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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 was named as 'Shatabdi' meaning 'century' to commemorate the birth centenary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Shatabdi express trains can run at a maximum speed of 150 km/h.

Shatabdi Express
An airconditioned coach of Shatabdi Express
Overview
Status	Active
First service	14 November 1988; 34 years ago (1988-11-14)
Successor	Vande Bharat Express
Current operator(s)	Indian Railways
Website	http://indianrail.gov.in
Route
Line(s) used	21 Routes
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 coaches
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Operating speed	150 km/h maximum
Track owner(s)	Indian Railways

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.[1]

Service

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.[2][3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Seats in Shatabdi Express have to be reserved in advance as there is no unreserved accommodation unlike most of the other trains in India.[7] Reservation is allowed until up to 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time.[8] The seats are auto allocated by the reservation system.[9] Dynamic pricing is applicable on the fares.[10]

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. The trains have multiple AC Chair Car coaches with one or two coaches of Executive Class seating. Indian Railways offers Anubhuti Class seating in some of the trains with Vistadome coaches offering large windows, transparent roofing and rotatable seats.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

List of Shatabdi trains

Indian Railways operates 23 pairs of Shatabdi Express trains.[14]

List of Trains

Sr. no.	Train no.	Route	Stops	Distance	Year introduced
1	12001	Rani Kamlapati–New Delhi	Bhopal, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Gwalior, Morena, Agra, Mathura	705 km (438 mi)	1988
	12002	New Delhi–Rani Kamlapati
2	12003	Lucknow–New Delhi	Kanpur, Etawah, Tundla, Aligarh, Ghaziabad	513 km (319 mi)	1989
	12004	New Delhi–Lucknow
3	12005	New Delhi–Kalka	Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Chandigarh	303 km (188 mi)	1992
	12006	Kalka–New Delhi
4	12007	MGR Chennai Central–Mysuru	Katpadi, Bangalore	500 km (310 mi)	1994
	12008	Mysuru–MGR Chennai Central
5	12009	Mumbai Central–Ahmedabad	Borivali, Vapi, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Nadiad	491 km (305 mi)	1994
	12010	Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central
6	12011	New Delhi–Kalka	Panipat, Kurukshetra, Ambala Cantt, Chandigarh	303 km (188 mi)	NA
	12012	Kalka–New Delhi
7	12013	New Delhi–Amritsar	Ambala Cantt, Sirhind, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Beas	449 km (279 mi)	NA
	12014	Amritsar - New Delhi
8	12015	New Delhi–Daurai (Ajmer)	Delhi Cantt, Gurgaon, Rewari, Alwar, Jaipur, Ajmer	444 km (276 mi)	1995
	12016	Daurai (Ajmer)–New Delhi
9	12017	New Delhi–Dehradun	Ghaziabad, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Roorkee, Haridwar	314 km (195 mi)	1995
	12018	Dehradun–New Delhi
10	12019	Howrah–Ranchi	Durgapur, Raniganj, Asansol, Dhanbad, Chandrapura, Bokaro Steel City, Muri	421 km (262 mi)	1995
	12020	Ranchi–Howrah
11	12025	Pune-Secunderabad	Solapur, Kalaburagi, Wadi, Tandur, Vikarabad, Begumpet	597 km (371 mi)	2011
	12026	Secunderabad Jn.-Pune Jn.
12	12027	Chennai–Bengaluru	Katpadi, Bengaluru Cantt.	362 km (225 mi)	2005
	12028	KSR Bengaluru–MGR Chennai Central
13	12029	New Delhi–Amritsar	Ambala Cantt, Rajpura, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Beas	448 km (278 mi)	NA
	12030	Amritsar–New Delhi
14	12031	New Delhi–Amritsar	Ambala Cantt, Rajpura, Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jalandhar, Beas	448 km (278 mi)	NA
	12032	Amritsar–New Delhi
15	12033	Kanpur Central–New Delhi	Etawah, Aligarh, Ghaziabad	440 km (270 mi)	1994
	12034	New Delhi–Kanpur Central
16	12039	Kathgodam–New Delhi	Haldwani, Lalkuan, Rudrapur, Rampur, Moradabad, Ghaziabad	282 km (175 mi)	2012
	12040	New Delhi–Kathgodam
17	12041	Howrah–New Jalpaiguri	Bolpur Shantiniketan, New Farakka Junction, Malda Town, Kishanganj	566 km (352 mi)	2012
	12042	New Jalpaiguri–Howrah
18	12045	New Delhi–Chandigarh	Ambala Cantt, Karnal	244 km (152 mi)	2013
	12046	Chandigarh–New Delhi
19	12087	Naharlagun–Guwahati	Viswanath Charali, Rangapara North, Udalguri, Rangiya	332 km (206 mi)	2017
	12088	Guwahati–Naharlagun
20	12243	MGR Chennai Central–Coimbatore	Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem, Erode, Tiruppur	502 km (312 mi)	2011
	12244	Coimbatore–Chennai
21	12277	Howrah - Puri	Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar	500 km (310 mi)	2011
	12278	Puri-Howrah

List of defunct trains[15]

Train no.	Route	Distance	Defunct year
2025/2026	KSR Bengaluru – Hubli	468 km	1996
2021/2022	Howrah–Rourkela	413 km	1996
Unknown	Secunderabad–Rajahmundry	413 km	2000
Unknown	New Delhi - Bhatinda	400 km	2003
Unknown	New Delhi - Bareilly	258 km	2003
2023/2024	Howrah - Patna	531 km	2003
2027/2028	Mumbai–Pune	192 km	2004
12035/12036	Jaipur–Agra Fort	241 km	2018
12037/12038	New Delhi–Ludhiana	329 km	2019
12043/12044	New Delhi–Moga	398 km	2019
12047/12048	New Delhi–Firozpur	300 km	2020
12085/12086	Guwahati–Dibrugarh	506 km	2020

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