Shatabdi Express

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox rail service Shatabdi Express (Template:Lit) are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways. Shatabdi Express are day trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains run at a maximum permissible speed of Template:Cvt depending on the infrastructures of parts of routes [1] with the Rani Kamalapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express achieving the maximum permissible speed of Template:Cvt between Tughlakabad and Bilochpura Agra.

History

The name "Shatabdi" means century in Sanskrit and the first Shatabdi Express train was announced on 10 July 1988 by then Railways Minister Madhavrao Scindia to commemorate the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and plied between New Delhi and Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Junction (then Jhansi Junction). The first Shatabdi, then the fastest train of the country used to run at 140 kmph (km per hour) maximum permissible speed and it was the speed of the time of its introduction and the first Shatabdi Express was extended to Bhopal from Jhansi on 19.2.1989 (19th Feb).[2] Speed of this New Delhi - Bhopal Shatabdi was increased to 150 kmph between Tuglakabad and Agra Cantt on 15 February 2006 and was the fastest train of India then also [1][2]. After that, it was still the fastest train of India when it was extended to Rani Kamalapati (past name - Habibganj) station in Bhopal from Bhopal station in September 2014 [3] [4] and this Rani Kamalapati – New Delhi Shatabdi Express was still the fastest train of India till the introduction of Gatiman Express on April, 5, 2016 [5] [6].

Service

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Interior view of an AC chair car coach

Shatabdi Express trains offer fast connectivity between major cities with only a few intermediate stops and can run at a maximum speed of Template:Cvt.[3][4][5] They are fully air-conditioned and passengers are provided with on-board catering.[6] Onboard entertainment systems are available in select trains providing content via satellite.[7]

Seats in Shatabdi Express have to be reserved in advance as there is no unreserved accommodation, unlike most of the other trains in India.[8] Reservation is allowed until up to 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time and the seats are auto allocated by the reservation system.[9][10] Dynamic pricing is applicable on the fares.[11]

Rolling stock

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Exterior of a standard chair car coach

As Shatabdi Express are day-trains and return to the station of origin the same day, coaches have only seats and not berths. All of these trains have multiple AC Chair Car coaches and most of them (sometimes all of them) have one or two coaches of Executive Class seating. Indian Railways offers Anubhuti class seating and Vistadome coaches offering large windows, transparent roofing, and rotatable seats in select trains.[12] The trains used to operate on specialized coaches manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai with the older coaches now been replaced with newer LHB rakes on all the trains.[13] The trains are hauled by various diesel or electric locomotives and a new specialized high speed locomotive class WAP-7HS with a maximum speed of Template:Cvt for hauling Shatabdi express trains was introduced in 2019.[14]

Services

Active

Template:As of, there are 21 operational pairs of Shatabdi express trains.[15]

List of active services
Sr. no. Route Train no. Originating Station Terminal Station Operator Distance Duration Avg Speed (Km/h) Year introduced Stops
1 Rani Kamalapati – New Delhi 12001/12002 Rani Kamalapati New Delhi NR Template:Cvt 8h 40m Template:Cvt 1988 Bhopal Jn.,Bina Jn.,Lalitpur Jn., Jhansi Jn., Gwalior Jn., Template:Rws, Dholpur Jn., Agra Cantt., Mathura Jn.
2 Lucknow–New Delhi 12003/12004 Lucknow Jn. New Delhi NR Template:Cvt 6h 50m Template:Cvt 1989 Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Etawah Jn., Tundla Jn., Aligarh Jn., Ghaziabad Jn.
3 New Delhi–Kalka 12005/12006 New Delhi Kalka NR Template:Cvt 4h 0m Template:Cvt 1989 Panipat Jn., Kurukshetra Jn., Ambala Cantt. Jn., Chandigarh Jn.
4 MGR Chennai Central–Mysuru 12007/12008 MGR Chennai Central Mysuru Jn. SR Template:Cvt 7h 7m Template:Cvt 1994 Katpadi Jn., KSR Bengaluru
5 Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad 12009/12010 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad Jn. WR Template:Cvt 6h 27m Template:Cvt 1994 Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Bharuch Jn., Vadodara Jn., Anand Jn., Nadiad Jn.
6 New Delhi–Kalka 12011/12012 New Delhi Kalka NR Template:Cvt 4h 0m Template:Cvt 1994 Sonipat Jn., Panipat Jn., Kurukshetra Jn., Ambala Cantt. Jn., Chandigarh Jn.
7 New Delhi–Amritsar 12013/12014 New Delhi Amritsar Jn. NR Template:Cvt 6h 21m Template:Cvt 1994 Ambala Cantt. Jn., Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Jalandhar City Jn., Beas Jn.
8 New Delhi–Daurai 12015/12016 New Delhi Daurai NR Template:Cvt 7h 20m Template:Cvt 1994 Delhi Cantt., Template:Rws, Rewari Jn., Alwar Jn., Bandikui Jn., Gandhinagar, Jaipur Jn., Template:Rws
9 New Delhi–Dehradun 12017/12018 New Delhi Dehradun NR Template:Cvt 6h 3m Template:Cvt 1995 Ghaziabad Jn., Meerut City Jn., Template:Rws, Saharanpur Jn., Template:Rws, Template:Rws
10 Howrah–Ranchi 12019/12020 Howrah Jn. Ranchi Jn. ER Template:Cvt 7h 22m Template:Cvt 1995 Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws
11 Pune–Secunderabad 12025/12026 Pune Jn. Secunderabad Jn. CR Template:Cvt 8h 22m Template:Cvt 2011 Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Wadi Jn., Template:Rws, Vikarabad Jn., Template:Rws
12 Chennai–Bengaluru 12027/12028 MGR Chennai Central KSR Bengaluru SWR Template:Cvt 4h 57m Template:Cvt 2005 Katpadi Jn.,

Jolarpettai Jn., Bengaluru Cantt.

13 New Delhi–Amritsar 12029/12030 New Delhi Amritsar Jn. NR Template:Cvt 6h 5m Template:Cvt 1998 Ambala Cantt. Jn., Rajpura Jn., Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Jalandhar City Jn., Beas Jn.
14 New Delhi–Amritsar 12031/12032 New Delhi Amritsar Jn. NR Template:Cvt 6h 5m Template:Cvt 1997 Ambala Cantt. Jn., Rajpura Jn., Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Jalandhar City Jn., Beas Jn.
15 Kanpur Central–New Delhi 12033/12034 Kanpur Central New Delhi NCR Template:Cvt 5h 15m Template:Cvt 2010 Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Ghaziabad Jn.
16 Kathgodam–New Delhi 12039/12040 Kathgodam New Delhi NR Template:Cvt 5h 42m Template:Cvt 2012 Template:Rws, Lalkuan Jn., Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Ghaziabad Jn.
17 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri 12041/12042 Howrah Jn. New Jalpaiguri Jn. NFR Template:Cvt 8h 20m Template:Cvt 2012 Bardhaman Jn., Template:Rws, New Farakka Jn., Template:Rws, Template:Rws
18 New Delhi–Chandigarh 12045/12046 New Delhi Chandigarh Jn. NR Template:Cvt 3h 20m Template:Cvt 2013 Ambala Cantt. Jn., Template:Rws
19 Naharlagun–Guwahati 12087/12088 Naharlagun Guwahati NFR Template:Cvt 5h 47m Template:Cvt 2017 Harmuti Jn., Template:Rws, Rangapara North Jn., Template:Rws, Rangiya Jn. etc..
20 MGR Chennai Central–Coimbatore 12243/12244 MGR Chennai Central Coimbatore Jn. SR Template:Cvt 6h 52m Template:Cvt 2013 Katpadi Jn., Jolarpettai Jn., Salem Jn., Erode Jn., Template:Rws
21 Howrah – Puri 12277/12278 Howrah Jn. Puri ECoR Template:Cvt 7h 50m Template:Cvt 2013 Kharagpur Jn., Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws, Template:Rws

Defunct

List of defunct services
Route # Train no. Originating Station Terminal Station Year of Introduction Year of Termination Reference
Bangalore City – Hubli Jn. 2025/2026 Bangalore City Hubli Jn. 1995 1996 [16][17]
Chennai Central – Coimbatore Jn. 2023/2024 Chennai Central Coimbatore Jn. 1995 2000 [18][16]
Rajahmundry – Secunderabad Jn. Rajahmundry Secunderabad Jn. 1999 2000 [19]
New Delhi - Patiala – Bathinda # New Delhi Bathinda 2003 [20][21][22]
New Delhi – Bareilly New Delhi Bareilly 2003 [21][22]
Howrah – Rourkela (Later short terminated at Tatanagar) 2021/2022 Howrah Rourkela (Later short terminated at Tatanagar) 1995 2003 [16][18][21][22]
Howrah – Patna 2023/2024 Howrah Patna Jn. 2001 2003 [23]
Mumbai – Pune 2027/2028 Mumbai CSMT Pune Jn. 1995 2004 [24][18]
Jaipur – Agra Fort 12035/12036 Jaipur Agra Fort 2012 2018 [25]
New Delhi – Rhotak - Ludhiana # 12037/12038 New Delhi Ludhiana Jn. 2011 2019 [26][27]
New Delhi – Rhotak - Moga # 12043/12044 New Delhi Moga 2012 2019 [28][29]
New Delhi – Firozpur, upto Bathinda during introduction 12047/12048 New Delhi Firozpur Cantt. 2014 2021 [30][31]
Guwahati – Dibrugarh 12085/12086 Guwahati Dibrugarh 2017 2020 [32]

# Name of an intermediate station may be written if the route is not the shortest or to distinguish between more than one Shatabdi route irrespective of present and past routes.

Defunct Shatabdi Express Type with Different Name

Howrah–Digha Super AC Express, completely a Shatabdi Express type train with Shatabdi Express fare structure [7] [8] having other name instead of "Shatabdi Express" after conversion from a Duronto Express of year 2010 to 2015 was suspended during COVID 19 pandemic in 2020 and has not made any journey since then and it was not included in the proposed schedule of Indian Railways of 1 January 2025 that means it is withdrawn (Source: Trains At A Glance - 2025 - as per disclaimer on this book, schedule of this book may be changed without notice [9] and earlier, its schedule during suspension was included in the previous version which is October 2023 version of that book with the same disclaimer.)

Trivia

  • For many years, the Bhopal Shatabdi Express (now Rani Kamalapati - New Delhi Shatabdi Express) held the record for the fastest train in India, reaching speeds of up to 150 km/h on certain stretches, particularly between Tughlakabad and Agra.
  • Unlike most long-distance Indian trains, Shatabdi Express trains are designed exclusively for day travel. This means they only have seating arrangements (Chair Car and Executive Chair Car) and no sleeping berths.
  • The MGR Chennai Central–Mysuru Shatabdi Express (launched in 1994) holds the distinction of being the first Shatabdi Express to operate in South India.
  • Gatiman Express is also such type of a train but faster than Shatabdi Train where infrastructure is available that had a difference of yellow stripes in all it’s coaches, and has fare slightly higher than that of Shatabdi Express.
  • Howrah–Digha Super AC Express, completely a Shatabdi Express type train having other name instead of "Shatabdi Express" after conversion from a Duronto Express of year 2010 to 2015 was suspended during COVID 19 pandemic in 2020 and was withdrawn later without making any journey since that suspension period.

See also

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References

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External links

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