New Delhi Habibganj Shatabdi Express

Overview

Service type

Shatabdi Express

First service

14 November 1988
between New Delhi & Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

Current operator(s)

Northern Railway

Route

Start

New Delhi

Stops

End

Habibganj

Distance travelled

707 km (439 mi)

Average journey time

8 hours 25 minutes as 12002 New Delhi Habibganj Shatabdi Express, 8 hours 30 minutes as 12001 Habibganj New Delhi Shatabdi Express

Service frequency

daily

Train number(s)

12001 / 12002

On-board services

Class(es)

Executive Chair Car, AC Chair Car

Seating arrangements

Yes

Sleeping arrangements

Catering facilities

Yes

Observation facilities

LHB large windows

Baggage facilities

Yes

Technical

Track gauge

1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

Electrification

Yes

Operating speed

155 km/h (96 mph) maximum
89 km/h (55 mph), including halts

Route map

The 12002 / 01 New Delhi Habibganj Shatabdi Express is a train operated by the Northern Railway which runs between New Delhi, the main railway station of India's capital territory, New Delhi, and Habibganj the second railway station of Bhopal City, the state capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The train is the fastest train in India with the top speed of 155 km/h (96 mph) on the New Delhi-Agra stretch.^[1] The train commenced service in 1988 and was the first Shatabdi train to be introduced. The train runs at an average speed of 89 km/h (55 mph), including halts. There is a plan by the IR to cut short its travel time of 2 hours 06 minutes to 1 hour 35 minutes (95 minutes) in the New Delhi -Agra section at an average speed of 123 km/h (76 mph) when the Maximum Permissible Speed in this section is enhanced to 200 km/h (124 mph). This train has been recently extended to Habibganj in the railway budget of 2014-15 .

History

The name "Shatabdi" means centenary in Sanskrit. The first Shatabdi Express train was introduced in 1988 to commemorate the birth centenary of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Madhavrao Scindia was the Indian Railway Minister ^[2] at that point of time and the Shatabdi Express was his brainchild. The first Shatabdi Express was flagged off between New Delhi and Jhansi, which was later extended to Bhopal being extended to Habibganj.^[3] It was planned to run this train between Gwalior(GWL) and New Delhi(NDLS), but Indian Railway wanted a good response for this train so they made it run between Jhansi and New Delhi

BHOPAL SHATABDI arriving HABIBGANJ with GZB WAP-5

Train

Interior view of Bhopal Shatabdi Express AC Chair Car

The trains are fully Air-conditioned and of a much higher standard than most Indian rail coaches. Shatabdi Express travelers are provided with snacks, meals, coffee/tea, a one-litre water bottle/ 300ml packaged water (for short distance journey) provided by the railways owned and operated subsidiary '"Rail Neer", and juice.

The train runs with new imported LHB coaches on all days. The cost of meals, breakfast etc. is all covered in the booking fare.

Tractions

It is regularly hauled by WAP 5 of Ghaziabad Shed.

Destinations

The train runs across the tourism hub of India covering major tourist cities like New Delhi, Agra Cantonment, Mathura Junction, Gwalior, Jhansi & Bhopal.

The complete list of stations is as follows:

Coach Composition

The train has 13 AC Chair cars, 2 AC First class, 2 power cars (Total 17 coaches)

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	EOG	E1	E2	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8	C9	C10	C11	C12	C13	EOG

References

↑ "India's fastest train flagged off". rediff.com. 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
↑ "[IRFCA] Railway Ministers". irfca.org.
↑ Chirdeep Bagga (2006-02-17). "Fastest train claim gone in 60 seconds". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-03-22.