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{{distinguish|Jan Shatabdi Express}}{{Short description|Express train in India}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox rail service
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'''Shatabdi Express''' trains are a series of fast (called [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast]] in India) [[passenger train]]s operated by [[Indian Railways]] to connect Metro cities with other Major cities for tourism, pilgrimage
& business purposes. Shatabdi Express are day-trains and they return to the station of origin the same day.

The Shatabdi along with the [[Rajdhani Express|Rajdhani]] and the [[Duronto Express|Duronto]] are among the major in India and Indian Railways considers Rajdhani and Shatabdi as prestigious. Shatabdi Expresses gets the second highest priority, after Rajdhani Expresses which gets highest priority and overall second highest until [[Vande Bharat Express|Train 18]], [[Gatimaan Express|Gatimaan]], and [[Tejas Express]] came in existence.
The Shatabdi Express trains run over short to medium distances while the [[Rajdhani Express]]es and the [[Duronto Express]]es are long-distance trains. [[Rajdhani Express]]es connect the nation's capital [[New Delhi]] to capitals of states and other major cities while Duronto Expresses connect major cities to other major cities. All three series of trains have a maximum speed of about {{convert|130|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. The 12001 [[Bhopal Shatabdi]] express, however, runs at a peak speed of {{convert|155|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}, which makes it the [[fastest train|fourth fastest train]] in India after the [[Tejas Express]], [[Gatimaan Express]] and [[Vande Bharat Express]].

== History ==
The name "Shatabdi" means centenary in Sanskrit. The first Shatabdi Express train was introduced on 10 July 1988, by then Railways Minister [[Madhavrao Scindia]] to commemorate the birth centenary of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] the first Prime Minister of India, between [[New Delhi railway station|New Delhi]] and [[Gwalior Junction railway station|Gwalior Junction]]. It was later extended to [[Jhansi Junction railway station|Jhansi Junction]] and then to [[Bhopal Junction railway station|Bhopal Junction]]. Its terminal station in Bhopal was subsequently moved from [[Bhopal Junction railway station|Bhopal Junction]] to [[Habibganj railway station|Habibganj.]]

== Service ==

Shatabdi Express trains offer fast connectivity with only a few intermediate stops. They are fully air-conditioned and of a much higher standard than most Indian trains. Shatabdi travelers were provided with bottled water, juice, coffee or tea, and meals relevant to the time of day of the journey but now they don’t including the rajdhanis. Travelers have to pay for food at an extra cost. Linen is also not provided by the railways nowadays. All these new changes happened after the covid 19 situation in India.

Shatabdi trains are also further distinguished from other trains, in terms of convenience in boarding and disembarking. Most stations give them priority berthing at the better platforms, such as ones located close to the station building or waiting halls (generally platform number 1 at most of the stations).

Berths and seats in Shatabdi Express, Duronto Express and Rajdhani Express trains have to be reserved in advance before boarding the train. There is no unreserved accommodation in these trains, unlike most of the other trains in India. A few Shatabdis have a current booking system where tickets can be booked within a couple of hours before departure.

As Shatabdi Express are day-trains and return to the station of origin the same day, coaches ([[Indian Railways coaching stock|AC Chair Car]]) on the train have only seats and not berths. All the Shatabdi Express trains have, however, one or two coaches of [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Executive Class]] seating. Recently, Indian Railways have started offering [[Indian Railways coaching stock|Anubhuti Class]] seating also. These coaches have a wider legroom and offer better food compared to the normal air conditioned seating (CC).

New onboard entertainment systems have also been installed on some of these trains where the passengers can view movies and television serials directly via satellite. One of the first services to have this system is the [[Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.financialexpress.com/photos/business-gallery/921595/shatabdi-express-gold-standard-operation-swarn-features-images-new-delhi-kathgodam-indian-railways/7/|title= Shatabdi Express is now ‘Gold Standard’; Free movies on WiFi to clean toilets, 15 facts every rail passenger will love|newspaper= Financial express |date=6 November 2017 |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiantrain.in/shatabdi-express|title=Shatabdi Express|publisher=indiantrain.in|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>

== List of Shatabdi trains ==
Indian Railways operates 23 pairs of Shatabdi Express as of October 2019. These trains are listed here.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''List of Trains'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/trains/shatabdi-express/shatabdi|title=India Rail timetable}}</ref>
!style="background-color:skyblue;"|Sr. no.
!style="background-color:skyblue;"|Train no.
!style="background-color:skyblue;"|Route
!style="background-color: skyblue;"|Stops
!style="background-color:skyblue;"|Distance
!style="background-color:skyblue;"|Year introduced
|-
|rowspan=2|'''1'''||12001||[[Habibganj–New Delhi Shatabdi Express|Habibganj–New Delhi]]||rowspan=2|[[Bhopal]], [[Lalitpur, India|Lalitpur]], [[Jhansi]], [[Gwalior]], [[Morena]], [[Dholpur]], [[Agra]], [[Mathura]]||rowspan=2|{{convert|705|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|1988
|-
|12002||New Delhi–Habibganj
|-
|rowspan=2|'''2'''||12003||[[Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express|Lucknow–New Delhi]]||rowspan=2|[[Kanpur]], [[Etawah]], [[Tundla]], [[Aligarh]], [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]]||rowspan=2|{{convert|513|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|1989
|-
|12004||New Delhi–Lucknow
|-
|rowspan=2|'''3'''||12005||[[New Delhi–Kalka Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Kalka]]||rowspan=2|[[Panipat]], [[Kurukshetra]], [[Ambala]], [[Chandigarh]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|303|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|1992
|-
|12006||Kalka–New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2|'''4'''||12007||[[Chennai Central–Mysuru Shatabdi Express|MGR Chennai Central–Mysuru]]||rowspan=2|[[Katpadi Junction|Katpadi]], [[Bangalore]]||rowspan=2|{{convert|500|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|1994
|-
|12008||Mysuru–MGR Chennai Central
|-
|rowspan=2|'''5'''||12009||[[Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express|Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad]]||rowspan=2|[[Borivali]], [[Vapi]], [[Surat]], [[Bharuch]], [[Vadodara]], [[Anand railway station|Anand]], [[Nadiad]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|491|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|1994
|-
|12010||Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central
|-
|rowspan=2|'''6'''||12011||[[Kalka Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Kalka]] ||rowspan=2|[[Panipat]], [[Kurukshetra]], [[Ambala]], [[Chandigarh]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|303|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|NA
|-
|12012||[[Kalka Shatabdi Express|Kalka–New Delhi]]
|-
|rowspan=2|'''7'''||12013||[[Amritsar Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Amritsar]]||rowspan=2|[[Ambala Cantt]], [[Sirhind]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Phagwara]], [[Jalandhar]], [[Beas]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|449|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|NA
|-
|12014||Amritsar - New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2|'''8'''||12015||[[New Delhi–Daurai Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Daurai (Ajmer)]]||rowspan=2|[[Delhi Cantt]], [[Gurgaon]], [[Rewari]], [[Alwar]], [[Jaipur]], [[Ajmer]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|451|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|NA
|-
|12016||[[New Delhi–Daurai Shatabdi Express|Daurai (Ajmer)–New Delhi]]
|-
|rowspan=2|'''9'''||12017||[[Dehradun Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Dehradun]]||rowspan=2|[[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]], [[Meerut]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Roorkee]], [[Haridwar]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|315|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|NA
|-
|12018||Dehradun–New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2|'''10'''||12019||[[Howrah–Ranchi Shatabdi Express|Howrah–Ranchi]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Durgapur]], [[Raniganj]], [[Asansol]], [[Dhanbad]], [[Chandrapura]], [[Bokaro Steel City]], [[Muri, Ranchi|Muri]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|421|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|1995
|-
|12020||Ranchi–Howrah
|-
|rowspan=2|'''11'''||12025||[[Pune–Secunderabad Shatabdi Express|Pune–Secunderabad]]||rowspan=2|[[Daund]], [[Solapur]], [[Gulbarga]], [[Wadi]], [[Tandur]], [[Vikarabad]], [[Begumpet]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|597|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2011
|-
|12026||Secunderabad–Pune
|-
|rowspan=2|'''12'''||12027||Chennai–Bengaluru||rowspan=2|[[Katpadi Junction|Katpadi]], [[Bangalore Cantonment|Bengaluru Cantt.]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|362|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2005
|-
|12028||[[Chennai Central–Bengaluru City Shatabdi Express|KSR Bengaluru–MGR Chennai Central]]
|-
|rowspan=2|'''13'''||12029||[[New Delhi–Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Amritsar]]||rowspan=2|[[Ambala]], [[Rajpura]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Phagwara]], [[Jalandhar]], [[Beas]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|448|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|NA
|-
|12030||Amritsar–New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2|'''14'''||12031||[[New Delhi–Amritsar Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Amritsar]]||rowspan=2|[[Ambala]], [[Rajpura]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Phagwara]], [[Jalandhar]], [[Beas]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|448|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|NA
|-
|12032||Amritsar–New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2|'''15'''||12033||[[Kanpur–New Delhi Shatabdi Express|Kanpur Central–New Delhi]]||rowspan=2| [[Etawah]], [[Aligarh]], [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|440|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|1994
|-
|12034||New Delhi–Kanpur Central
|-
|rowspan=2|'''16'''||12039||[[New Delhi–Kathgodam Shatabdi Express|Kathgodam–New Delhi]]||rowspan=2| [[Haldwani]], [[Lalkuan]], [[Rudrapur, Uttar Pradesh|Rudrapur]], [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]], [[Moradabad]], [[Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|282|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2012
|-
|12040||New Delhi–Kathgodam
|-
|rowspan=2|'''17'''||12041|| [[New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express|Howrah–New Jalpaiguri]]|| rowspan="2" | [[Bolpur|Bolpur Shantiniketan]], {{stnlnk|New Farakka Junction}}, [[Malda Town railway station|Malda Town]], [[Kishanganj]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|566|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2012
|-
|12042||New Jalpaiguri–Howrah
|-
|rowspan=2|'''18'''||12045|| [[New Delhi–Chandigarh Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Chandigarh]] || rowspan="2" | [[Ambala Cantt]], [[Karnal]] ||rowspan=2| {{convert|244|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2013
|-
|12046||[[New Delhi–Chandigarh Shatabdi Express|Chandigarh–New Delhi]]
|-
|rowspan=2|'''19'''||12047|| [[New Delhi–Firozpur Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Firozpur]] || rowspan=2| [[Rohtak]], [[Jind]], [[Jakhal railway station|Jakhal]], [[Mansa, Punjab|Mansa]], [[Bathinda]] ||rowspan=2| {{convert|300|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2014
|-
|12048||Firozpur–New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2|'''20'''||12085|| [[Guwahati–Dibrugarh Shatabdi Express|Guwahati–Dibrugarh]] ||rowspan=2| [[Lumding Junction railway station|Lumding]], [[Dimapur railway station|Dimapur]], [[Mariani Junction railway station|Mariani]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|506|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2017
|-
|12086||Dibrugarh–Guwahati
|-
|rowspan=2|'''21'''||12087|| [[Naharlagun–Guwahati Shatabdi Express|Naharlagun–Guwahati]] ||rowspan=2| [[Rangiya Junction railway station|Rangiya]], [[Rangapara]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|332|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2017
|-
|12088||Guwahati–Naharlagun
|-
|rowspan=2|'''22'''||12243|| [[Chennai Central–Coimbatore Shatabdi Express|MGR Chennai Central–Coimbatore]] ||rowspan=2|[[Katpadi Junction|Katpadi]], [[Jolarpettai Junction railway station|Jolarpettai]], [[Salem Junction|Salem]], [[Erode Junction|Erode]], [[Tiruppur railway station|Tiruppur]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|502|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2011
|-
|12244||Coimbatore–Chennai
|-
|rowspan=2|'''23'''||12277|| Howrah–Puri ||rowspan=2| [[Kharagpur]], [[Balasore]], [[Bhadrak]], [[Cuttack]], [[Bhubaneswar]]||rowspan=2| {{convert|500|km|abbr=on}}||rowspan=2|2010
|-
|12278||[[Howrah–Puri Shatabdi Express|Puri–Howrah]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''List of defunct trains'''
!style="background-color:lightblue;"|#
!style="background-color:lightblue;"|Train no.
!style="background-color:lightblue;"|Route
!style="background-color:lightblue;"|Distance
!style="background-color:lightblue;"|Operational years
|-
|rowspan=2| '''1'''
|12027
| [[Mumbai–Pune Shatabdi Express|Mumbai–Pune]]
|rowspan=2| 192 km
|rowspan=2| 1995-2004
|-
|12028
| [[Mumbai–Pune Shatabdi Express|Pune–Mumbai]]
|-
|rowspan=2| '''2'''
|12035
| [[Jaipur–Agra Fort Shatabdi Express|Jaipur–Agra Fort]]
|rowspan=2| 241 km
|rowspan=2| 2012-2018
|-
|12036
| [[Jaipur–Agra Fort Shatabdi Express|Agra Fort–Jaipur]]
|-
|rowspan=2| '''3'''
|12037
| [[New Delhi–Ludhiana Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Ludhiana]]
|rowspan=2| 329 km
|rowspan=2| 2011-2019
|-
|12038
| Ludhiana–New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2| '''4'''
|12043
| [[New Delhi–Moga Shatabdi Express|New Delhi–Moga]]
|rowspan=2| 398 km
|rowspan=2| 2012-2019
|-
|12044
| Moga–New Delhi
|-
|rowspan=2| '''5'''
|Unknown
|Howrah–Tatanagar
|rowspan=2| 250 km
|rowspan=2| Unknown-1995
|-
|Unknown
|Tatanagar–Howrah
|-
|}

== Related trains ==

A variant of the Shatabdi Express, Swarna Shatabdi Express, is considered more luxurious by Indian Railway. [[Indian Railways]] later introduced a lower-priced version [[Jan Shatabdi Express]]es, which are nearly all without air-conditioning and much more affordable.

A former [[Minister of Railways (India)|railway minister]] Lalu Prasad Yadav had also introduced ''[[Garib Rath]]'' (chariot of the poor) in 2005. These are fast trains (like the Rajdhani and Shatabdi), which are fully air-conditioned and with lower fares. These trains are quite successful and compete with low-cost airlines on some long-distance routes.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:12027 Banglore Shatabdi Express (2).jpg|Trainboard of 12027 Bangalore Shatabdi Express
File: Commonwealth Games livery coach of 12018 Dehradun Shatabdi Express.JPG|Commonwealth Games livery coach of 12018 Dehradun Shatabdi Express
File: Electronic Coachboard of 12017 Dehradun Shatabdi Express.JPG|Electronic coachboard of 12017 Dehradun Shatabdi Express
File: Coach E1 of 12026 Shatabdi Express.jpg|ex 12007 Mysore Shatabdi coach E1 of 12026 Shatabdi Express
File: Coachboard of 12010 Shatabdi Express.jpg|Coachboard of 12010 Shatabdi Express
File: Nameboard of 12010 Shatabdi Express.jpg|Nameboard of 12010 Shatabdi Express
File: Executive class chair car coach in Mysore-Chennai Shatabdi.JPG|Interior view of the new Executive AC Chair Car coaches (EC) on the Chennai–Mysore line
File: CC class interior in Mysore Shatabdi.JPG|Interior view of the new AC Chair Car coaches (CC) on the Chennai–Mysore line
File:12277 Shatabdi Express.jpg|Puri Shatabdi express at Balasore railway station
File: Mysore Shatabdi LHB coaches at Mysore Station (1).JPG|Chennai–Mysore Shatabdi at the Mysore Junction
File:12025 (Pune-SC) Shatabdi Express 02.JPG|12025 Shatabdi Express crossing Bharathnagar MMTS station, Hyderabad
</gallery>

==See also==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[AC Express (Indian Railways)|AC Superfast Express]]
* [[Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor]]
* [[Vande Bharat Express]]
* [[Gatimaan Express]]
* [[Humsafar Express]]
* [[Tejas Express]]
* [[Mahamana Express]]
* [[Yuva Express]]
* [[Duronto Express]]
* [[Rajdhani Express]]
* [[Double Decker Express]]
* [[Antyodaya Express]]
* [[Uday Express]]
* [[Garib Rath Express]]
* [[Jan Shatabdi Express]]
* [[Train 20]]
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-09/india/39849234_1_domestic-travellers-shatabdi-express-indian-railways|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612072600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-09/india/39849234_1_domestic-travellers-shatabdi-express-indian-railways|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title='Shatabdi is the heart of Indian railways'|access-date=30 May 2014}}
* {{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-11/chandigarh/36278935_1_shatabdi-express-chair-car-halts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130918045441/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-11/chandigarh/36278935_1_shatabdi-express-chair-car-halts|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=No halts, new Shatabdi Express to fly to Delhi |access-date=30 May 2014}}

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