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WDP3A India's longest 12431 Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani chugs out of the Honnavar tunnel and cruises over the Sharavathi river bridge. How quiet is the place one can conclude from the lens noise !!!
Sharavathi is Konkan railway's longest bridge, 2.065 km.
Sharavathi river originates and flows entirely within the state of Karnataka. It is one of the few westward flowing rivers of India and a major part of the river basin lies in the Western Ghats, receives a large amount of rainfall.
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its way, the Sharavathi forms the Jog Falls which is the highest waterfall in India, where the river plunges 253 metres into a deep gorge in four different segments called as Raja, Roarer, Rocket and Rani.
The river originates at a place called Ambutheertha in Shimoga district. According to a legend of the times of Ramayana, this is the place where the Hindu God Rama broke a bow to win the hand of Sita. The total length of the river is around 128 km and it joins the Arabian Sea at Honnavar.
TVC Rajdhani started running with new LHB CBC rakes from 26th June - click here
First departure from TVC 28th June - click here
12432 does NZM KOTA non stop 458 km in 4.30 hrs, average 102 km/hr. Until July 1999, TVC Rajdhani had no intermediate passenger halts in its 986 km run between Vadodara and Hazrat Nizamuddin.
TVC Rajdhani runs thrice a week. 12431 departs TVC Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 12432 departs NZM Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
From July to October runs on the extended monsoon time table.
Usually a WDP3A locomotive hauls the train from TVC to Vadodara and then a WAP4 / WAP7 /WAP5 until Nizamuddin.
12431 covers 3149 km in 41.25 hrs (46.05 hrs Monsoon), average 78 km/hr and 17 halts.
12432 covers same distance in 42.05 hrs (46.30 hrs Monsoon), average 77 km/hr and same halts.
12431 departs TVC 19:15 and arrives NZM third day, 12:40 (17:20 Monsoon).
12432 departs NZM 11:00 and arrives TVC third day, 05:05 (09:30 Monsoon).
12431 halts 16 min - Vadodara, 10 min - Kota, Madgaon, Mangalore, 5 min - Vasai Road, Panvel, Ratnagiri, Shoranur, Ernakulam, 2 min - Kannur, Kozhikode, Alappuzha, Kollam, 1 min - Sawantwadi Road, Karwar, Udupi.
AC 1st class fare - Rs 6240
AC 2 tier - Rs 3635
AC 3 tier - Rs 2425
TVC Rajdhani Playlist - click here

Symbolic to the city of Mumbai, the Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST), India
CST was formerly known as Victoria Terminus (VT) turns 125 years old.
Possibly the most populous UNESCO World Heritage structure, it is a part of daily life for millions of commuters. If you want to know what a “block of people” means, try entering the station at 9 AM on a weekday, when people are rushing to their offices. A great place to observe people of all kinds, seeing the sea of mankind emerge out of the station at rush hours is...
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an interesting experience in itself.
If only its walls could talk!
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