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Posted: Dec 01 2012 (08:23)
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Last Response: Dec 01 2012 (21:16)
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Last Response: Dec 01 2012 (21:16)
Circa 1967-68, I had prepared a timetable for a MYTHICAL ALL-METRE GAUGE train appropriately christened BHARAT EXPRESS. Now trying to recollect the route of that train ALTHOUGH IT IS NO LONGER VALID NOW FOLLOWING LARGE SCALE GAUGE CONVERSION.
Trivandrum-Quilon-Tenkasi-Virudunagar-Madurai-Tiruchirappalli-Vriddachalam- Salem-Dharmapuri-Bangalore City-Dharmavaram-Guntakal-Kurnool-Kacheguda -Secunderabad- Nizamabad-Purna--Khandwa-Indore-Ratlam-Chittaurgarh-
Ajmer-Phulera-Jaipur-Bandikui-Bharatpur-Achnera-Mathura-Hathras-Kasganj-Farukhabad-Kanpur-Lucknow-Barabanki-Gonda-Basti-Gorakhpur-Deoria-Bhatni -Siwan-Chhapra-Sonpur-Barauni-Katihar-Barsoi-Kishanganj-Siliguri-Alipurduar- New Bongaigaon-Gauhati-Lumding-Dimapur-Tinsukia- Dibrugarh Town.
The BHARAT EXPRESS had a journey time of about 120 hours and rivalled...
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Trivandrum-Quilon-Tenkasi-Virudunagar-Madurai-Tiruchirappalli-Vriddachalam- Salem-Dharmapuri-Bangalore City-Dharmavaram-Guntakal-Kurnool-Kacheguda -Secunderabad- Nizamabad-Purna--Khandwa-Indore-Ratlam-Chittaurgarh-
Ajmer-Phulera-Jaipur-Bandikui-Bharatpur-Achnera-Mathura-Hathras-Kasganj-Farukhabad-Kanpur-Lucknow-Barabanki-Gonda-Basti-Gorakhpur-Deoria-Bhatni -Siwan-Chhapra-Sonpur-Barauni-Katihar-Barsoi-Kishanganj-Siliguri-Alipurduar- New Bongaigaon-Gauhati-Lumding-Dimapur-Tinsukia- Dibrugarh Town.
The BHARAT EXPRESS had a journey time of about 120 hours and rivalled...
more...
Good one to bring back memories
One route I remember
Kanpur-Kannuj-Farkkhabad-Kasganj-Mathura
One route I remember
Kanpur-Kannuj-Farkkhabad-Kasganj-Mathura
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