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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) [1] 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 12054 / 53 Amritsar–Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express covers the distance of 407 kilometres in 7 hours 00 mins (58.14 km/h) and in 7 hours 35 mins (53.67 km/h) as 12053 Haridwar–Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express. As the average speed of the train is above 55 km/h, as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a Superfast Express surcharge.
In the densely populated areas of Delhi and Meerut, the route will be underground including near the Yamuna river at Anand Vihar. [16] The entire route is designed for a maximum speed of 180 km/h (110 mph), with an operating speed of 160 km/h (100 mph). [39] [40] The average speed is approximately 100 km/h (62 mph). [40]
The station is situated on the Laksar–Dehradun railway line for connecting Delhi, Howrah and rest of India. One of the main railheads of the Northern Railway zone, Haridwar Junction railway station is connected by broad-gauge lines. The station is situated on the NH 58 in the Devpura locality of Haridwar.
As of 12-03-2016, the Old Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line including the Khurja Junction–Meerut–Saharanpur sector are electrified. Trains can now seamlessly run with electric locomotives from Delhi to Haridwar and Delhi to Ambala via Meerut and Saharanpur. Double line. Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur section is double track.
It is among the fastest trains on the Delhi–Dehradun section along with the 22457/58 Dehradun-Anand Vihar Terminal Vande Bharat Express, 12401/02 Nanda Devi AC Express & 12055/56 Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express. It covers the distance of 314 kilometres in 6 hours 10 mins as 12017 Shatabdi Express (51 km/h) and 5 hours 55 mins as 12018 Shatabdi ...
The railway station is located about 100 metres away from the Shahdara station of Delhi Metro's Red Line, which was the one of the termini of its first section opened on 25 December, 2002. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
The entire route is yet to be fully electrified. Earlier, a Kalyan based WCAM 3 engine would haul the train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus up to Bhusaval Junction handing over to a Bhusaval based WAP 4 until Hazrat Nizamuddin after which a Tughlakabad based WDM 3A powers the train for the remainder of the journey.