The New Delhi Bhopal Habibganj Shatabdi Express is a train operated by the Northern Railway which runs between

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

, the main railway station of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

's capital territory,

, and Rani Kamlapati Railway Station the sub-urban railway station of

Bhopal City Bhopal (; ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and ar ...

, the state capital of central Indian state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. It is one of the fastest train in

with a maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h. It runs on the

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra i ...

stretch. The train commenced service in 1988 and was the first Shatabdi train to be introduced. The train runs at an average speed of , 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 when the Maximum Permissible Speed in this section is enhanced to . The train was extended to Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in the railway budget of 2014-1

History

The name "Shatabdi" means century in

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. The first Shatabdi Express train was introduced in 1988 to commemorate the birth century of

Jawahar Lal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20 ...

, the first Prime Minister of India.

Madhavrao Scindia Madhavrao Jivajirao Scindia (10 March 1945 – 30 September 2001) was an Indian politician and a minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Scindia was the son of Jiwajirao Scindia, the last rul ...

was the Indian Railway Minister at that point of time and the Shatabdi Express was his brainchild. The first Shatabdi Express was flagged off between

and

Jhansi Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative head ...

which was later extended to

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

and

Habibganj Rani Kamalapati is a suburb in Bhopal, India, in the BHEL township in the city of Bhopal. It is notable for the Rani Kamalapati Railway Station, the second busiest station in the city after the Bhopal Junction. This railway station was "rec ...

Coach composition

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

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locomotive.

Train

The train is fully air-conditioned and is based on

LHB coach Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany (renamed Alstom LHB GmbH in 1998 after the takeover by Alstom and now known as Alstom Transport Deutschland) and mostl ...

. 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 The 12011/12012 Kalka Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of Shatabdi class belonging to Indian Railways that runs between New Delhi and Kalka in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12011 from New Delhi railwa ...

with actual RSA pattern unknown. WAP5 NDLS

Schedule

The schedule of this 12001/12002 New Delhi - Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) Shatabdi Express is given below:-

Route

The train covers following major cities:

Mathura Junction Mathura Junction railway station is an important station on Agra–Delhi chord of Delhi–Mumbai and Delhi–Chennai lines. It is located in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the important North-Central Ra ...

Agra Cantonment Agra Cantonment (station code: AGC) is the main railway station in the Indian city of Agra. It is located near the Sadar Bazaar towards the southwest of the city. It lies on the main Delhi–Chennai and one of the Delhi–Mumbai lines. Overvi ...

Morena railway station Morena railway station is a small railway station in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh. Its code is MRA. It serves Morena city. The station is classified under 80 A class stations across India. this. Station is a Wifi free available in providing b ...

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

References

External links

* http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/rail-budget-list-of-new-extended-trains/ *http://indiarailinfo.com/train/1516? {{DEFAULTSORT:Habibganj - New Delhi Shatabdi Express Railway services introduced in 1988 Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh Shatabdi Express trains 1988 establishments in India Transport in Bhopal Transport in Delhi Rail transport in Delhi