Superfast Express Trains

Superfast Trains are a series of express trains operated by the Indian Railways, which make fewer stops while skipping the intermediate ones, making the journey duration shorter. Due to the quality service provided to the commuters, the fare of Superfast trains is more than ordinary express/passenger trains as they have "superfast surcharge" additional in it. These trains run on a minimum average speed of 55 km/h and are numbered with a prefix of 12 or 22 or 20 (formerly it was 2). As per the record of 2017, 550 pairs of superfast trains operated under the Indian Railways. The 12908 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express, which runs between NZM to BDTS is the fastest non-Shatabdi, non-Rajdhani superfast train with an average of 72 and max 110 speed.

The classes of travel available in Superfast Express Trains are Second Sitting (2S), Sleeper (SL), First Class (FC), AC Chair car (CC), Executive Chair Car (EC), AC 3 Tier (3A), AC 2 Tier (2A), and AC First Class (1A).

Superfast Train runs on an average speed of 45-70 km/h and its max permissible speed is 130 km/h.

Total 1016 Superfast Express trains are running.

The name, number, and schedule of all popular Superfast Trains are already mentioned above, so just use the search box to find the desired train. If you want to get route details of any Superfast Trains, then click on the train number present in the train list.