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May 04 2013 (13:47) 12432/Hazrat Nizamuddin - Thiruvananthapuram Central Rajdhani Express
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rajannair1975 5 blog postsThe Konkan Railway – Facts and Figures
The Konkan Railway is a 738 km long single line non-electrified Broad Gauge Railway with design speed is for 160 kilometers/hour, though no trains run that fast on this line. The fastest train on the line is the H.Nizamuddin – Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express which touches 110 kmph on some stretches. The main locomotives doing duty on the line are the WDP4, the WDG4, WDM3A, WDM3D, WDP3A, the WDM2 and its variants. The line has 59 stations with a depot at Verna and yards at Madgaon. It has 91 tunnels totaling 83 kilometers with the longest tunnel being the Karbude tunnel at 5.6 kilometers long. It has 1998 bridges (179 major bridges and 1819 minor bridges)...
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The Konkan Railway is a 738 km long single line non-electrified Broad Gauge Railway with design speed is for 160 kilometers/hour, though no trains run that fast on this line. The fastest train on the line is the H.Nizamuddin – Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express which touches 110 kmph on some stretches. The main locomotives doing duty on the line are the WDP4, the WDG4, WDM3A, WDM3D, WDP3A, the WDM2 and its variants. The line has 59 stations with a depot at Verna and yards at Madgaon. It has 91 tunnels totaling 83 kilometers with the longest tunnel being the Karbude tunnel at 5.6 kilometers long. It has 1998 bridges (179 major bridges and 1819 minor bridges)...
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