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New Delhi–Kalka Shatabdi Express

Indian train route

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ17079078 ↗
Source-derived summary

The New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Express is a superfast express fully airconditioned train connecting New Delhi and Kalka. It is one of the superfast trains in the New Delhi - Kalka section covering a distance of 269 km in a span of 4 hours. The train runs at an average speed of 67 km per hour (includinhalts).

Route and halts

Route and Halts for 12005 Kalka Shatabdi is:

• New Delhi

• Panipat Junction

•Kurukshetra Junction

• Ambala Cantonment Junction

• Chandigarh Junction

• Kalka

Route&Halts for 12011 Kalka Shatabdi Express is:

• New Delhi

• Sonipat Junction

• Panipat Junction

• Kurukshetra Junction

• Ambala Cantonment Junction

• Chandigarh Junction

• Kalka

Coach composition

Coach Composition for 12005 Kalka Shatabdi.This train runs with Morden LHB Coaches.Coach Composition of this train is:

2 EOG Brake Van Luggage coach

14 AC Chair Car

2 AC Executive Chair Car

Coach Composition for 12011 Kalka Shatabdi.This train runs with Morden LHB Coaches.Coach Composition of this train is

2 EOG Brake Van Luggage coach

2 AC Executive Chair Car

14 AC Chair Car

Coach positioning

Coach Positioning of 12005 Kalka Shatabdi at New Delhi Station is:

LOCO-EOG-C1-C2-C3-C4-C5-C6-C7-C8-C9-C10-C11-C12-C13-C14-E1-E2-EOG

Vice versa Coach Positioning at Kalka station.

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This entry incorporates text from “New Delhi–Kalka Shatabdi Express” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.