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~~~#Konkan Kanya Express ~~~
#Name :-Konkan Kanya literally means Konkan's virgin, deriving its name from the Konkan region of India through which the train runs. It is an important train link serving people along the coastal areas of Konkan.
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#Description :-Konkan Kanya Express is an Indian Railways train running between Mumbai and Madgaon on the Konkan Railway route. The train covers the 580 km journey in about 13.5 hours during monsoon. It is an important train link serving people along the coastal areas of Maharastra and Goa.Its average speed is 43 kmph.During non-monsoon it covers the distance of 580 km in 11h 40 min with an average speed of 50km/hr. The Krishnarajpuram WDP4/WDP4-B is in-charge of this train. It has got ISO certificate for Cleanliness and Great Maintainence of coaches. Foreign touristers like to travel through this train.This train enjoys the highest patronage on KR.
#Inaugurated On :- 25th January 1998.
#Region :- Passes through region of Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg.
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#RSA :- Shares its Rakes with Mandovi Express. Total of 3 rakes shared between konkan Kanya and Mandovi Express..
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#Zone :- Pass through zone of CR(Central Railway) and KR(Konkan Railway).
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#Base :- Madgaon. Rakes maintained at Madgaon CDO..
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#River :- 2 Major - Thane Creek Bridge and Mandovi River bridge.
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#Physical_Region :- Pass through the plains of Raigad district, Tunnels of Ratnagiri District (2nd Longest tunnel in India Karbude Tunnel),Asia's 2nd tallest bridge Panval Viaduct And The Zuari River
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#States :- 2 States. #Maharashtra 14, #Goa 4 halts
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#Speed :- Avg. Speed with halts 43km/hr (During Monsoon) & 50km/hr (Non-monsoon).
Avg. Speed without halts 46km/hr ( During Monsoon) & 53km/hr (Non-monsoon)
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#Languages :- Marathi, Konkani, Malwani speaking language
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#Trivia :-
¤ One of the Best Pantry/Catering in the country
¤ ISO Certified train
¤ Best Coach Maintainence
¤ Lifeline for the People of Konkan
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#Photos
¤ Pic 1 - RSA Train board
¤ Pic 2 - Konkan Kanya Express at Vilavde
¤ Pic 3 - Konkan Kanya Express entering Vaibhavwadi Station on KR..
¤ Pic 4 - Konkan Kanya Express at Bhoke (Source google).
¤ Pic 5 - Konkan Kanya Express entering Karmali (Source google)

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~~~#Mandovi_Express ~~~
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#Name :- This train was named as Mandovi Express which comes from the Mandovi River. Mandovi River is described as the lifeline of the state of Goa. The river has a length of 77 km and originates from a cluster of 30 springs at Bhimgad in the Western Ghats. The Dudhsagar Falls lie on the Mandovi. Panaji, the...
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state capital and Old Goa, the former capital of Goa, are both situated on the left bank of the Mandovi.
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#Description :- The Mumbai-Madgaon Mandovi Express is an important train which operates between Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and Madgaon Junction and is currently operated by the Central Railway and the Konkan Railway. It runs daily with a total travel time of 11 hours and 50 minutes. It has 18 stops on its route. It covers a distance of 580 km with an average speed of 49 km/hr. This train is named after the Mandovi River.
In previous years before the Konkan Railway came into existence, it used to run between Vasco and Miraj as the Vasco-Miraj MG train and after the Konkan Railway came into existence, it was diverted and made to run from Mumbai to Madgaon and renamed Mandovi Express by Rail Minister Nitish Kumar. In earlier years it used to run with WDM 3a/d of Kalyan/Erode shed and in 2000 it was given WDP 4 of Krishnarajpuram & now runs with WDP 4b Of KJM
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#Inaugural_Date :- June 7, 2000
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#Region :- Passes through region of Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg.
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#RSA :- Rake shares with Konkan Kanya Express
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#Zone :- Pass through zone of CR(Central Railway) and KR(Konkan Railway).
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#Base :- Madgaon
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#River :- 2 Major - Thane Creek Bridge and Mandovi River bridge
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#Physical_Region :- Pass through the plains of Raigad district, Tunnels of Ratnagiri District, Panval Viaduct And Zuari River
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#States :- 2 States. #Maharashtra 14, #Goa 4 halts
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#Zone :- #CR and #KR
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#Speed :- Avg. Speed 47km/hr (During Monsoon) & 51km/hr (Non-monsoon)
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#Languages :- Marathi, Konkani, Malwani speaking language
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#Trivia :-
¤ One of the Best Pantry/Cantering in the country
¤ ISO Certified train
¤ Best Coach Maintainence
¤ Lifeline for the People of Konkan
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#Photos :-
¤ Pic 1 - RSA Train board
¤ Pic 2 - Mandovi Express at Kankavli
¤ Pic 3 - Mandovi Express curves near Diva
¤ Pic 4 - Mandovi Express crossing Mandovi Express at Ukshi
¤ Pic 5 - Mandovi Express Menu

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Mandovi Express
One of the fav, maintained KR train.
It was initially was a metre gauge train between Miraj and Vasco.
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#Name: Mandovi is an important river in Goa. Since the train belongs to KR, and goes upto Madgaon crossing Mandovi River it is named as Mandovi Express.
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#Rivers: It crosses 5major rivers enroute viz Vaghton, Vashisthi, Savitri, Chapora, Mandovi.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 2 zones having halt as CR 4, KR 16 , and server 2states as MH: 16, GA: 4
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#Route: Train traverses through importan Cstm Mao route for entire journey.
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#Speed: MAX: Mangaon-Khed 82kmph. MIN: Karmali-MAO 19kmph.
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#Region: It connects 2 sister language and almost similar region ie Konkan Maharashtra with Goa. It connects Marathi and Konkani speaking region.

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#Patalkot_Express
#Note: Pic taken by Rahul Bond's blog
The first dedicated train from North to Chhindwara, neat and clean, punctual NR train. It was initially upto GWL and then extended to DEE, present day Patalkot is merged form of Patalkot and Kanhanvalley express, to make it daily train wef 01Jan 2013.
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#Name: Patalkot means Deep Valley in Sanskrit. It is a Horse Shoe shaped valley surrounded by giant hills, its so deep that its completely hidden valley. Since Patalkot is located in Chhindwara distt, train was named as Patalkot express.
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#Rivers: It crosses 4 major rivers
enroute viz Narmada, Betwa(twice), Sind, Chambal.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 5 zones
having halt as SECR 1, CR 5, WCR 6, NCR 6, NR 2 and
serves 3 states as MP: 14, UP 4, DL 2.
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#Speed: MAX: Bina Lar
88 kmph. MIN: Hbj Bpl
25kmph.
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#Region: It connects
very unique and beautiful region with north part of country.

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#Kalinga_Utkal_Express
A legendary, all time full ECoR train connecting many imp places and two major Hindu pilgrimage cities Puri and Haridwar
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#Name: Kalinga was a region in ancient India from...
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Odisha to Amarkantak plateau in Chhattisgarh with parts of AP to the bank of river Damodar. Utkal is ancient name of Odisha. Since the present day train is substitute of two old trains ie Kalinga and Utkal, it is named as Kalinga Utkal express also it cover ancient time Kalinga region.
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#Rivers: It crosses 8 major rivers
enroute viz Mahanadi, Brahmani(twice), Son, Ken, Betwa, Sind, Chambal and Yamuna.
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#Zones: It serves 6 zones
having halt as ECoR 7, SER 18, SECR 21, WCR 6, NCR 11, NR 9.
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#States: 10states serving stn as OR: 18, WB 1, JH 8, CH: 11, MP 18, UP 11, HR 1, RJ 1, DL 1, UK 2.
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#Speed: MAX: 80kmph between 1. CKP GOL 2.LAR BAB 3. BPH RIG
MIN: 18kmph BNDM ROU.
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#Region: It connects
very imp and unique of its kind regions connecting Odiya, Bengali, Hindi speaking regions.
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#Route: 1. BBS to KGP: Mas Hwh trunk route.
2. KGP to BSP: Hwh Cstm trunk route.
3. BSP to BINA: Major and imp Bsp kte Ndls route.
4. BINA to NZM: Mas Ndls trunk route.
5. NZM to HW: An important Ndls Ddn route