At the time of its introduction it was travelling from
Kerala to
New Delhi via
Ernakulam,
Erode,
Chennai,
Vijayawada,
Nagpur,
Bhopal,
Jhansi &
Agra having a longer time table. Timings were Nizamuddin 09.30 am, Agra 11.44 am, Jhansi 14.25 pm, Bhopal 18.05 pm, Nagpur 23.40 pm, Vijayawada 09.25 am, Chennai (Madras) arrival 15.25 pm & departure 15.55 pm, Katpadi passing 17.39 pm, Erode 21.24 pm, Ernakulam (Kochi) 02.25 am, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) 06.10 am. In return timings were Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) 18.35 pm, Ernakulam (Kochi) 22.25 pm, Erode 03.31 am, Chennai (Madras) arrival 08.45 am & departure 09.10 am, Vijayawada 15.20 pm, Nagpur 01.05 pm, Bhopal 06.40 am, Jhansi 10.20 am, Agra 12.59 am, Nizamuddin 15.15 pm. It used to cover in 44 hrs 40 mins running at average speed. Until 1998, there were only three
Rajdhani Express from Delhi to
South India. Trivandrum Rajdhani Express was a weekly train back then having rake sharing agreement with weekly
Bangalore Rajdhani Express. But after 1 April 1998, following opening of
Konkan Railway it got permanently re-routed via
Kota,
Vadodara,
Vasai,
Panvel,
Ratnagiri,
Madgaon,
Karwar,
Udupi,
Mangalore,
Kannur,
Kozhikode, ,
Thrissur,
Ernakulam,
Alappuzha &
Kollam route. The timings after permanent diversion in
Konkan Railway were Nizamuddin 09.45 am; Kota 14.55 pm; Vadodara 21.41 pm; Vasai Road 01.16 am; Panvel 02.35 am; Ratnagiri 07.15 am; Madgaon 10.35 am; Karwar 11.38 am; Udupi 14.20 pm, Mangalore 15.45 pm, Shoranur 21.20 pm; Ernakulam 23.30 pm; Alappuzha 00.30 am; Kollam 02.00 am, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) 03.15 am. Return timings were Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) 18.35 pm; Kollam 19.43 pm; Alappuzha 21.12 pm; Ernakulam 22.15 pm; Shoranur 00.15 am; Mangalore 05.45 am; Udupi 06.59 am; Karwar 09.45 am; Madgaon 10.55 am; Ratnagiri 14.10 pm; Panvel 18.50 pm; Vasai Road 20.10 pm; Vadodara 00.55 am; Kota 07.05 am; Nizamuddin 12.05 pm; Later owing to bad timings, in 1999 timings were changed to Nizamuddin 11.15 am; Kota 16.25 pm; Vadodara 22.58 pm; Vasai Road 03.33 am; Panvel 04.53 am; Ratnagiri 09.35 am; Madgaon 12.53 am; Karwar 13.55 am; Udupi 16.38 pm, Mangalore 18.03 pm, Shoranur 23.03 pm; Ernakulam 01.13 pm; Alappuzha 02.13 am; Kollam 03.40 am, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) 04.45 am. Return timings were made Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) 19.20 pm; Ernakulam 23.00 pm; Mangalore 06.20 am; Madgaon 11.30 am; Panvel 19.25 pm; Vadodara 01.25 am; Kota 07.50 am; Nizamuddin 12.50 pm. In initial days the train had very few stops. Until 1999 it was the one-stop Rajdhani between
Panvel and
Hazrat Nizamuddin stopping at
Vadodara only. Thereafter stop of
Kota was introduced in this section. Despite this the train runs non-stop between and section , which is the longest non-stop run in the country. But from 2022 it was provided stoppage at , this making it to loose the name longest non-stop train. It has a record for the highest section speed, reaching between Ratnagiri and Sawantwadi Road ( in 2 h 10 min). It also gets a top speed of between
Nagda and Hazrat Nizamuddin (267 km). It moves at an average speed of between Nizamuddin and Thiruvananthapuram. In the Monsoon Season every year from 1st June to 31st October, all the trains in
Konkan Railway route follows a
Monsoon Timetable to ensure passenger safety & less operational problem due to landslides which are very common & quite frequent in occurrence. Till the introduction of
Madgaon Rajdhani Express in 2015, this was the sole
Rajdhani Express that traversed through
Konkan Railway. ==Coach composition==