The 12011/12012 Kalka Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of Shatabdi class belonging to Indian Railways that runs between New Delhi and Kalka in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12011 from New Delhi railway station to Kalka railway station and as train number 12012 in the reverse direction.^[1] The train is mostly used by tourists, along with Netaji Express, en route to Shimla. Thus, gaining its international patronage.

Coaches

The Kalka Shatabdi Express generally has 2 Executive AC Chair Car (EC) coaches, 14 AC Chair Car(CC) coaches, two luggage cum generator coaches. The train runs with LHB coach. As customary, the composition of coaches is at the discretion of Indian Railways. There is no pantry car but catering is arranged on board the train.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
12011		EOG	C1	C12	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8	C9	C10	C11	C12	C13	C14	E1	E2	EOG
12012		EOG	E2	E1	C14	C13	C12	C11	C10	C9	C8	C7	C6	C5	C4	C3	C2	C1	EOG

Service

It is the fastest train on the Delhi–Kalka sector. It shares this distinction with its sister train 12005/06 Kalka Shatabdi Express. It covers the distance of 269 kilometers in 4 hours as 12011 Shatabdi Express (67 km/h) and 4 hours 5 mins as 12012 Shatabdi Express (66 km/h).

Loco link

It is regularly hauled by a WAP-7 locomotive with HOG capability from the Ghaziabad Shed. It receives banker engines between Chandigarh & Kalka. Generally, these are WAP-4 or WAP-5.

Time table

The 12011 Kalka Shatabdi Express leaves New Delhi every day at 07:40 hrs IST and reaches the Kalka at 11:40 hrs IST. On return, the 12012 Kalka Shatabdi Express leaves Kalka every day at 17:45 hrs IST and reaches the New Delhi at 21:50 hrs IST. Being a Shatabdi, it returns to its originating station, New Delhi, at the end of the day.

Station code	Station name	12011 – New Delhi to Kalka ^[2]		Distance from source in km	Day	12012 – Kalka to New Delhi^[3]		Distance from source in km	Day
Station code	Station name	Arrival	Departure	Distance from source in km	Day	Arrival	Departure	Distance from source in km	Day
NDLS	New Delhi	Source	07:40	0	1	21:50	Destination	269	1
SNP	Sonipat	08:20	08:22	44	1	20:52	20:54	224	1
PNP	Panipat	08:49	08:51	90	1	20:22	20:24	179	1
KKDE	Kurukshetra	09:32	09:34	157	1	19:38	19:40	111	1
UMB	Ambala Cant Junction	10:22	10:24	199	1	19:03	19:08	69	1
CDG	Chandigarh	10:59	11:07	244	1	18:15	18:23	25	1
KLK	Kalka	11:40	Destination	269	1	Source	17:45	0	1

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Shatabdi Express

Shatabdi Express
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Defunct	Jaipur–Agra Fort Mumbai–Pune New Delhi–Ludhiana New Delhi–Moga

Railways in Northern India

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Heritage railways	Kalka–Shimla Railway
Monorails	Patiala State Monorail Trainways
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Manufacturing units and workshops	Banaras Locomotive Works Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
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See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) 1974 railway strike in India Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor