Central Railway's (CR) sole Rajdhani Express is all set to undergo its trials for the push-pull mechanism to negotiate the difficult Kasara Ghat terrain, from this week. A team of senior officials from the Research, Standards and Design Organisation (RDSO), the technical consultant for Indian Railways, will arrive in Mumbai on Tuesday to conduct the trials for two WAP-7 class locomotives and 20 high-end coaches.

Recently, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced that CR's first Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express would pass through Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Kalyan, Nasik, Jalgaon, Khandwa, Bhopal, Jhansi, Agra and Hazrat Nizamuddin. He further said that the train would run twice a week. Currently, only two Rajdhani trains run between Delhi and Mumbai, and both pass through the Western Railway section.