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Posted: Mar 31 2012 (09:13)
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Last Response: Mar 31 2012 (12:52)
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Mar 31 2012 (09:13) 12415/Indore - New Delhi Intercity SF Express (via Ujjain) (PT)
nitishkumar~
nitishkumar~ 19481 blog postsNitish, contrary to the general impression prevailing among many members as well as some admins here, INTERCITY EXPRESS does not imply a day-time train. It can also be an OVERNIGHT TRAIN. The term INTERCITY refers to what it implies, a train connecting 2 cities and nothing more than that. It was new nomenclature adopted by IR as way back as in the late 70s. Of course it does not really signify anything out of the ordinary as almost all M/E trains are INTERCITY by nature.
It may surprise all of you to know that the COROMANDEL EXPRESS when introduced was also named as HOWRAH-CHENNAI INTERCITY EXPRESS, though it then had a journey time of 25 hours. It was only when it...
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It may surprise all of you to know that the COROMANDEL EXPRESS when introduced was also named as HOWRAH-CHENNAI INTERCITY EXPRESS, though it then had a journey time of 25 hours. It was only when it...
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Ranchi-Varanasi express is over night train but it is popularly known as intercity also.