Amarkantak Express: Holy for Railfans as holy as Amarkantak is for devotees. - Ayan G

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#Sant_Kabir_Dham_Express
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First SF train to get hybrid LHB
#Name: Sant Kabir Nagar is a distt named in 15th century as Famous Poet Sant Kabir Das lived there. The distt...
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comes under Basti division near khalilabad, bordered by Gorakhpur and Basti Distt. Since train passes thru nearby region, it is named as Sant Kabir Dham Exp
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#Regions: Ganga Ghaghara Plains, Bundelkhand, Vindhya Range, Satpura Range, Satmala hills, Sahyadri.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Alluvial, Red Black, Black, and Red Soil.
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#Crops: It crosses thru region cultivating crop as
MH: Wheat, Jowar, Bajra, cotton, Banana n Sugarcane.
MP: Wheat, Jowar
UP: Wheat, Jowar, Rice, Sugarcane.
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#Rivers: It crosses 9major rivers
enroute viz Rapti, Ghaghara, Gomati, Ganga, Yamuna, Betwa(2), Narmada, Tapi, Kadwa.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 4 zones
having halt as NER 4, NCR 3, WCR 2, CR 4 and
serves 3 states as UP 7, MP: 3, MH 3.
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#Speed: MAX: KNW BSL 78kmph. MIN: IGP LTT 41kmph.
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#Route:
Gkp-Ljn : Gkp Ljn main line.
Ljn -Jhs: Ljn Jhs main line.
JHS-ET: Ndls Mas trunk route.
ET- Bsl : Et Bsl main route.
BSL-LTT: Hwh Cstm trunk route.
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#Languages: It connect Urdu, Hindi and Marathi speaking regions.

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#Nandan_Kanan_Express
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#Name: Nandan Kanan literally means Garden of God/ Heavens is a zoological park near Bhubaneshwar. Its amidst Chandaka Forest and Near to Kanjia Lake.
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#Regions: Hazaribagh plateau, Vindhya Range, Ganaga Yamuna Doab Plains.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Red, Alluvial Soil.
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#Crops: It crosses thru region cultivating crop as
OR: Rice, coconut n tobacco.
WB n JH: Rice.
BR: Rice, Sugarcane
UP: Wheat, Rice, Bajra, Sugarcane.
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#Rivers: It crosses 6major rivers
enroute viz Mahanadi, Brahmani, Kangsabati, Damodar, Son, Yamuna(2).
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 5 zones
having halt as ECoR 6, SER 10, ECR 7, NCR 5, NR 1 and
serves 6 states as OR 8, WB: 5, JH 6, BR 3, UP 6, DL 1.
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#Speed: MAX: ALD FTP 95kmph. MIN: KGP MDN 16kmph.
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#Languages: Its crosses thru Odiya, Bengali, Hindi and Urdu speaking areas.

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#Vivek_Express
#Note: Pic taken by train gallery, Arun's blog.
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#Name: Vivek exp were series of 4 trains started by then Rail minister Mamta Banerjee on 150th birthday of Swami...
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Vivekanda on 2011.
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#Regions: Palani hills, Melagiri hills, Deccan plateau, Sahyadri, Kathiawar peninsula, Barda hills.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Alluvial, Red, Red Black, Black and Grey Soil.
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#Crops: It crosses thru region cultivating crop like Rice, Cotton, Jowar, Bajra, Coconut, Tobacco.
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#Rivers: It crosses 9 major rivers
enroute viz Vaigai, Kaveri, Tungabhadra, Krishna, Bhima, Tapi, Narmada, Mahi, Sabarmati.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 5 zones
having halt as SR 10, SWR 4, SCR 5, CR 6, WR 13 and
serves 5 states as TN 10, KA 6, AP 5, MH 5, GJ 12.
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#Speed: MAX: Gtl Malm 80kmph. MIN: Kjm Ynk 33kmph.
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#Languages: It connects Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi and Gujarati speaking areas.

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#Chitrakoot_Express
#An important, only train between Lucknow, Kanpur and Jabalpur
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#Name: Chitrakoot means "hills of many wonders", is a place where Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman spent 11 and...
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half years of their Vanvas period. Its pilgrimage centre to many devotees. Since train crosses thru its nearest town Chitrakoot Dham Karwi, it was named as Chitrakoot Exp.
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#Regions: Awadh, Ganga Yamuna Doab, Bundelkhand, Vindhyan Scraplands
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Alluvial, Red and Black soil.
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#Crops: It crosses thru region cultivating crops like Wheat, Jowar, Sugarcane.
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#Rivers: It crosses 2major rivers
enroute viz Ganga, Yamuna (just at confluence of Yamuna and Betwa).
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 4 zone
having halt as NER 1, NR1, NCR 16, WCR 9 and states as UP 18, MP 9.
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#Speed: MAX Uhr Myr 95kmph. MIN: cktd mkp 16kmph.

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#Kovai_Express
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#Name: Kovai is old name of Coimbatore, since train goes to CBE, it was named as Kovai express.
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#Regions: Jovadi, Shevroy and Nilgiri hills.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Alluvial, Red soil.
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#Crops: It crosses thru region cultivating crops like Rice, Jowar, Bajra, Sugarcane and Coffee.
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#Rivers: It crosses 3major rivers
enroute viz Palar, Ponnaiyar, Kaveri.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 1 zone n state
having halt as SR 11, TN 11.
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#Speed: MAX Kpd Ab 85kmph. MIN: Tup Cbe 47kmph.