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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 )

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#ShivGangaExpress
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~~ A prestigious, highly preferred, ISO Certified SF train of NER meant to connect Varanasi with New Delhi ~~
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#Name: Varanasi, the Temple City of India is one of the most ancient and holiest places in India, the nucleus of pilgrimage of Hindu people. The place has immense religious significance, being situated on the banks of River Ganga. It is where one of the 12 Jyotirlingas are situated, in the form of Kashi Vishwanath. Since the train goes to Varanasi, it has been named as Shiv Ganga Express.
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#Regions of State: It passes through Middle Doab, Awadh & Purvanchal regions of UP
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#Physical Regions: It passes through plains of Awadh and Ganga-Yamuna Doab
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#Zone, #Division: The train belongs to North Eastern Railways. Enroute, it passes through #NER: Varanasi Division, #NCR: Allahabad Division, #NR: Delhi Division
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#Route:
> BSB-ALD: Single line diesel route via Gyanpur Road
> ALD-NDLS: on the HWH-ALD-NDLS Trunk route
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#Halts: 3 intermediate halts in both the directions; 1 halt in NER and 2 halts in NCR. All the halts are in UP State.
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#States: Serves 2 states – UP and Delhi
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#Base: Varanasi Jn
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#Soils: It crosses through region having Alluvial Soil
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#Rivers: Ganga, Yamuna
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#Languages: It travels through Hindi & Urdu speaking belt
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#Speed: Highest average speed between ALD-CNB: 73 kmph; Lowest average speed between BSB-MUV: 27 kmph.
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Photo Credits:
Pic-1: Train Board ( /blog/post/754800 )
Pic-2: Varanasi Station, Self shot ( /blog/post/688362/1 )
Pic-3: Kashi Vishwanath Temple & Jyotirlinga, Varanasi ( click here )
Pic-4: Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi ( click here )
Pic-5: India Gate, New Delhi ( click here )
Pic-6: New Delhi Station ( click here )

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#Hutatma Express
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A High priority SF primarily meant for people of Solapur to come to Pune in the morning and return back in the evening. A preferred train for...
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daily commuters.
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#Name: The word Hutatma means “Martyr”. During the British Raj, The British Government had imposed a "Shoot on Sight" order under martial law in Solapur in 1930 to suppress the freedom movement. Mallappa Dhanshetti, along with Shrikishan Sarada, Abdul Rasool Qurban Hussain & Jagannath Bhagwan Shinde, defied the martial law. In order to supress the freedom movement, the Government sentenced all four to death. A monument was erected in their honour in Solapur, known as “Hutatma Smarak”. Since the train connects Pune to Solapur, the train has been named as Hutatma Express.
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#Regions: The train entirely passes through Paschim Maharashtra (Desh) region.
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#Zone, #Division: The train belongs to Central Railway. The train plies through Pune and Solapur Divisions. Has 2 intermediate halts enroute, at Daund and Kurduwadi.
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#Route: Plies on the PUNE-SUR-WADI-GTL-MAS Trunk Route
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#States: Serves 1 state - Maharashtra
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#Base: Solapur
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#RSA: Shares its rake with 11025/26 Pune-Bhusaval-Pune Express
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#Soils: Black, Alluvial Soil
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#Rivers: Bhima River, Yashwant Sagar Reservoir on Ujani Dam
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#Languages: Marathi
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#Speed: Highest average speed – 79 kmph between Solapur and Kurduwadi, Lowest average speed – 61 kmph between Kurduwadi and Daund.
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Photo credits:
Pic-1: Self
Pic-2: Self
Pic-3: Self
Pic-4: Shaniwarwada Fort, Pune ( click here )
Pic-5: Siddheshwar Lake & Temple, Solapur ( click here )
Pic-6: Hutatma Smarak, Solapur ( click here )

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~~~~Inaugurated on October 01 1974~~~~
*Brahmaputra Mail*
#Name: Originally this train ran between Delhi Junction railway station and Guwahati and was named as Tinsukia Mail (Since it connected to Tinsukia via MG section that ran between Guwahati and Tinsukia). Later it was renamed as Brahmaputra Mail after the river since it is one of the most important river for...
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the state and one of amongst top 20 large river in the world. After successful gauge conversion between Guwahati-Lumding-Dibrugarh, it was extended to Dibrugarh
#Regions: #Assam #Nagaland #West Bengal #Bihar #UP #Delhi(NCR)
#Zone : #NR(Northern Railway)

# Base: DLI Jn
#Rivers(Major): #Bramhaputra #Ganga #Yamuna
#Halts: Between DBRG to DLI 60 Halts
#Speed:Average moving speed is 47 km/h.
#Max Speed: Max Speed of 104 Km/h in Mokama Patna Saheb Section.
#Low Speed: Low Speed of 7 Km/h in Bongaigoan and New Bongaigoan Section.
# Languages: #Assamese, #Bengali, #Urdu, #Hindi
#Trivia:
+This is one of the oldest running train of this zone.
+This train is famous for its defense personal using this train for travel.
#Accidents:
This train was also involved in two the major railway disasters in Indian History.
+One was the mail bombing of the train between Kokrajhar and New Bongaigaon in December 1996 by bodo militants.
+Second was the Gaisal Rail Disaster, a head on collision between Avadh Assam Express and Brahmaputra Mail.