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~~~ Azamgarh's Pride ~~~
#Kaifiyat Express
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#Name: Sayyed Akhtar Hussein Rizvi famous as Kaifi Azmi was a great Urdu Poet, considered to be greatest Urdu...
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poet of 20th Century. He was born at Mizwaan village of Azamgarh distt Uttar Pradesh. He got many distinguish awards including Padma Shri, Sahity Akademi Award for Urdu, Filmfare Awards. He gave verses and lyrics of many famous and legendary films like Heer Ranjha and Pakeezah. Since train goes to Azamgarh, as a tribute to legendary work of Poet Kaifi Azmi it was named as Kaifiyat Exp.
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#Regions of state: #UP: ¤Middle Doab - Ghaziabad Aligarh Etawah ¤Awadh - Kanpur Unnao Lucknow Faizabad ¤Purvanchal - Shahganj Azamgarh
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#Zone and #division: NR Delhi Lucknow Charbagh, NCR Allahabad, NER Lucknow Varanasi divisions.
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#Base: Azamgarh
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#Rivers: Yamuna Ganga Gomati
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#Physical Regions: Ganga Yamuna Doab, Awadh, Purvanchal plains
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#Soils: Alluvial.
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#State : Serves 2 State : DL 1, UP 14 halts
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#Zones: Serves 3 Zones NR 9, NCR 3, NER 3
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#Speed: Max avg 77 kmph Aligarh Etawah. Min avg 26 kmph Malipur Shahganj.
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#Languages: Travels thru Hindi Urdu speaking region.
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#Trivia: .
¤ One of the punctual and favorite train for travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ High priority train on whole route.
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#Photos:
1. Azamgarh Station.
2. Lucknow's Imambara and Asfi Mosque.
3. JK Temple Kanpur
4. Ayodha Temple
5. Faizabad station.

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~~~ Passengers' Choice ~~~
#Wainganga Express
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#Name: Wainganga is a major river and tributary to Godavari. It originates in Mundara Village of Seoni Distt, Madhya...
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Pradesh, from Southern Slopes of Mighty Satpura Range. Travelling thru MP, Maharashtra it unites with River Wardha and collectively known as Pranhita, then falls into Godavari. The river and forest in its basin are dry and dusty. Rudyard Kipling used Wainganga basin as a major Landmark in Mowgli stories of Jungle book, the forest of Kanha National Park have tigers, panthers and bears, it a part of Wainganga basin. Since train passes thru Gondia Naghbir Balharshah route, crossing Wainganga and her region, its named as Wainganga Express.
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#Regions of state: #CG- Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur #MH- Vidarbha #AP- Telangana, Rayalseema #KA- Bayaluseeme.
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#Zone and #division: SECR - Bilaspur Raipur Nagpur. CR - Nagpur SCR- Hyderabad Guntakal SWR - Bangalore divisions.
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#Base: Yeswantpur
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#Rivers: Sheonath, Wainganga, Wardha, Pranhita, Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Penneru.
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#Physical Regions: Dandakaranya hills, Satmala plateau, Jagital hills, plateau of Telangana, Golconda, Rayalseema, Makalidurga hills.
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#Soils: Red, Black, Laterite.
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#State : Serves 4 States : CG 10, MH 7, AP 7, KA 2
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#Zones: Serves 4 Zones SECR 16, CR 1, SCR 7, SWR 2
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#Speed: Max avg - 87 kmph Durg Rajnandgaon. Min avg 21 kmph Ynk Ypr and Chanda Fort Bpq.
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#Languages: It connects Hindi Marathi Telugu Kannada speaking region.
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#Trivia: .
¤ One of the favorite train for travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ High priority train on whole route.
¤ Train runs with beautiful Gondia Bpq route.
¤ Covers 1607km with the diesel engine.

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~~~ प्रकृति का धनी है सुन्दर राज्य सुनहरा ~~~
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#Maharashtra_Sampark_Kranti Express
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Pride of WR ~~~
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#Name: Sampark Kranti are series of superfast trains providing quick connectivity to particular state from National Capital. The fastest of series, this train connects National Capital to Maharashtra's Capital Mumbai, hence named as Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express.
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#Age: 8years 9months.
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#Inaugral: November 4, 2004.
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#Regions of state: #MH- Konkan #GJ- South and Central Gujarat #MP- Malwa #RJ- Hadoti, Mewat #UP- Middle Doab #HR- Gurgaon division.
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#Zone and #division: WR - Mumbai Central, Vadodara, Ratlam WCR - Kota NCR- Agra NR - Delhi divisions.
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#Base: Bandra Terminus
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#Rivers: Tapi Vaitarna Narmada Mahi Chambal Banas.
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#Physical Regions: Bouroch plains, Kota Plateau, Makandwara Hills.
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#Soils: Red, Black, Alluvial.
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#State : Serves 4 States : MH 2, GJ 1, RJ 1, DL 1
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#Zones: Serves 3 Zones WR 3, WCR 1, NR 1
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#Speed: Max avg - 85 kmph between Nizamuddin Kota. Min avg 26 kmph between Borivali and Bandra Terminus.
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#Languages: It connects Hindi Gujarati Marathi speaking region.
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#Trivia:
¤ Fastest Sampark Kranti.
¤ One of the favorite train for Delhi Mumbai travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ High priority train on whole route.
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#Photos:
1. Train board
2. Gateway of India, Mumbai
3. Mahabaleshwar Mountains.
4. Maharashtra heritage map
5. Wrong pic by mistake uploaded apology for same.
6. Mumbai's Siddhivinayak Temples' Ganpati.

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#RaniChennammaExpress
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~~~ The Queen of SWR ~~~
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#Name: Kitturu is a village in Belgaum district of Karnataka, the erstwhile Kitturu Kingdom. The ruler of this kingdom was Rani Chennamma. She became queen of her native kingdom and married Raja Mallasarja, of the Desai family, and had one son. After their son's death in 1824 she adopted Shivalingappa, and made him heir to the throne. The British East India Company did not accept this and ordered Shivalingappa's expulsion, using a policy of Doctrine of Lapse but Chennamma defied the order. In 1824, 33 years before the 1857 war of independence, she led an armed rebellion against the British in response to the Doctrine of Lapse. The resistance ended in her martyrdom and she is remembered today as one of the earliest Indian rulers to have fought for independence. Since the train connects Bangalore to Kolhapur, but passing from the northern parts of Karnataka where Chennamma was influential, the train has been named as Rani Chennamma Express in her honour.
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#Regions (Physical): Plains of the Deccan Plateau
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#Regions of State: Karnataka: Southern Bayaluseeme, Northern Bayaluseeme, Malenadu; Maharashtra: Paschim Maharashtra (Desh)
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#Zone, #Division: The train belongs to #SWR Zone, Bangalore Division. The train passes through the following divisions: #SWR: Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli; #CR – Pune
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#Route:
> Bangalore-Pune line via Hubli, Miraj
> Miraj – Kolhapur branch line
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#Halts, #States: Serves 2 States – Karnataka & Maharashtra. The train halts at 26 intermediate stations, the statewise breakup as follows (excluding originating & terminating): KA - 25, MH-1
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#Soils: It crosses through region having Black soil
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#Rivers: Tungabhadra, Krishna, Panchganga
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#Languages: It passes through the regions speaking Kannada & Marathi
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#Speed: Highest average speed: 70 kmph between Tumkur-Ammasandra along with Ranibenur-Haveri and Raybag-Chinchli;
Lowest average speed: 23 kmph between Ugar Khurd-Miraj Jn
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#Base: Bangalore City Jn
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Photo Credits:
Pic-1: Train Board (Self captured) - ( /blog/post/575316 )
Pic-2: Bangalore City Jn – (click here )
Pic-3: Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore (click here )
Pic-4: Rani Chenamma Monument, Kittur (click here )
Pic-5: Rani Chennamma Statue close-up view ( click here )
Pic-6: Kolhapur Station (Self captured) (/blog/post/575262/1 )
Pic-7: Mahalaxmi Temple, Kolhapur (click here )

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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 )