Habibganj - New Delhi Shatabdi Express

New Delhi-Habibganj Shatabdi Express
नई दिल्ली–हबीबगंज शताब्दी एक्सप्रेस
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 8
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 No
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 150 km/h (93 mph) maximum
100 km/h (62 mph), including halts

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. Next to Gatimaan Express, this is the second fastest train in India with the top speed of 150 km/h. Like Gatimaan Express this train is also a category of semi high speed train.

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 100 km/h (62 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 125 km/h (78 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.

A WAP5-hauled Bhopal Shatabdi about to leave New Delhi Railway Station

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:

  1. New Delhi
  2. Mathura Junction
  3. Agra Cantonment
  4. Dholpur
  5. Morena
  6. Gwalior
  7. Jhansi Junction
  8. Lalitpur Junction
  9. Bhopal Junction
  10. Habibganj

Coach Composition

The train has 17 AC Chair cars, 3 AC First class, 2 power cars (Total 22 coaches)

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See also

References

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