, regardless of the slow passage between Durgapur and Asansol. We reached Howrah a little after 1 in the afternoon, and were parked adjacent to the Malda Intercity, led by a beautiful Howrah WDM3D.
Thanks to Anindya Roy and Arkya Chatterjee, there are a couple of corrections to be noted: the train which flew past at time 11:13 is the Yesvantpur-Guwahati express, with a Guwahati WDG3. I never expected WDG3's to hit such speeds with 24 coachers! :)

[@engineeryuvraj6751]

Aisa compeltled vlog kisi ne abi tak ni banaya tha ultimate h.

[@ritadhishankar]

Sure! My pleasure! Thanks for viewing! :)

[@aashishaj6285]

1:45 Kumardhubi curve 👌

[@ritadhishankar]

Onek dhonnobad! :)

[@sapyman216]

osadharon

[@ritadhishankar]

Arrebass! WDG3 toh solid tanchhilo! Amar onnotomo high-speed crossing eita! Pagla kore diyechhilo! :)

[@HDDRTY1]

Just so you know at 10:04 the above roadway is Durgapur Expressway or NH2 connecting Kolkata with New Delhi

[@rajurathor376]

Very nice journeys

[@rahulgadi6835]

good speed

[@indronilb]

Well done... great compilation...

[@shubhamsingh1234]

thanks for uploading video ...........

[@ritadhishankar]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@pramitronria]

SC-GHY runs on monday...wed te ypr-dbrg exp chole...its not even ypr-ghy exp...

[@tusharsinha94]

super awesome!

[@swaroopsanyal]

like it!!

[@601Abhishek]

Tumi ki 2ac te travel korechile?

[@andy25biotech]

Mindboggling! Tobe chotto correction SC GHY WDG3A te chilo WDM noy :)

[@ritadhishankar]

Correction noted...eto train hoyechhe je ke je ke, taa ar mathaye thake na. Jantam oi South-India-Guwahati group-er keu ekta hobe! :)

[@manager7680]

AT khana ur right side lines going towords malda ryt?

[@wap7sourya]

Kono kotha hobe na boss!!

[@ramamanishasairailworldpil7335]

Main stations arrival and departures yendhuku bro photos tho slide chesesthunaavu akkade video baaguntundhi

[@ajaypratap5742]

nice dude

[@vithalpanchal4663]

Ajay Pratap .l

[@ritadhishankar]

Na, First AC. AC-2-te gechhilam curve-er ekta bhalo angle pete, kintu dorja khultei keu ek jonne staff onurodh korlen bondho kore dite! :(

[@lazizpizzatinsukia9125]

Train ta bhalo speed e jae

[@ramamanishasairailworldpil7335]

End of video train howrah station entering kuda skip chesesaaru ive bro video values skip cheyyadam valla values poyaayi

[@sayanmj]

UTTAR PRADESH

[@paramnakka8478]

sl

[@KumarMayank1]

wind nose is terrible

[@ritadhishankar]

Onek dhonnobad! :)

[@ritadhishankar]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@sayanmj]

UTTAR PRADESH

[@ritadhishankar]

Onek dhonnobad! :)