The 22691 / 22692 Bangalore–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express. This train connects Bangalore and Delhi. It was the fastest service on the Bangalore & Delhi sector before Yeshvantapur Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express running via Secunderabad–Nagpur–Bhopal–Agra route. History Originally introduced in 1992, this was a weekly train, then converted to bi-weekly, tri-weekly and then four times a week. Before the Konkan Railway came up in 1998, there were only 2 South bound Rajdhani from Delhi. Bangalore Rajdhani Express was a weekly train back then having rake sharing agreement with Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express & it used to run via Chennai Central. In end of March 2010, service 12493/12494, which later became 22693/22694 was added to make it a daily service. This was the first Rajdhani where overnight service standard was changed – the distance being greater than what can be covered overnight at Indian Railway's speeds. It covers a distance of kilometres in KSR Bangalore City to direction and it takes 33 hours 30 mins when operating as train number 22691 at an average speed of while its return journey as train number 22692 takes 33 hrs 30 mins to cover at an average speed of thus making it the second fastest train on the Bangalore – Delhi sector running via Secunderabad–Nagpur–Bhopal–Agra route. Currently 22693/94 is being planned to be revived again in – route, which will either run via Hubli or Hubballi–Pune–Vadodara–Kota route or run via Raichur–Solapur–Bhusaval–Bhopal–Agra route. In the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, this train was running as 02691/02692 COVID A/C special since May 2020 to November 2021. Catering, bedding, curtains aren't available presently, till the end of the pandemic till which it was expected to run as this special. 22691/22692 was resumed with the other regular trains in SWR on 18 November 2021, when the infections in India plunged to a low not seen before June 2020. Catering and Bedding have been restored and being brought back to the level it was running with before March 2020. Service Bangalore Rajdhani Express is the 2nd fastest train on the Bangalore (earlier known as Bangalore)–Delhi sector after Yeshvantapur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 22691 from Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bangalore) to Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, and as train number 22692 in the reverse direction. It has been converted into a daily service from 1 July 2017. Coach composition The Bangalore