The 12013/12014 ''Amritsar Shatabdi Express'' is a Superfast Express train of Shatabdi class belonging to

Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...

that runs between Amritsar Junction and

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in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12013 from

to Amritsar Junction and as train number 12014 in the reverse direction.

Service

It is the fastest train on the Delhi – Amritsar sector after the newly launched Amritsar–Delhi Junction Vande Bharat Express and its two sister trains 12029/30 Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express and 12031/32 Amritsar Shatabdi Express. It has 2 sister trains 12029/30

New Delhi–Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express The 12029/30 New Delhi Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express is a Superfast Express train of the Shatabdi category belonging to Indian Railways - Northern Railway zone that runs between New Delhi and Amritsar in India. It operates as train number ...

and 12031/32

New Delhi–Amritsar Shatabdi Express The 12031 / 32 New Delhi–Amritsar ''Shatabdi Express'' is a Superfast Express train of the Shatabdi category belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12031 from N ...

. It covers the distance of 448 kilometres in 6 hours 15 mins as 12013

Shatabdi Express Shatabdi Express () are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways. Shatabdi Express are day trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains run at a maximum permissible speed of depending on the ...

(73.64 km/h) and 6 hours 15 mins as 12014

(71.68 km/h).

Loco link

As the route is fully electrified, a

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based

WAP 7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

locomotive powers the train for the entire journey.

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