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#KNOW_YOUR_TRAIN
~~~#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

**** #Know ur train 80****
~~~#Begumpura Exp ~~~
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#Name: Begumpura whose literal meaning is "a state without fear and Sorrows" is a state that Guru Ravidasji wanted to make in order to abolish the system of untouchability. Guru Ravidasji was born in Seer Govardhanpur of Varanasi, UP . He was guru and mystic of Bhakti Movement. He wrote many devotional songs...
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and verses, which can also be seen in Sikh Holy Book. His teaching was "One should be identified by Action (Karma) not by Caste. Every person has right to worship God and read holy text. Followers of Ravidass ji visit Begumpura, temple at birth place of Guru Ravidasji known as Guru Ravidasji Janma Sthan Mandir or Begumpura. Since train starts from Varanasi, it is named as Begumpura Exp.
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#Regions of state: Purvanchal, Rohilkhand, Upper Doab, Ambala, Malwa, Doab, Manjha
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#Zone and #division: 1 Zone. NR- Lucknow, Ambala, Firozpur Cantt.
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#Base: Varanasi
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#Rivers: 7 Major - Ramganga, Ganga, Yamuna, Ghuggar, Sutlej, Beas, Ravi.
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#Physical Regions: Plains of Purvanchal, Rohilkhand, Ganga Yamuna, Sutlej, Ravi plains. Shivalik Hills.
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#Soils: Alluvial
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#States: 4 states. #UP 6, #HR 1, #PB 3, #JK 1 halts.
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#Zones : NR 11 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 84 kmph : Sultanpur Nihalgarh. Min avg speed 34 kmph Nihalgarh LKO.
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#Languages: Hindi Urdu Punjabi speaking regions
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#Trivia:
¤ One of the punctual and priority train on whole route.
¤Neat Clean and Maintained train.
¤ People's fav train for Jammu.
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#Photos:
¤Pic 1: Lucknow Charbagh railway station.
¤Pic 2: Varanasi Jn. Station.

SINGRAULI.
#KNOWYOURSTATION
#CItyinfo
Singrauli is farthest eastern city of madhya pradesh state of India. It is the 50th district of m.p. and created from Sidhi district.Sidhi is famous for home of most wise NAVRATN i.e. Birbal. Singrauli lie in rewa division, and once it used to be open air prison. It is 7th most polluted city of india and generate atleast...
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10% of total installed capacity of electicity of india. India, might be Asia's largest man made dam located here ( govind ballabh pant sagar dam ) inaugurated by sri.jawahar lal nehru
#CULTURE
People mostly employed in coal mines and powerplants.
#LANGUAGES
Hindi , Bhojpuri , Bagheli , English.
#AIRPORT
Myorpur (renukut) for small planes , varanasi.
#MAJORHIGHWAYS
NH 75, UP - SH5A
#RIVER
Sone, Rihand.
#ROUTES
Opened in 1963 and lies in katni-chopan branch line and is mostly freight dominated. In future it will be junction point for rewa , satna, panna, khajuraho, lalitpur , announced in 1998.
#STATIONAMMENITIES
Platforms - 1 (high level)
Lines 8
Washing pit
Cloakroom
Prs counter - 1
Uts counter - 2
Water cooler-1
2 food stalls
Food plaza - no
Atm - no
Fob - no
Commputerised annoncement system.
Ist & IInd class waiting room.
Parcel room
Guard and driver running room.
Railway colony.
Model & aadarsh station.
#STATIONGRADE - A class.
#ELECTRIFICATION
Planned and announced in budget 2012 upto ( singrauli-chopan-garhwaroad) , chopan-chunar and singrauli-katni including karaila road jn.-anpara-shaktinagar also to be electrified under VISION2020.
#DOUBLEING
Expected ; As garhwa road to ramna announced in budget 2013 , a hope it might be doubled till singrauli due to tremendous freigt preassure ( coal ).
#GUAGE - Broad guage.
#TRAINS
No premier train , No superfast, 4 weekly express , 1 tri-weekly ,
4 daily express & 2 passengers
4 trains originate/terminate at singrauli.
#TAXISTAND
Outside station , city buses are available to all major city points , alongwith private buses , taxis.
#ADDED LATER BY ME
Some facts i forget to mention , deep apoligies for that.
#STATIONAMMENITEIS
Water taps - 6
Sheds - 2 no.s
Loco change - nil
Urinals -Ist and IInd class waiting room also 4 on platforms.
Shadey trees - atleast 15.
Hospital - 7 km sanjeevni hosp. singrauli , 12 km nehru hosp. jayant
Traffic management - 5/10. trains crawl in whole streach also train have unscheduled halt at krlr , mcq for train going katni side and at mhda , sgam for train going chopan side.
Enquiry no. - 07805-266050.
Division - dhanbad division ecr. The ecr zone and CIC begins/terminate here.
Hotels - at singrauli ( morwa ) 7km, waidhan 23 km.

**** #Know ur train 79****
~~~ Janmashtmi Special ~~~
#Gokul Express
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#Name: Gokul is a place in Mathura distt of Uttar Pradesh, its situated at 15km from Mathura. Gokul is the...
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place where Lord Krishna spent His Childhood days with His father Nandji, mother Yashodaji and Elder brother Balram. At Gokul He danced over Kaliya Naag on river Yamuna. Since train was initially upo Agra Fort via Mathura before gauge conversion. It was named as Gokul Express. Its considered as longest and fastest MG train in India.
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#Regions of state: #Rohilkhand, Middle Doab, Purvanchal
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#Zone and #division: 1 Zone. NER- Lucknow, Izzatnagar
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#Base: Gonda
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#Rivers: 4 Major - Ghaghara, Sarda, Ganga, Ramganga
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#Physical Regions: Plains of Ghaghra, Ganga Yamuna Doab, and Rohilkhand plains
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#Soils: Alluvial
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#States: 1 state. #UP 23 halts.
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#Zones : NER 23 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 70 kmph: Nanpara Mihinpurwa. Min avg speed 11 kmph Bareily City, Bareily Jn MG.
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#Languages: Hindi Urdu speaking regions
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#Trivia:
¤ Longest distance and fastest running MG train
¤ One of the punctual and priority train on whole route.
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#Photos:
¤Pic 1: Train board;IRI
¤Pic 2: Pic taken by IRI
¤Pic 3: Gokul Exp's old pic at AF; Tripod.

#Know your train #Knowyourtrain
#12669/70 Ganga Kaveri Express is a Bi-weekly superfast train service, connecting Chennai in Southern India to Chhapra in Bihar.
#Name: #Etmology
It is named after two Indian Rivers; River Ganges (which flows in the holy city of Varanasi) and Kaveri (a River which flows in the Southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu).
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#History
Innagurated on Feb 16, 1977 by Kamalpati Tripathi between Madras (now Chennai) and Varanasi, was terminating at Chennai Beach station, from where an MG Ganga Kaveri Express used to run to Rameswaram through the Kaveri river basin. Later the superfast status was erased, made to terminate at Madras Central instead of Madras Beach and connection with Madras-Rameswaram Exp removed and name changed from Ganga Kaveri Exp to Madras - Varanasi Express. Thus increased halts at Katni, Pipariya, Betul and Sirpur Kagaz Nagar, converted from one-night to two-nights train, slowed down by more than 3 hours, Green and Yellow colored Rakes withdrawn and AC sleeper service introduced. Later, in 90's Jaffer Sharief introduced the train which is running currently as Ganga Kaveri Express for the benefit of South Indian tourists, willing to travel to holy city of Varanasi. This train was extended to Chhapra in December 2006.
#Regions:
Bihar - Bhojpuri region
Uttar Pradesh - purvanchal, lower doab
Madhya Pradesh - bagelkhand, Mahakoshal
DECCAN PLATEAU
Maharashtra: Vidarbha
Andhra Pradesh: Telangana, Northern Circars, Velanadu, coastal Andhra (Coromandel Coast)
#Zone #Division: This train belongs to Southern Railway Chennai Division. Enroute it passes through #SCR: Vijayawada division, Secunderabad division, #CR: Nagpur division, #WCR: Bhopal division, Jabalpur division, #NCR: Jhansi division (no stoppages), Allahabad division, #NR: Lucknow Charbagh division, #NER: Varanasi division.
#Base: Basin Bridge (Chennai)
#States: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
#Route:
Chennai - Itarsi: Electrified Double line Broad Gauge
Itarsi - Allahabad: Un-Electrified Double line Broad Gauge
Allahabad - Chhapra: Un-Electrified Single line Broad Gauge
#Loco:
Chennai - Itarsi: WAP4/WAM4
Itarsi - Chhapra: Wdm3A/Wdm3D
#Coach, RSA:
ICF, RSA with 12691/92 Chennai-SSPN Express
#Halts: 22 halts, 319 intermediate Stations
#Speed
Average Speed: 56 km/hr
Average Moving Speed: 58 km/hr
Highest Average speed: between Nagpur and Pandhurna- 85 km/hr
Lowest Average: Bhadohi and Varanasi- 36 km/hr
#Soil:
bihar: Alluvial soil
Uttar Pradesh: Alluvial soil
Madhya Pradesh: Alluvial Soil, Red and yellow soil
Maharashtra: black-cotton soil
Andhra Pradesh: Red sandy soil (Telangana), Alluvial soil (coastal Andhra )
Tamil Nadu (Chennai): shale soils, sandstone and clay soils
#Mountain ranges:
Vindhya Range
Satpura Range
Eastern Ghats
#Rivers crossing
Suvarnamukhi: Nayudupeta
Pennar: Nellore
Paleru: Singarayakonda
Vijayawada: Krishna
Manair: Bisugirsharif near Karimnagar
Godavari: Mancherial
Penganga: Ballarshah
wardha: Hinganghat, Wardha
Tapti: Multai
Tawa: Bagra Tawa near Itarsi
Narmada: Vikrampur
Satna: Satna
Yamuna : Naini near Allahabad
Ganga: Allahabad
Varuna: Varanasi
Gomti:Rajwari
Ghaghara: Chhapra
#Languages
It pases through Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, Bhojpuri and Urdu speaking Regions.
#Photo Credits
1. Train Board: 462809
2. Chennai Central station 778939
3. Ganga-Kaveri Express hauled by ET WDM-3A # 16523R 532352
4. Varanasi Cantonment Junction 531452
5. Ganga Aarthi (click here)
6. Gopuram of Kashi Vishwanath Temple (click here)
7. Kashi Vishwanath (click here)
8. Dashashwamedh Ghat (click here )