Color: | ADD8E6 |
New Delhi–Ajmer Shatabdi Express | |
Type: | Shatabdi Express |
First: | between New Delhi and Jaipur, Extended to Ajmer in 1995 https://indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/finance_budget/Previous%20Budget%20Speeches/1995-96.pdf |
Operator: | Northern Railways |
Start: | (NDLS) |
Stops: | 10 |
End: | Ajmer (AII) |
Distance: | 444km (276miles) |
Journeytime: | 6 hours 40 minutes |
Frequency: | Daily |
Class: | AC 1st Class, AC Chair Car |
Seating: | Yes |
Sleeping: | No |
Catering: | On-board catering, E-catering |
Observation: | Large windows |
Baggage: | Overhead racks |
Trainnumber: | 12015 / 12016 |
Speed: | 66.5km/h average including halts110km/h Top operating speed |
The 12015 / 12016 New Delhi–Ajmer Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of the Shatabdi Express category belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between and Ajmer in India.
It operates as train number 12015 from New Delhi to Ajmer and as train number 12016 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan, and have priority above all other trains.
12015 New Delhi–Ajmer Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 444 kilometres in 06 hours 45 mins (66 km/h) and in 06 hours 35 mins as 12016 Ajmer–New Delhi Shatabdi Express (67 km/h).
As the average speed of the train is 66.5km/h, as per Indian Railway rules, its fare includes a Superfast surcharge.
As the route is now fully electrified, a Ghaziabad-based WAP-5 / WAP-7 locomotive powers the train for its entire journey.