Gatimaan express: India's fastest train

Gatimaan Express will cover the 192-km distance between Delhi and Agra in all of 100 minutes, as compared to the 118 minutes taken by Shatabdi Express on the same route. Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

The Gatimaan service will be run on all days of the week, except Friday, starting from Nizamuddin station at 8.10 am and reaching Agra Cantt at 9.50 am. Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

The train will be run with 10 coaches, including eight air-conditioned chair car (AC CC) coaches and two executive class bogies, with a total of 715 seats. Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

Passengers are served a Spanish omelette or a Swiss roll as the train speeds them away to their destination. Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

The train runs on a WAP5 electrical engine, the best in-class loco produced so far by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, and Linke Hofmann Busch coaches in use in the Shatabdi Express. Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

India's fastest train Gatimaan express was flagged off from Nizamuddin station for Agra. Photo: Sanjay K Sharma