A WDP3A hauled Ludhiana - New Delhi Shatabdi Express at Ludhiana Railway Station
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Overview | |
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Service type | Superfast, Shatabdi Express |
First service | 5 November 2011 |
Current operator(s) | Northern Railways |
Route | |
Start | New Delhi |
Stops | 5 |
End | Ludhiana Junction |
Distance travelled | 329 km (204 mi) |
Service frequency | 5 days a week except Monday & Saturday |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | Executive Class, AC Chair Car |
Seating arrangements | Yes |
Sleeping arrangements | No |
Catering facilities | Yes |
Technical | |
Standard Indian Railway Shatabdi coaches | |
Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
Operating speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) maximum ,62.37 km/h (39 mph), including halts |
The 12037/38 New Delhi Ludhiana Shatabdi Express is a Superfast express train of the Shatabdi Express category belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between New Delhi and Ludhiana Junction in India.
It operates as train number 12037 from New Delhi to Ludhiana Junction and as train number 12038 in the reverse direction serving the states of Delhi, Haryana & Punjab.
The 12037/38 New Delhi Ludhiana Shatabdi Express presently has 1 AC First Class, 10 AC Chair Car & 2 End on Generator coaches. It does not carry a Pantry car coach but being a Shatabdi category train, catering is arranged on board the train.
As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.
The 12037 New Delhi Ludhiana Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 329 kilometres in 05 hours 25 mins (62.67 km/hr) & in 05 hours 30 mins as 12038 Ludhiana New Delhi Shatabdi Express (62.07 km/hr).