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#Dwarka_Express
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India's 3rd long distance train that connects east and west of country.
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#Name: Dwarka means City of Many Gates, is said to be the Lord Krishna's Golden City, also a place where Pandavs spend their childhood. It is one of the Holy city of Hindus. The nearest city and railhead to it is Dwarka. Since train goes to Dwarka, it was named as Dwarka Exp.
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#Rivers: It crosses 15 major rivers
enroute viz Brahmaputra, Manas, Sankosh, Tista, Mahananda(3), Kosi, Ganga(3), Son, Varuna, Gomati(2), Yamuna, Banas, Chambal(2), Mahi(2), Sabarmati.
¤ Its one of the train which crosses 5 rivers at least two times.
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#Regions: Passes thru Lower Assam valley, Plains of [ Jalpaiguri, Katihar, South bihar, Purabiya, Gomati, Awadh, Ganga Yamuna Doab plains], Bayana hills, Kota plateau, Makandwara Hills, Plains of [saurashtra, Charotar, Khambayat, East Kathiawar, Bambham, Halar plains] and Mandav hills.
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#Soils: It passes thru region with Mountain, alluvial, red black, black, grey brown soils.
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#State_n_Zone: Train halts at 6 zones as NFR 10, ECR 7, NR 4, NCR 3, WCR 4, WR 13. and 7 state as AS 4, WB 3, BR 9, UP 8, RJ 4, MP 2, GJ 11.
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#Languages: It connects Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati speaking regions.