| Color: | ADD8E6 |
| Bhopal Shatabdi Express | |
| Type: | Shatabdi Express |
| Locale: | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,Haryana & Delhi |
| First: | for 12001, for 12002 |
| Operator: | Northern Railway zone |
| Start: | Rani Kamlapati (Habibganj) Railway Station |
| Stops: | 11 |
| Distance: | 709km (441miles) |
| Journeytime: | 8 hours 40 mins |
| Frequency: | daily |
| Class: | Executive Class, AC Chair Car |
| Seating: | Yes |
| Sleeping: | No |
| Catering: | No Pantry car but provided |
| Baggage: | Overhead racks |
| Stock: | LHB coach |
| El: | Yes |
| Trainnumber: | 12001 / 12002 |
| Speed: | 150km/h maximum 82km/h, including halts |
| Map: | |
| Map State: | collapsed |
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).
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 82km/h, 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 130km/h when the Maximum Permissible Speed in this section is enhanced to 200km/h. The train was extended to Habibganj Railway Station from .[3]
The name "Shatabdi" means century in Sanskrit. The first Shatabdi Express train was introduced in 1988 to commemorate the birth century of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Madhavrao Scindia was the Indian Railway Minister[4] 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.[5]