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Apr 14 (09:23)   UOI/Umroli (2 PFs)
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Visitor From Far East! BWNX WAG-5 First Spotting IN WR.
#easternrailway #Barddhaman #east #WAG5 #Umroli #westernrailway
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Dec 13 2023 (00:19)   02832/Bhubaneswar - Dhanbad Special Fare Special
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Services of Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad-Bhubaneswar Special Train extended to run up to last week of April 2024

#East Coast Railways
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Sep 06 2021 (17:07)  
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Akhil_kancherla_jour~   107 blog posts
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melodious announcement of 02785 kacheguda-mysore express at gooty junction....
02785 kacheguda-mysore special express the only daily train between mysore and kacheguda it means hyderabad
via: mahbubnagar, gadwal,kurnool,dhone,gooty,anantapur,dharmavaram,penukonda,hindupur,yellahanka, bengaluru(KSR BENGALURU, BENGALURU EAST, BENGALURU CANTONMENT),ramanagaram,mandya.

#02785#melodious#announcement#kacheguda#hyderabad#mysore,#express,#special,#from,#to,#via,#mahbubnagar,#gadwal,#kurnool,#city,#town,#dhone,#junction,#gooty,#anantapur,#anantapuram,#dharmavaram,#hindupur,#bengaluru,#banglore,#bangalore,#ramanagaram,#mandya,#happyjourney,#bonvoyage,#at,#railwaystation,#train,#indianrailways,#india,#railways,#bon,#voyage,...
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Jul 18 2019 (11:44)   22388/Black Diamond Express (PT) | GAP/Gurpa (4 PFs)
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Know Your Zone
#East_Central_Railway
#Gurpa_Gujhandi_Ghat_Section
Gurpa (Gaya end) – Gujhandi (Dhanbad end) is a 22 km long Ghat section in the vital Grand Chord of East-West Corridor of Indian Railways lying on Dhanbad Division. It’s ruling gradient is 1 in 80. This section has 03 number of tunnels – the longest being 238.35 meter, 38 number of curves, 04 number of...
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major bridges and 64 number of minor bridges.
It is a double line electrified section. Trains pass through this Ghat section at a maximum permissible speed of 80 kmph – inside tunnels at restricted speed of 65 kmph. The trains also touch the speed of 100 kmph in a short stretch of approximately 03 km distance giving passengers the thrill of speed in a mountainous terrain. Presently 110 number of trains (22 Up & 22 Down Mail/Express Trains, 03 Up & 03 Down Passenger Trains and 30 Up & 30 Down Freight Trains) negotiate this difficult Ghat section assisted by a Banker Locomotive attached at Gurpa upto Gujhandi.
This section lies in geographical region of Chhota Nagpur and forms the shortest distance on East-West Corridor connecting Howrah to New Delhi.
गुरपा (गया छोर) - गुझंडी (धनबाद छोर) रेलखंड धनबाद मंडल के अंतर्गत भारतीय रेलवे के पूर्व-पश्चिम कॉरिडोर के अति महत्वपूर्ण ग्रैंड कॉर्ड सेक्शन में एक 22 किलोमीटर लंबा घाट सेक्शन है. इस खंड का रूलिंग ग्रेडियंट 80 में 01 है। इस रेलखंड में तीन सुरंगों जिनमें सबसे लंबी 238.35 मीटर की है, के अतिरिक्त 38 कर्व, 4 बड़े पुल तथा 64 छोटे पुल हैं।
यह एक दोहरी रेल लाइन वाला विद्युतीकृत रेलखंड है। इस घाट सेक्शन पर ट्रेनें 80 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा की अधिकतम स्वीकृत गति से गुजरती हैं। सुरंगों के अंदर ट्रेनों की गति अधिकतम 65 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटे की होती है। इस रेलखंड के 3 किलोमीटर लंबे एक उपखंड में ट्रेनें 100 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा की रफ्तार को भी प्राप्त करती हैं तथा इस पहाड़ी क्षेत्र में यात्रियों को उच्च गति पर यात्रा का स्मरणीय अनुभव प्रदान करती हैं। वर्तमान में कुल 110 ट्रेनों (22 अप व 22 डाउन मेल/एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनें, 03 अप व 03 डाउन पैसेंजर ट्रेनें तथा 30 अप व 30 डाउन मालगाड़ियां) का बैंकर लोकोमोटिव की सहायता से गुरपा से गुझंडी तक के इस कठिन रेलखंड पर आवागमन होता है।
यह रेलखंड छोटा नागपुर भौगोलिक क्षेत्र में आता है तथा पूर्व-पश्चिम कोरिडोर पर हावड़ा और नई दिल्ली को जोड़ने वाला सबसे छोटा रेल मार्ग बनाता है।
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May 06 2016 (00:13)   12721/Dakshin SF Express (PT) | HYB/Hyderabad Deccan Nampally (6 PFs)
 
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"What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But our favorite trains would not...
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR FAVORITE TRAIN NAME ??
Let's make a list of train names, their meanings and for what they are named. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE.
#Dakshin Express:
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#Darjeeling Mail:
#Dayodaya Express:
#Deccan Express:
#Deccan Queen Express:
#Deekshabhoomi Express: Name derived from Buddhist monument Dikshabhoomi situated at Nagpur.
#Devagiri Express: Derived from name of Devagiri fort near Aurangabad.
#Dhano Dhanye Express:
#Dhauladhar Express:
#Dhauli Express: Named after the Dhauli hills which are located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar. It is a hill with vast open space adjoining it, and has major Edicts of Emperor Ashoka engraved on a mass of rock, by the side of the road leading to the summit of the hill. A Buddhist shrine.
#Doon Express:
#Durgawati Express:
#Durgiana Express:
#Duronto Express: This train got its name Duronto bcoz in Bengali Duronto means restless (non-stop)
#Dwarka Express:
#East Coast Express: From the Eastern Coast
#Ekatmata Express:
#Ekta Express:
#Ernad Express:
#Executive Express (SR):
#Falaknuma Express: " Falak " is Sky and Numa means Reflection / Mirror, so it means Reflection of the sky or Mirror of the sky ( The name is taken from Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad)
#Farakka Express:
#Flying Ranee Express:
#Ganadevta Express:
#Ganga Damodar Express: This train connects the DHANBAD which is situated at the bank of Damodar and Patna which is situated at the bank of river ganga
#Ganga Gomti Express: Connects lucknow on banks of Gomti and Allahabad on Ganga banks.
#Ganga Kaveri Express: This train is originally started from Varanasi (Ganga river) and connect to the city near Kaveri river
#Ganga Sagar Express:
#Ganga Sutlej Express:
#Gangaur Express:
#Garbha Express:
#Garhwal Express:
#Garib Nawaz Express:
#Garib Rath Express: This train got its name and introduce due to people who cant afford AC travel in train.Aslo called Poors Man Chariot.
#Garudadri Express:
#Gitanjali Express:
#Godan Express:
#Godavari Express (CR): Named after Godavari river.
#Godavari Express (SCR):
#Gokul Express:
#Gol Gumbaz Express:
#Golconda Express:
#Golden Temple Mail: This train got its name due to Golden Temple in Amritsar.
#Gomati Express: Got its name from River Gomti flowing through Lucknow
#Gomati Sagar Express: connects Lucknow on banks of river Gomti with Channai on coast hence termed GOMTISAGAR
#Gondwana Express:
#Gorakhdham Express: The Name Of This Train Is In Two Parts, "Gorakh + Dham". "Gorakh" Is Named To Guru Gorakshnath, & "Dham" Means Place, Which Together Means "Place Of Guru Gorakshnath".
#Gour Express:
#Gowthami Express:
#Grand Trunk Express:
#Gujarat Express:
#Gujarat Queen Express:
#Gurudev Express:
#Gurumukhi Express:
#Gyanganga Express:
#Hampi Express:
#Harihar Express:
#Haripriya Express:
#Hatey Bazare Express: Named after a bengali novel, starts from Sealdah.
#Hazarduari Express:
#Hemkunt Express:
#Himachal Express:
#Himalayan Queen Express:
#Himgiri Express:
#Himsagar Express:
#Hirakund Express: Named after the World famous and India's Longest Dam , Hirakund Dam situated near Sambalpur.
#Hool Express:
#Hundry Express: Kurnool city is only one city in India which lies between two rivers one is Thungabhadra and Hundri rivers. There is another train #Hundri Express which also runs between Secunderabad-Kurnool city-Secunderabad.
#Hussainsagar Express: Named by Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad.
#Hutatma Express:
#Indrayani Express:
#Island Express:
#Ispat Express:
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