The Train Guy's video: Push Pull Rajdhani Chennai Duronto Bangalore Rajdhani Skipping Mathura Junction INDIAN RAILWAYS

Southbound Premium trains including the Rajdhani Express bound for Mumbai CSMT and Bengaluru skip Mathura Jn, one of the most important stations on the Delhi - Mumbai and Delhi - Chennai routes. Location : Mathura Junction Trains 1. 12824 Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti (NZM - DURG) 2. 22222 Rajdhani Express (NZM - CSMT) 3. 12270 Duronto Express (NZM - MAS) 4. 22692 Rajdhani Express (NZM - SBC) Also seen in this video are the Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti and Madurai Chandigarh Express which do not have a scheduled halt at Mathura but had unscheduled halts due to clearance on that day. Halting trains in this video 1. 12616 New Delhi - Chennai Central Grand Trunk Express Note the Andal ALCo twins in the brginning, an extremely rare sight at MTJ. Mathura Junction railway station is an important station on Agra–Delhi chord of Delhi–Mumbai and Delhi–Chennai lines. It is located in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the important North-Central Railway station. It serves Mathura and Vrindavan. Mathura is the birthplace of Lord Krishna. He spent his childhood in Vrindavan, 11 km away from Mathura. Therefore, both are major pilgrimage centres for Hindus. Mathura Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation which is one of the largest oil refineries of India is located at Mathura. The 29 mi (47 km)-long Hath Road–Mathura Cantt line was opened in 1875 by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. It was transferred to North Eastern Railway in 1952. The Mathura–Kasganj line was converted from 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre gauge to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2009. Mathura Junction has 10 platforms. There is a junction for southbound and westbound trains. It has connectivity with all major cities of India. There are seven routes / lines from this railway junction station. Platform 9 dedicate for Vrindavan metre-gauge trains. As per the 2018 report released by Quality Council of India (QCI), station was declared the least clean station among the 75 major stations. Delhi - Mathura is one of the fastest routes of Indian Railways with 2 trains clocking 150+ kmph, the Shatabdi Express to Bhopal Rani Kamalapati and the Gatiman Express to Virangana Lakshmi Bai Jhansi Junction. Despite all the 180 kmph trials of Vande Bharat happening between Mathura and Kota, there is no commercial VB on this route yet.