Habibganj–New Delhi Shatabdi Express

Bhopal Shatabdi Express
	A WAP-5 hauling the Bhopal Shatabdi Express
Overview
Service type	Shatabdi Express
First service	14 November 1988; 35 years ago
Current operator(s)	Northern Railway zone
Route
Start	New Delhi
Stops	8
End	Bhopal Habibganj
Distance travelled	708 km (440 mi)
Average journey time	8 hours 25mins
Service frequency	daily
Train number(s)	12001 / 12002
On-board services
Class(es)	Executive Class, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Catering facilities	No Pantry car but provided
Baggage facilities	Overhead racks
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Electrification	Yes
Operating speed	150 km/h (93 mph) maximum ; 84 km/h (52 mph), including halts
Route map
Route map

The New Delhi Bhopal 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 sub-urban railway station of Bhopal City, the state capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the fastest train in India with a maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h.

It runs on the New Delhi-Agra stretch.^[1]^[2] The train commenced service in 1988 and was the first Shatabdi train to be introduced. The train runs at an average speed of 84 km/h (52 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 130 km/h (81 mph) when the Maximum Permissible Speed in this section is enhanced to 200 km/h (124 mph). The train was extended to Habibganj in the railway budget of 2014-15 [1].

History[edit]

The name "Shatabdi" means century in Sanskrit. The first Shatabdi Express train was introduced in 1988 to commemorate the birth century of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Madhavrao Scindia was the Indian Railway Minister^[3] 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 and Habibganj.^[4]

Habibganj - New Delhi Shatabdi Express arriving Habibganj with GZB WAP-5

Train[edit]

Interior view of Bhopal Shatabdi Express AC Chair Car

The train is fully air-conditioned and is based on LHB coaches. Cost of meals is covered in the ticket fare, and the travellers are provided with snacks, meals, coffee/tea, a one-litre water bottle/ 300ml packaged water (provided by the railways owned and operated subsidiary '"Rail Neer"), and juice. The rake is shared with 12011/2 Kalka Shatabdi Express with actual RSA pattern unknown.

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

Route[edit]

The train covers following major cities: New Delhi, Mathura Junction, Agra Cantonment, Morena railway station Gwalior, Jhansi, Bhopal & Habibganj

Coach composition[edit]

The train has 14 AC Chair Car, 2 Executive Class & EOG coaches.

The train is expected to switch to HOG, where power for Hotel Load of the train is drawn from locomotive after commissioning of HOG fit WAP 5 locomotive.

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	EOG	E1	E2	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8	C9	C10	C11	C12	C13	C14	EOG

References[edit]

↑ "Habibganj ⇌ New Delhi Shatabdi Express(12001⇌12002)". Trains Of India. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
↑ "India's fastest train flagged off". rediff.com. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
↑ "[IRFCA] Railway Ministers". irfca.org.
↑ Chirdeep Bagga (17 February 2006). "Fastest train claim gone in 60 seconds". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

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[1] "Habibganj ⇌ New Delhi Shatabdi Express(12001⇌12002)". Trains Of India. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[2] "India's fastest train flagged off". rediff.com. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

[3] "[IRFCA] Railway Ministers". irfca.org.

[4] Chirdeep Bagga (17 February 2006). "Fastest train claim gone in 60 seconds". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

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