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#Chalukya_Express
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#Name: Chalukya Dynasty, a royal Kingdom ruled large parts of South and Central India between 6th n 12th century, covering areas between Narmada n Kaveri River, earliest Chalukya ie Badami Chalukya were origin of Karnataka, and is a golden age in Karnataka history, since the train was initially upto Yeswantpur covering areas of Chalukya ruled place, it was...
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named as Chalukya Express.
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#Rivers: It crosses 8 major rivers
enroute viz Krishna, Koyna, Tunga, Bhadravati, Hagari, Kaveri, Vaigai and Thamirbarani.
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#Regions: Passes thru Sahyadri Range, Baba Budan Hills, Melagiri hills, Palani Hills.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Red, Black, and Red Black Soil.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 3 zones
having halt as CR 10, SWR 20, SR 10 and
serves 3 states as MH 10, KA 18, TN 12.
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#Speed: MAX: KUD GPB 80 kmph. MIN: SLI MRJ 13 kmph.
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#Languages: It connects Marathi, Kannada and Tamil Speaking regions.