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High Speed Trains of India
High speed trains of India, namely, Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express run to various places of India.

High-speed trains of India account for quite a few in numbers. Speed trains are enlisted in the category depending on their velocity. The names of some of the high-speed trains of India are enlisted below:

Rajdhani Express Rajdhani Express
Rajdhani Express began its journey in 1969. It runs at a speed of approximately one hundred and thirty km per hour. The train`s coverage is also wide spreading. From Delhi it travels to places like Howrah, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Thiruvananathapuram, Guwahati, Patna, Channai, Secunderabad, Jammu Tavi, and Ahmedabad.

Shatabdi Express
Shatabdi Express began its historical journey in 1988. The train runs at a speed of one hundred and forty km per hour. It runs from Delhi to various places like Bhopal, Lucknow, Kalka, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Amritsar, and Ajmer. Other routes of its operation are Chennai to Mysore and vice versa, Chennai to Tirupati and vice versa, Mumbai to Ahmedabad and vice versa, and destined for Bhubaneshwar, Barabil (Orissa) and Malda (West Bengal) from Howrah (Kolkata).

(Last Updated on : 23/01/2009)
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