Superfast/Mail Trains in India

Shatabdi Superfast Express LHB coaches at Mysore Station
No.12695 Chennai-Trivandrum SF arriving at Platform No.1 in Kollam Junction Railway Station
LHB Coaches of Rajdhani Superfast Express

Superfast Mail/Express trains are express rail services of the Indian Railways. They make few stops, unlike other Mail/Express trains, achieving somewhat shorter journey times. Tickets cost more than Mail/Express rates. As of 2015, 450 pairs of Superfast trains ran on the Indian Railways. The 12908/Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express (NZM/Hazrat Nizamuddin - BDTS/Bandra Terminus) is the fastest non-Shatabdi, non-Rajdhani Mail/Express train in India.

In some cases, trains run Superfast where there is an overlapping Mail/Express service available, and run regular Mail/Express trains where there is no supplementary Mail/Express service.

Trains with an average speed, excluding halts, equalling or exceeding 55 kilometres per hour (34 mph) (60 kilometres per hour (37 mph) until the early 1990s) on both up and down journeys fall into the Superfast category and are numbered with a prefix of 12 or 22 or 20 (previously 2). Including halts (both revenue and scheduled technical halts) the average speed often is below 55 km/h.

Increased stops for various reasons led to a significant reduction in average speed of many trains, despite improvements in track and haulage.

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