Last Updated: 17 March 2021
In India, all the Fastest Trains available are known as Express Trains.
Unlike other trains in India, Express trains make a small number of stops, usually major destinations. This allows faster service than local trains that stop at most or all of the stations along their route.
Limited stops for the Express Trains make them obtain the highest speeds of any trains in India. The speed of these Express Trains has been calculated from the latest Indian Railways timetable.
Here is a list of the Top Fastest trains in India which are known for their fastest speed in 2021. Train speeds are in given in Km/hr
List Of Top Fastest Trains In India
| No. | Category | Train Name | Max Speed (Km/hr) | Avg Speed (Km/hr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Train 18 | Vande Bharat Express Train 18 | 180 | 96.8 |
| 2 | Gatimaan Express | Delhi – Jhansi Gatimaan Express | 160 | 91 |
| 3 | Shatabdi Express | New Delhi Habibganj Shatabdi Express | 150 | 89 |
| 4 | Rajdhani Express | Bandra Rajdhani Express | 150 | 97.8 |
| 5 | Duronto Express | Sealdah – New Delhi Duronto Express | 135 | 85 |
| 6 | Delhi Metro | Delhi Airport Metro Express | 132 | 95 |
| 7 | Yuva Express | Howrah – Anand Vihar Yuva Express | 130 | 82 |
| 8 | Rajdhani Express | Howrah Rajdhani Express | 130 | 85 |
| 9 | Shatabdi Express | Howrah Ranchi Shatabdi Express | 130 | 74 |
| 10 | Garib Rath | Bandra Terminus Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express | 130 | 82 |
| 11 | Double Decker | Mumbai Central – Ahmedabad Double Decker Express | 130 | 69 |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh Express | Visakhapatnam – New Delhi AP Express | 130 | 76 |
| 13 | AC Express | Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express | 120 | 76 |
| 14 | Suvidha | Patna – Mumbai CST Suvidha Superfast Express | 110 | 63 |
| 15 | Sampark Kranti Express | Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express | 110 | 69 |
| 16 | Jan Shatabdi | Kota Hazrat Nizamuddin Jan Shatabdi Express | 110 | 71 |
India doesn’t have any railways with operational speeds exceeding 200 km/h (120 mph). Trains classified as High-Speed Rail (HSR) exceeds the speed of 200 km/h by international standards.
Therefore, India does not have any railways that can be classified as High-Speed Rail (HSR). Trains in the future with top speeds of 250–300 km/h will be available in India by 2040.
The current fastest train in India is the Vande Bharat Express Train 18 also popularly known as Train 18 with an operational speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) and an average speed of 100 km/h (62 mph)
It runs between New Delhi-Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, and New Delhi-Varanasi.
N.B: The trains in India have five-digit and four-digit numbering system
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