Shatabdi Express
Series of Express day train in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shatabdi Express (lit. 'Century Express') 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 110–150 km/h (68–93 mph) depending on the infrastructures of parts of routes [1] with the Rani Kamalapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express achieving the maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h (93 mph) between Tughlakabad and Bilochpura Agra.
| Shatabdi Express | |
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 Anubhuti coach of Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Shatabdi Express. | |
| Overview | |
| Service type | Superfast |
| Status | Active |
| First service | 10 July 1988 |
| Successor | Vande Bharat Express |
| Current operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Website | http://indianrail.gov.in |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | Executive Chair Car AC Chair Car |
| Seating arrangements | Yes |
| Catering facilities | Onboard catering |
| Baggage facilities | Overhead racks, baggage area near vestibule |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | LHB coach |
| Track gauge | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge |
| Operating speed | 150 km/h (93 mph) (maximum) where infrastructure is available |
| Track owner(s) | Indian Railways |
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 . 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 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 .
Service
Shatabdi Express trains offer fast connectivity between major cities with only a few intermediate stops and can run at a maximum speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).[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
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 180 km/h (110 mph) for hauling Shatabdi express trains was introduced in 2019.[14]
Services
Summarize
Perspective
Active
As of September 04[update], there are 21 operational pairs of Shatabdi express trains.[15]
Defunct
# 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 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 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 and earlier, its schedule during suspension was included in the previous version which is October 2022 version of that book with the same disclaimer.)
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