Habibganj–New_Delhi_Shatabdi_Express
Rani Kamalapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express
Shatabdi Express train in India
The 12001/02 Rani Kamlapati (Habibganj)-New Delhi Shatabdi Express is a train operated by the Northern Railways which runs between New Delhi, the main railway station of India's capital territory, New Delhi, and Rani Kamlapati (Habibganj) Railway Station, the suburban railway station of Bhopal, the state capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the fastest train in India with a maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).
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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 82 km/h (51 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 Railway Station from 1 September 2014 .[3]