Shaan-e-Bhopal Express
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Current operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Route | |
| Termini | Bhopal Habibganj Hazrat Nizamuddin |
| Stops | 8 |
| Distance travelled | 700 kilometres (430 mi) |
| Average journey time | 10 hrs 55 mins |
| Train number(s) | 12155/12156 |
| Technical | |
| Operating speed | 67 kilometres per hour (42 mph) (Avg.) |
Bhopal Express (also Shaan-e-Bhopal) is a daily superfast train service, connecting Bhopal in central India to New Delhi. It has the distinction of being the fastest non-Shatabdi, non-Rajdhani, non sampark kranti in India, and being the first train to be certified for quality at the ISO 9000 level. It covers the 700 kilometres between Bhopal Habibganj railway station and Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi in ten hours and fifty-five minutes. Due to its convenient timings, it is a highly preferred train for passengers commuting to and from Bhopal and Nizamuddin (Delhi).
Journey
The down train (#12155) departs Bhopal at 21:05 and reaches Hazrat Nizamuddin at 08:00 the following morning. The up train (#12156) departs Hazrat Nizamuddin at 21:00 and reaches Habibganj at 07:05 the following morning.
Features
The train is hauled by a Ghaziabad WAP 7 locomotive. It consists of one First AC, two AC-2 tier, three AC-3 tier, twelve Sleeper, four general/unreserved and two parcel coaches.
Bhopal Express is India's first ISO 9000-2001 certified train.[1]
Its AC First Class, AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier coach as well as the Sleeper coaches are GPS enabled and provide information such as current train speed, distance to final destination, distance to next stop, stoppage station name and timing performance on an LCD display. (The new coaches in Duronto trains are also GPS-enabled and provide the same information.) Almost every coach in the train has an IVR system informing about the destination station name, station importance, etc.
References
- ^ "ISO certificate". Retrieved 2007-04-05.