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#SecunderabadRajdhani Express
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#NAME::Indian Railways connecting New Delhi with other important destinations, especially state capitals. Rajdhani means "The Capital" in Hindi
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Express was introduced in 1969
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#Railbudget- 2001
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#Inaugural Run:: 12 feb 2002
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#ZONE::
#SCR
#CR
#WCR
#NCR
#NORTHERN
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#Pantry/Catering
Pantry Car Avbl
Catering Avbl
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#Loco:: LGD WAP 7 Lalguda
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#Soils: black
Alluvial
red.
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#State and zone : it cross seven states
AP
MH
MP
UP
RJ
HR
DL
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#Language:: AP-Telugu
MH-Marathi
MP-hindi
UP-Bundelkhandi,hindi
DL- hindi
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#Speed:: maximum speed at Bhopal ju 89km/hour
minimum speed at Nagpur 74km/hour
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#Avgspeed:: 76 km/hr
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#station ::4 halts. 217 intermediate Stations between Secunderabad Junction and Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin
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#Trackgauge:: Indian gauge
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#rake :: OldICF rakes
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#Traveltime:: 21h 35m
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#Distance::1658 km
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#RSA:: no Rake Sharing .
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#PicsSource:: /train/gallery/1341/835/748

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#Bagh Express
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~~ Connecting City of Joy to the Hills of Uttarakhand ~~
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(Note: Special Thanks to Sparsh Sharma** Sir for some inputs on regions and rivers)
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#Name: The word Bagh means Garden or Park. Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest National Park of India established in 1836, in Ramnagar District of Uttarakhand. The Park is very popular with tourists, both National and International alike and is a hotspot for tourism in Uttarakhand being home to a variety of flora and fauna. The nearest railhead to the Park is at Kathgodam, which is also a gateway to many other hill stations and tourist places in Uttarakhand, viz. Nainital, Ramgarh, Mukteshwar, Ranikhet, Almora and Kausani. Since the train connects Howrah with Kathgodam, it is named as Bagh Express as an accolade to the Jim Corbett National Park.
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#Regions (Physical): The Indo-Gangetic Plains, Chhota Nagpur Plateau, Gurpa-Gujhandi Ghats, A part of the Terai Plains, Awadh Plains, Himalayan Region (Kumaon Hills)
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#Regions of State: Rarh region, Santhal Pargana, Chhota Nagpur, Purvanchal, Tirhut, Saran, Rohilkhand, Awadh, Kumaon Hills.
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#Zone, #Division: The train belongs to #ER Zone, Howrah Division. The train passes through the following divisions: #ER –Howrah, Asansol; #ECR – Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur; #NER – Varanasi, Lucknow, Izzatnagar; #NR - Moradabad
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#Route:
Howrah – Delhi Main line from Howrah to Lakhisarai
Lakhisarai – Barauni Line
Barauni-Gorakhpur line (the southernmost of three lines originating from Barauni, the other two being to Raxaul and Jaynagar) via Muzaffarpur, Sonpur, Chhapra
Gorakhpur – Lucknow Jn Main Line
Lucknow – Bareilly Line
Bareilly-Lalkuan-Kathgodam Line
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#Halts, #States: Serves 5 States – West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The train halts at 63 intermediate stations, the statewise breakup as follows: WB-7, JH-3, BR-31, UP-18, UK-4
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#Soils: It crosses through region having Black, Red and Alluvial Soil
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#Rivers: Hooghly, Damodar, Kiul, Ganga, Gandak, Ghagara, Rapti, Gomti
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#Languages: It passes through the regions speaking Bengali, Santhali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Hindi & Urdu
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#Speed: Highest average speed: 85 kmph between Chittaranjan & Madhupur;
Lowest average speed: 8 kmph between Badshahnagar and Lucknow Jn
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#Base: Howrah Jn
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Photo Credits:
Pic-1: Train Board: ( /blog/post/565107 )
Pic-2: Howrah Station: (click here
Pic-3: Howrah Bridge : (click here )
Pic-4: Kathgodam Station: ( /blog/post/506600 )
Pic-5: Nainital ( click here )
Pic-6: Tiger in Corbett Tiger Reserve (click here )

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#BhopalNewDelhi Shatabdi Express
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#NAME:: The name "Shatabdi" means centenary in Sanskrit. The first Shatabdi Express train was introduced in 1988 to commemorate the birth...
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centenary of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
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#Inaugural Run:: Mon Nov 14, 1988
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#ZONE:: #WCR
#NCR
#NORTHERN
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#Pantry/Catering
NO Pantry Car
Catering Avbl
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#Loco:: WAP-5 of Ghaziabad shed (N.R.)
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#Soils: black
Alluvial
red.
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#State and zone : it cross 5 states
MP
UP
RJ
HR
DL
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#Language::
MP-hindi
UP-Bundelkhandi
RJ-Rajasthani
HR-haryani
DL:: hindi
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#Speed:: maximum speed 150km/hour between AGC-FDB
minimum speed at Morena 76km/hour
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#Avgspeed:: 87km/hour
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#station :: 5 halts. 95 intermediate Stations between Bhopal Junction and New Delhi
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#Trackgauge:: Indian gauge
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#rake :: LHB rakes
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#Traveltime:: 8h 0m
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#Distance::703 km
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#RSA:: Rake Sharing .
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#Shaan-E-Bhopal SF Express
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#NAME::Meanse "Bhopal ki shaan "
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this train get ISO 9001:2000 certified and very neat and clean train thats why its called shaan -E-Bhopal express
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#ZONE:: #WCR
#NCR
#NORTHERN
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#Pantry/Catering
NO Pantry Car
NO Catering
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#Loco:: WAP-7 GZB/TKD.
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#Soils:black Alluvial and red.
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#State and zone : it cross three states
MP
UP
DL
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#Language::
MP-hindi
UP-Bundelkhandi
DL:: hindi
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#Speed::maximum speed at Gwalior ju 93km/hour
minimum speed at ganjbasoda 56km/hour
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#Avgspeed:: 63km/hour
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#station :: 8 halts. 92 intermediate Stations between Bhopal HabibGanj and Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin
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#rake :: OLD ICF rakes
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#Traveltime:: 11h 0m
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#Distance::701 km
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#RSA:: No Rake Sharing .
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#PicsSource::/train/gallery/188/474/748

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~~~ Saawan Special ~~~
#Kashi_Vishwanath Exp
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#Name: Kashi Vishwanath is most famous Temple of Lord Shiva, on western bank of Holy Ganga. Kashi Vishwanath is...
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one of the 12 Jyotirlings, atleast once in a life Hindu is expected to do pilgrimage here. Vishwanath means Ruler of Universe, and Kashi is said to be the oldest city. Since train is to Varanasi, it was named as Kashi Vishwanath Exp.
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#Regions of state: #UP Upper Doab(Rohilkhand), Awadh, Purvanchal
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#Zone and #division: 1 Zone. NR- Delhi, Lucknow Charbagh.
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#Base: Varanasi
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#Rivers: 4 Major - Yamuna Ganga Ramganga Varuna
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#Physical Regions: Plains of (Ganga Yamuna Doab, Awadh and Purvanchal)
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#Soils: Alluvial
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#States: 2 states. #DL 1 #UP 33 halts.
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#Zones : NR 34 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 102 kmph: Balamau Sandila. Min avg speed 22 kmph Chaukhandi Varanasi.
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#Languages: Hindi Urdu speaking regions
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#Trivia:
¤ One of the Favourite train for commuters between Delhi Lucknow and Varanasi.
¤ One of the punctual and priority train on whole route.
¤ Neat and clean, maintained train.
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#Photos:
¤Pic 1: Train board
¤Pic 2: Ganga Ghat, Varanasi.
¤Pic 3: Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi