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TheDelhi–Mumbai line is a major railway line inIndia. Linking the national capital ofNew Delhi with financial capitalMumbai, this railway line covers a distance of 1,386 kilometres (861 mi) across the Indian states ofDelhi,Haryana,Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan,Gujarat andMaharashtra.Mumbai Tejas-Rajdhani Express which is the fastestTejas-Rajdhani Express and the fastest train on this route, travels on this line and covers the distance between Delhi and Mumbai in 15 hours and 32 minutes at a top speed of 130 km/h which will be increased to 160km/h soon and a top average speed of 89 km/h.[citation needed]
Starting at theNew Delhi, the Delhi–Mumbai line runs concurrent withDelhi–Chennai line for 141 km up toMathura. From here it runs in Southwest direction and passes through cities ofBharatpur,Kota,Ratlam,Vadodara,Surat before terminating atMumbai Central. Within Maharashtra,Western line ofMumbai Suburban Railway uses runs on the same tracks fromDahanu Road toMumbai Central.
This line is divided into three sections:
The Delhi–Mumbai line was fully electrified by 1987.[3] Virar Ahmedabad sector was AC electrified since 1973-74 in phases.[4]
New Delhi,Mathura,Kota,Ratlam,Vadodara,Surat andMumbai Central, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[5]
The line is set to be upgraded for the trains to travel at a speed of 130 kmph. This will reduce the travel time between the two cities. In the future the new generation trains such asVande Bharat andits sleeper version, would also be able to run at a speed of 160 kmph.[6]
The New Delhi-Mumbai line is a part of the golden quadrilateral. The routes connecting the four major metropolises (New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata), along with their diagonals, known as the golden quadrilateral, carry about half the freight and nearly half the passenger traffic, although they form only 16 per cent of the length.[15]
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