The Chennai Rajdhani covers a distance of 2194 kilometers in just over 28 hours. It departs from Delhi at 1600 Hrs and arrives in Chennai at 2010Hrs the next day. From Chennai it departs at 0610 Hrs and arrives in Delhi at 1020 Hrs the next day. It gets WAP7/WAP4 from SCR’s LALLAGUDA electric shed.
The train runs on Friday and Sunday from Chennai to H. Nizamuddin and on Wednesday and Friday from H. Nizamuddin to Chennai. The train has a high priority at signals, on the Indian railway network, and is fully air-conditioned. Passengers are provided with complimentary meals during the journey. Depending on the timings of the train, lunch, high tea, dinner, morning tea, and breakfast are served.
The trains offer three classes of accommodation; First Class AC with 2 or 4 berth lockable bedrooms, Second Class AC 2-tier with open system berths (bays of 4 berths + 2 berths on the side) but provided with curtains for privacy, Second Class AC 3-tier (bays of 6 berths + 2 berths on the side) with no privacy curtains. Passengers travelling on the First AC class in this train are treated with luxury.
They get their own private cabin, music stereos, scent emitters and a 4 course dinner. The Chennai Rajdhani Express runs at an average speed of 77.66 km/h , and touches a top speed 130 km/h in the Delhi-Bhopal section of the route.