4. Mumbai – New Delhi Rajdhani Express
Maximum speed: 140 km/h
This Rajdhani train is considered to be among the fastest trains in India in 2016, having in mind its average speed of 89 km/h for the distance of 1,386 km. The needed time for the route: Mumbai Central – Borivali – Surat – Vadodara Jn – Ratlam Jn – Nagda Jn – Kota Jn – New Delhi is 15 hours and 15 minutes. It was introduced to India in 1975. It operates as train number 12951 up from Mumbai Central to New Delhi and as train number 12952 in the opposite direction. The train was shown in the film “The Rajdhani Express”.