18-397: 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
36-603: A series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways . Shatabdi Express are day trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains run at a maximum permissible speed of 110–150 km/h (68–93 mph) with the Rani Kamalapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express achieving the maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h (93 mph) between Tughlakabad and Bilochpura Agra. The name "Shatabdi" means century in Sanskrit and
54-514: A suburb of Madras and the construction began. A further extended agreement was signed in 1953 for the Swiss company to supply tools and machines to set up the factory. The Integral Coach Factory is one of the earliest production units and was constructed at a cost of ₹ 74.7 million (US$ 900,000). The factory was inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and rolled out its first coach on 2 October 1955. The furnishing division
72-402: A technical agreement was concluded with Swiss Cars and Elevator Manufacturing Corporation , a Zurich -based company for technical assistance and transfer of coach building technology. A basic steel shell was designed as a prototype by the Swiss company which would form the basis of coaches to be manufactured in the new facility. In 1951, the site for the factory was chosen at Perambur ,
90-669: Is an Indian manufacturer of rail coaches . Established in 1955, it is located in Perambur in Chennai and is the largest rail coach manufacturer in the world. It is owned and operated by the Indian Railways and is the oldest amongst the five rake production units of the Indian Railways. While the facility initially manufactured ICF coaches , it currently manufactures LHB coaches and electric multiple units including
108-817: Is no unreserved accommodation, unlike most of the other trains in India. Reservation is allowed until up to 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time and the seats are auto allocated by the reservation system. Dynamic pricing is applicable on the fares. As Shatabdi Express are day-trains and return to the station of origin the same day, coaches have only seats and not berths. All of these trains have multiple AC Chair Car coaches and one or two coaches of Executive Class seating. Indian Railways offers Anubhuti class seating and Vistadome coaches offering large windows, transparent roofing, and rotatable seats in select trains. The trains used to operate on specialized coaches manufactured by Integral Coach Factory , Chennai with
126-446: Is responsible for interior furnishing, exterior painting, electrical equipment and other testing. The factory had an installed capacity of 350 units per annum in 1955 with the production increasing to 1458 by 2013–14, 2277 by 2016–17 and reaching the highest at 4166 coaches in 2019–20. In 2011, the air-conditioned train-sets manufactured by ICF for Kolkata Metro allegedly broke down causing disruption of services as
144-528: The 1960s, ICF started developing EMUs for short-haul and local routes. In 2017, ICF started developing a semi-high speed train-set designed to be fully air-conditioned, equipped with modern facilities and capable of reaching speeds of over 160 km/h (99 mph). In 2018, the first prototype code-named "Train 18" was completed within 18 months after initiation and was built at a cost of ₹ 970 million (equivalent to ₹ 1.3 billion or US$ 16 million in 2023) with 80% indigenous components. It
162-564: 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 ; 10 years ago ( 2014-09-01 ) . The name "Shatabdi" means century in Sanskrit . The first Shatabdi Express train was introduced in 1988 to commemorate
180-597: The birth century of Jawahar Lal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India. Madhavrao Scindia 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 New Delhi and Jhansi Junction which was later extended to Bhopal Junction and Habibganj railway stations. Shatabdi Express Shatabdi Express ( lit. ' Century Express ' ) are
198-579: The fastest train in India with a maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h (93 mph). It runs on the New Delhi - Agra stretch. 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
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#1732787332664216-677: 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 plied between New Delhi and Jhansi Junction . Shatabdi Express trains offer fast connectivity between major cities with only a few intermediate stops and can run at a maximum speed of 150 km/h (93 mph). They are fully air-conditioned and passengers are provided with on-board catering . Onboard entertainment systems are available in select trains providing content via satellite. Seats in Shatabdi Express have to be reserved in advance as there
234-504: The older coaches now been replaced with newer LHB rakes on all the trains. The trains are hauled by various diesel or electric locomotives and a new specialized high speed locomotive class WAP-7HS with a maximum speed of 180 km/h (110 mph) for hauling Shatabdi express trains was introduced in 2019. As of August 06 , there are 21 operational pairs of Shatabdi express trains. Jolarpettai Jn. , Bengaluru Cantt. Integral Coach Factory Integral Coach Factory
252-497: The personnel. A Regional Railway Museum is situated in the factory premises which has a collection of nascent models of trains and models endemic to the Indian Railways . ICF maintains quarters of working staff and other associated facilities including hospitals and schools. About 59.1 million units of electricity had been generated through the windmills installed by ICF in Tirunelveli district in 2011 which met 80 per cent of
270-770: The rakes were sent to Kolkata without conducting dry runs because the ICF did not have third-rail testing facilities. As of early 2020s, the company manufactures over 4000 coaches each year and is the largest rail coach manufacturer in the world. In June 2024, ICF rolled out its 75,000 coach, which was part of the 69th rake of Vande Bharat . ICF manufactures more than 170 varieties of coaches including IC coaches , LHB coaches , Metro coaches , EMUs , DMUs and MEMUs . The coaches manufactured based on original Swiss design were termed as ICF coaches which were manufactured from 1955 to 2018. The ICF coaches were replaced by newer LHB coaches designed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany . In
288-462: The semi-high speed Vande Bharat train-sets. After Indian Independence , the Government of India wanted to reduce the import of rail coaches to cater to the increasing traffic of the Indian Railways . In the railway budget for 1949–50, then Minister of Transport and Railways , N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar announced the intention to establish a railway coach factory in India. In 1949,
306-410: Was inaugurated on 2 October 1962. The ICF consists of two main divisions, shell division and furnishing division. The shell division consists of 14 individual units and manufactures the skeleton of the rail coach, where various parts that form the shell are fabricated and integrated to form a single structure that is placed on wheel sets. The furnishing division consists of eight individual units and
324-721: Was later re-named as Vande Bharat Express , the first of which was flagged off by the Prime Minister of India on 15 February 2019. While the coach factory primarily manufactures rolling stock for Indian Railways, it also exports railway coaches to other countries. The first export was an order of 47 bogies to Thailand in 1967 and the factory has since exported 875 bogies and coaches to over 13 Afro-Asian countries including Angola , Bangladesh , Mozambique , Myanmar , Nepal , Nigeria , Philippines , Sri Lanka , Taiwan , Tanzania , Uganda , Vietnam , and Zambia . A training school, established in 1955 provides training to
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