It has 4 standard Jan Shatabdi Express AC Chair Car & 9 2nd Class Non - AC seating coaches with No general coach.

As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

It is a daily train & covers the distance of 305 kilometres in 6 hours as 12056 Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express (50.83 km/h) and 303 kilometres 5 hours 45 mins as 12055 New Delhi–Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express (52.70 km/h).

Earlier it used to be hauled by a WDM-3A / WDP-3A from Tughlakabad diesel loco shed.

The train runs from New Delhi via Ghaziabad, Meerut City, Haridwar Junction to Dehradun.