Kolkata Metro: The only Metro of IR. কলকাতা মেট্রো : তিলোত্তমার জীবন রেখা ।। - PPG

Actually that is exploitation of loopholes in the system,just to earn money..Just like they introduced those Humsafar trains (many of them with super slow Timetable) with dynamic fare policy..Nowhere it is written that Jan Shatabdi should only be Superfast trains..But aaj tak yahi samjha jata tha ki Janshatabdi Premium Intercity type trains hai..Based on the concept of "Shatabdi" trains..Not like that kisi bhi Express ko utha ke Jan Shatabdi bana diya jaye.
Here is what Mr Nitish Kumar (then RM) said while introducing Jan Shatabdi trains :-
"To commemorate the historic and momentous...
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date i.e., 16th April 1853, when the first train steamed out of Boribunder for Thane, we are introducing sixteen inter-city train services to be called as Jan Shatabdi Express trains. These trains will have most of the characteristics of the current Shatabdi Express trains and will also have specially designed second class chair car accommodation. These trains will, therefore, be accessible to a much wider spectrum of travelling public true to its name of Jan Shatabdi."