The Central Railway's Rajdhani Express will be a 15-car train, much smaller than the 24-car train that runs on the Western Railway, and will depart from Mumbai around 2.20pm every Wednesday and Saturday, reaching Nizamuddin at 10.20am the next day. The tentative plan is to launch it on January 19 at the hands of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, top railway officials said, adding, however, that it would definitely happen before January 26.

The reason for its small size is to make it easier to negotiate the steep Kasara Ghat section. Numbered 22221 and 22222, the Mumbai CSMT-Rajdhani Express will halt at Kalyan, Nashik, Jalgaon, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra and Hazrat Nizamuddin.