Kanpur New Delhi Shatabdi Express

Kanpur New Delhi Shatabdi Express
Overview
Service type Shatabdi Express
Locale Delhi and Uttar Pradesh
First service 7 February 2010
Route
Start Kanpur Central
Stops 2 at Ghaziabad and Etawah
End New Delhi
Distance travelled 437 km (272 mi)
Average journey time 4:55 hours
Service frequency Daily, except Sunday
Train number(s) 12033 / 12034
On-board services
Class(es) Executive Chair Car, AC Chair Car
Seating arrangements Yes
Sleeping arrangements No
Catering facilities Available
Technical
Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed 140 km/h (87 mph) maximum
,87.40 km/h (54 mph), including halts

Kanpur New Delhi Shatabdi Express is the second Shatabdi Train for Kanpur Central. The load of passengers in Lucknow Shatabdi was heavy from Kanpur Central. Due to the excessive passenger load on Lucknow Shatabdi from Kanpur Central and huge demand for a separate Shatabdi train from Kanpur Central, the Railway Ministry declared the new Shatabdi train from Central Station in 2009 Railway Budget. This train was flagged off by Union Railways minister Mamata Banerjee on 7 Feb 2010. It runs on all days of a week except Sunday.

In the starting days, it used to run non-stop between Kanpur and New Delhi. Later, Ghaziabad was also introduced as another stop between the two stations. Now the Railways has introduced one more stop i.e. Etawah between Kanpur and New Delhi.

It is called Kanpur Reverse Shatabdi because it follows the reverse timetable of Lucknow Shatabdi; i.e. UP follows DOWN time table and vice versa. It is the fourth fastest train in India.

Fares and coaches

These fares are lesser as compared to the Lucknow Swarn Shatabdi Express for the same pair of stations. Morning/evening snacks, tea and coffee are served.

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