Ranikhet Express - रेगिस्तान में हरियाली

Crossing the 114 years old 2.1 kms long Mahanadi River Bridge: Falaknuma Superfast on-board
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Hauled by 22349 SRC shed WAP- 4, the bang on time running 12704 Secunderabad (SC)- Howrah (HWH) FALAKNUMA Superfast Express crosses the mammoth 2.1 kms long rail bridge over Mahanadi river in between ECoR's Cuttack and Balasore stations enroute.
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Rail Bridge:
Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge is a rail bridge over the Mahanadi near Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha. The first Mahanadi Rail Bridge was opened on 1 January 1899. It had 64 spans of 100 feet each, on wells 19 ft 6 in. in diameter sunk to 60 ft below low water level. The Engineer in Charge of construction of the first Mahanadi Rail Bridge was William Beckett (engineer), who won a gold medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1901, for a paper he presented on the bridge construction.
The 2.1 km long Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge built at a cost of Rs. 120 crore was commissioned in 2008. The bridge has been designed for a train speed of 160 km per hour. Adequate steps have been taken to withstand quake.
FALAKNUMA follows the Secunderabad- Nalgonda- Guntur- Vijaywada- Rajahmundry- Samalkot- Vishakapatnam- Brahmapur- Khurdah Road- Bhubaneshwar- Balasore- Kharagpur- Santragachi- Howrah route of SCR/ ECoR/ SER, and takes 25h 45m to cover 1543 kms with 24 halts.