Shatabdi Express

Shatabdi Express trains are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways to connect important metro cities. Shatabdi Express are day-trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains were first introduced in 1988 and were named 'Shatabdi', meaning 'century', to commemorate the birth centenary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Not to be confused with Jan Shatabdi Express.

Shatabdi Express
An airconditioned coach of Shatabdi Express
Overview
StatusActive
PredecessorICF Coaches
First service14 November 1988 (1988-11-14)
SuccessorVande Bharat Express
Current operator(s)Indian Railways
Websitehttp://indianrail.gov.in
Route
Line(s) used21 Routes
On-board services
Class(es)Executive Chair Car, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesOnboard catering
Baggage facilitiesOverhead racks, baggage area near vestibule
Technical
Rolling stockLHB coach
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Operating speedMaximum 110–150 km/h (68–93 mph) - generally 130 km/h (81 mph)
Track owner(s)Indian Railways

Generally, the maximum permissible speed of the Shatabdi Express (except the fastest one) is 130 kmph where the proper infrastructure exists and lower where the proper infrastructure does not exist, but the maximum permissible speed of the fastest Shatabdi Express, Rani Kamlapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express (Rani Kamlapati, formerly known as Habibganj station is in Bhopal) is 150 km/h [1] between Tughlakabad and Agra Cantt part (about whole part of New Delhi - Agra Cantt) since 2006 and Gatimaan Express has a maximum permissible speed of 160 kmph over the same part, and as per maximum permissible speed this fastest Shatabdi Express (then between New Delhi and Bhopal before extension of the route) was the fastest train in India before the introduction of the Gatimaan Express on 5th April 2016 and Some of the Shatabdi Express trains can't touch 130 kmph in any part of their routes because of lack of infrastructure.

History

The name "Shatabdi" means century in Sanskrit. 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 plyed between New Delhi and Jhansi Junction.[2]

Service
Interior view of an AC Chair Car coach
Puri Shatabdi express at Balasore railway station
Exterior view of an AC Chair Car coach
Shatabdi Express with special Commonwealth Games livery
Electronic coach board in one of the Shatabdi Express
Train board indicating the train details on a Shatabdi Express

Shatabdi Express trains offer fast connectivity between major metropolitan cities with only a few intermediate stops and can run at a maximum speed of 150 km/h.[3][4][5] They are fully air-conditioned and passengers are provided with bottled water, juice, coffee or tea, and meals relevant to the time of day of the journey.[6] New onboard entertainment systems have also been installed on some of these trains where the passengers can view movies and other content directly 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.[9] The seats are auto allocated by the reservation system.[10] Dynamic pricing is applicable on the fares.[11]

Rolling Stock

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 generally Shatabdi Express has one or two coaches of Executive Class seating. Indian Railways offers Anubhuti Class seating in some of the trains and Vistadome coaches offering large windows, transparent roofing and rotatable seats.[12] in some of the trains

The trains used to operate on specialized coaches manufactured by ICF, Chennai. These coaches have now been replaced with newer LHB rakess on all the trains.[13]

The trains are hauled by various diesel or electric locomotives. Indian Railways introduced a new specialized high speed locomotive class WAP-7HS with a maximum speed of 180 km/h for hauling Shatabdi express trains in 2019.[14]

List of Shatabdi trains

Indian Railways operates 21 pairs of Shatabdi Express trains.[15]

List of Trains
Sr. no. Train no. Route Distance Duration Avg Speed (Km/h) Year introduced Stops
112001Rani Kamlapati (Habibganj) – New Delhi709 km (441 mi) 8h 35m 83 km/hr1988Bhopal, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Gwalior, Morena, Dholpur, Agra, Mathura
12002New Delhi–Rani Kamlapati 8h 40m 82 km/hr
212003Lucknow–New Delhi512 km (318 mi) 6h 45m 76 km/hr1989Kanpur, Etawah, Tundla, Aligarh, Ghaziabad
12004New Delhi–Lucknow 6h 40m 77 km/hr
312005New Delhi–Kalka269 km (167 mi) 4h 0m 67 km/hr1992Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Chandigarh
12006Kalka–New Delhi 4h 0m 67 km/hr
412007MGR Chennai Central–Mysuru497 km (309 mi) 7h 0m 71 km/hr1994Katpadi, Bangalore
12008Mysuru–MGR Chennai Central 7h 15m 68 km/hr
512009Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad493 km (306 mi) 6h 20m 78 km/hr1994Borivali, Vapi, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Nadiad
12010Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central 6h 35m 75 km/hr
612011New Delhi–Kalka269 km (167 mi) 4h 0m 67 km/hrNAPanipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala Cantt, Chandigarh
12012Kalka–New Delhi 4h 5m 66 km/hr
712013New Delhi–Amritsar448 km (278 mi) 6h 10m 73 km/hrNAAmbala Cantt, Sirhind, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Beas
12014Amritsar – New Delhi 6h 7m 73 km/hr
812015New Delhi–Ajmer444 km (276 mi) 6h 45m 66 km/hr1995Delhi Cantt, Gurgaon, Rewari, Alwar, Bandikui, Jaipur
12016Ajmer–New Delhi 6h 40m 67 km/hr
912017New Delhi–Dehradun314 km (195 mi) 6h 10m 51 km/hr1995Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Roorkee, Haridwar
12018Dehradun–New Delhi 5h 55m 53 km/hr
1012019Howrah–Ranchi421 km (262 mi) 7h 10m 59 km/hr1995Durgapur, Raniganj, Asansol, Dhanbad, Chandrapura, Bokaro Steel City, Muri
12020Ranchi–Howrah 7h 45m 54 km/hr
1112025Pune–Secunderabad597 km (371 mi) 8h 20m 72 km/hr2011Solapur, Kalaburagi, Wadi, Tandur, Vikarabad, Begumpet
12026Secunderabad–Pune 8h 25m 71 km/hr
1212027Chennai–Bengaluru359 km (223 mi) 4h 55m 73 km/hr2005Katpadi, Bengaluru Cantt.
12028KSR Bengaluru–MGR Chennai Central 5h 0m 72 km/hr
1312029New Delhi–Amritsar448 km (278 mi) 6h 10m 73 km/hrNAAmbala Cantt, Rajpura, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Beas
12030Amritsar–New Delhi 6h 0m 75 km/hr
1412031New Delhi–Amritsar448 km (278 mi) 6h 10m 73 km/hrNAAmbala Cantt, Rajpura, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Beas
12032Amritsar–New Delhi 6h 0m 75 km/hr
1512033Kanpur Central–New Delhi440 km (270 mi) 5h 20m 83 km/hr1994Etawah, Aligarh, Ghaziabad
12034New Delhi–Kanpur Central 5h 0m 88 km/hr
1612039Kathgodam–New Delhi282 km (175 mi) 5h 40m 50 km/hr2012Haldwani, Lalkuan, Rudrapur, Rampur, Moradabad, Ghaziabad
12040New Delhi–Kathgodam 5h 35m 50 km/hr
1712041Howrah–New Jalpaiguri566 km (352 mi) 8h 30m 67 km/hr2012Bolpur Shantiniketan, New Farakka Junction, Malda Town, Kishanganj
12042New Jalpaiguri–Howrah 8h 15m 68 km/hr
1812045New Delhi–Chandigarh244 km (152 mi) 3h 20m 73 km/hr2013Ambala Cantt, Karnal
12046Chandigarh–New Delhi 3h 15m 75 km/hr
1912087Naharlagun–Guwahati332 km (206 mi) 5h 45m 58 km/hr2017Harmuti Jn, Viswanath Charali, Rangapara North, Udalguri, Rangiya
12088Guwahati–Naharlagun 6h 0m 55 km/hr
2012243MGR Chennai Central–Coimbatore495 km (308 mi) 7h 5m 70 km/hr2011Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur
12244Coimbatore–Chennai 7h 0m 71 km/hr
2112277Howrah – Puri500 km (310 mi) 7h 35m 66 km/hr2011Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar
12278Puri–Howrah 8h 0m 62 km/hr
List of defunct trains except replaced by Vande Bharat Express
# Train no. Route All/Some Halts Immediately before Withdrawing, Major Non-halting Places Distance Operational years and related comments
1 2025 Bangalore City – Hubli Arsikere Jn, Davanagere 468 km 1995 -1996 Siddhaganga Intercity Express is the present form of replacement train after renaming and extension of route.
2026 Hubli–Bangalore City
2 Unknown New Delhi – Kathgodam, Present New Delhi–Kathgodam Shatabdi Express was not existed Moradabad 282 km If existed it was not before Jul 1995 and not after Aug or Sept 1996. Its fare structure was printed but not its schedule on TRAINS AT A GLANCE, a book of Mail/ Express train schedule valid from Sept or Oct 1996 to a proposed time of 1997 but the printed fare structure may be of earlier than schedule - from April 1996 which maybe commencement of contemporary financial year and that fare structure maybe with proposed validity for a year. Nothing was printed on the edition of Jul 1995-96.
Unknown Kathgodam – New Delhi
3 Unknown Secunderabad – Rajahmundry Warangal, Vijayawada, Eluru 498 km 1999 or 1999 - 2000
Unknown Rajahmundry – Secunderabad
4 2023 Chennai Central (formerly Madras Central)–Coimbatore, Present Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express was not existed Katpadi (Vellore), Salem, Erode, Tiruppur 494 km 1995 -2000. Chennai–Coimbatore Intercity Express replaced it.
2024 Coimbatore–Chennai Central
5 2021 Howrah–Rourkela (Later short terminated at Tatanagar) Kharagpur, before short terminating at Tatanagar two more - Tatanagar, Chakradharpur 413 km,249.5 km 1995 -2002 (Rourkela), 2002-2003 (Tatanagar) The present form of the replacement train is Howrah–Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express after extension of route.
2022 Rourkela (Later from Tatanagar)–Howrah
6 Unknown New Delhi – Bhatinda, New Delhi Bhatinda of later was not existed. The later became New Delhi–Firozpur Shatabdi Express after extension. Panipat, Ambala Cantt, Rajpura, Patiala 400 km 2002 and/or 2003
Unknown Bhatinda – New Delhi
7 Unknown New Delhi – Bareilly Moradabad 258 km 2002 and/or 2003
Unknown Bareilly – New Delhi
8 2023 Howrah – Patna Bardhaman, Durgapur, Asansol, Madhupur, Jasidih, Lakhisarai, Mokama (Mokameh). 531 km Nov 2001 - late 2003 Howrah–Patna Jan Shatabdi Express replaced it.
2024 Patna – Howrah
9 2027 Mumbai–Pune Dadar, Lonavala 192 km 1995-2004. View the article of this train to view its replacement story.
2028 Pune–Mumbai
10 12035 Jaipur–Agra Fort Gandhinagar JPR, Bharatpur Jn 241 km 2012-2018
12036 Agra Fort–Jaipur
11 12037 New Delhi–Ludhiana Rohtak, Jind, Tohana, Sangrur, Dhuri Jn 329 km 2011-2019
12038 Ludhiana–New Delhi
12 12043 New Delhi–Moga Rohtak, Jind, Tohana, Sangrur, Ludhiana Jn, Jagraon 398 km 2012-2019
12044 Moga–New Delhi
13 12047 New Delhi–Firozpur Rohtak, Jind, Jakhal, Mansa, Bathinda 300 km 2014 -2020 before lockdown
12048 Firozpur–New Delhi
14 12085 Guwahati–Dibrugarh Chaparmukh Jn., Lumding, Dimapur, Furkating Jn., Mariani, Sibsagar Town, Moranhat 506 km 2017 -2020 before lockdown
12086 Dibrugarh–Guwahati
List of defunct trains replaced by Vande Bharat Express only
# Train no. and route before replacement Current train no. and present route of Vande Bharat Express Operational years of erstwhile Shatabdi Express
Some Shatabdi Express will be replaced by Vande Bharat Express.

See also

References
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