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May 06 2016 (00:14)   12377/Padatik Express (PT) | SDAH/Sealdah (21 PFs)
 
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AmravatiSuperfast~   598 blog posts
Entry# 1834298            Tags   Past Edits
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But our favorite trains would not...
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR FAVORITE TRAIN NAME ??
Let's make a list of train names, their meanings and for what they are named. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE.
#Padatik Express:
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#Padmavat Express:
#Padmavati Express:
#Paharia Express:
#Palamau Express:
#Pallavan Express:
#Palnadu Express:
#Pamani Express:
#Panchvati Express:
#Pandian Express:
#Parasnath Express:
#Parshuram Express:
#Paschim Express:
#Patalkot Express:
#Pathankot Express:
#Patliputra Express:
#Pawan Express:
#Pearl City (Muthu Nagar) Express:
#Pinakini Express:
#Pooja Express:
#Poorbiya Express:
#Poorna Express:
#Poorva Express:
#Pothigai Express:
#Pragati Express:
#Prashanti Express:
#Prashanti Nilayam Express:
#Pratap Express:
#Pratham Swantrata Senani Express:
#Prayagraj Express:
#Prerana Express:
#Punjab Mail:
#Puri Baidyanatham Express:
#Purushottam Express:
#Purvanchal Express:
#Pushpak Express:
#Rajdhani Express:
#Rajgriha Express:
#Rajya Rani Express:
#Ranakpur Express:
#Rani Chennama Express:
#Ranikhet Express:
#Ranthambore Express:
#Rapti Ganga Express:
#Rapti Sagar Express:
#Ratna Express:
#Ratnachal Express:
#Ratnagiri Express (Varanasi):
#Ravi Express:
#Rayalseema Express:
#Rewanchal Express:
#Rock Fort (Malai Kottai) Express:
#Ruhelkhand Express:
#Rupashi Bangla Express:
#Sabari Express:
#Sabarmati Express:
#Sachkhand Express:
#Sadbhavana Express:
#Sahyadri Express:
#Saket Express:
#Salasar Express:
#Samaleshwari Express:
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#Samata Express:
#Samjhauta Express:
#Sampark Kranti Express:
#Sampoorna Kranti Express:
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#Sanctuary Express:
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#Sant Kabir Dham Express:
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May 05 2016 (12:14)   CSTM/Mumbai CSM Terminus (18 PFs)
 
AmravatiSuperfast~
AmravatiSuperfast~   598 blog posts
Entry# 1833159            Tags   Past Edits
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But our favorite trains would not...
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR FAVORITE TRAIN NAME ??
Let's make a list of train names, their meanings and for what they are named. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE.
#Gitanjali Express (Howrah): Gitanjali is a collection of Bengali poems by the
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famous poet Sir Rabindranath Tagore. The train is named as a tribute to Sir Tagore.
#Vidarbha Express (Gondia, Earlier Nagpur): The region around Nagpur is known as Vidarbha.
#Jnaneshwari Express (Howrah, Earlier Nagpur): Jnaneshwari is a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita written by the Marathi saint and poet Dnyaneshwar.
#Maharashtra Express: Connects two ends, Gondia and Kolhapur, of the Maharashtra.
#Agniveena Express: In Bangla it means “The Fiery Lute”. This is the name given to the collection of poems by the celebrated Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher, Kazi Nazrul Islam. He was born in Burdwan district in 1899 and died in Dhaka in 1976. He is the national poet of Bangladesh, and also honoured in India.
#Akal Takht Express: The Akal Takht (Akal: Timeless One and Takht: Throne in Persian). Literally means “Seat (Throne) of the Timeless One (God)”. The Akal Takht was begun by the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Har Gobind as a symbol for political sovereignty of Sikhs, and is one of the five seats of temporal physical religious authority of the Sikhs. It is located in the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex in Amritsar.
#Ala Hazrat Express: Imam Ahmad Raza Khan, popularly known as Ala Hazrat, was a prominent Muslim Alim from Bareilly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ahmad Raza was also a poet and writer, authoring nearly 1,000 books and monographs of varying lengths in Arabic, Persian and Urdu.
#Nandigram Express(Nagpur,earlier Hazur Sahib Nanded): Ancient name of Nanded City. Nandigram is derived from Nanditat means group of 9 Rishis.
#Mahbodhi Express: This train connects the Bodh Gaya to New Delhi. Mahabodhi means where Gautam Budhha got their enlightenment of life called Bothatm under Bodhi tree.
#Coromandel Express: Named after Coromandel Coast in AP/ TN
#Falaknuma Express: " Falak " is Sky and Numa means Reflection / Mirror, so it means Reflection of the sky or Mirror of the sky (The name is taken from Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad)
#East Coast Express: From the Eastern Coast
#Satavahana Express: Named after Satavahana Dynasty which ruled in AP earlier
#Konark Express (Bhubaneshwar): Konark Temple in Odisha
#Prayagraj Express (Allahabad): Ancient name of Allahabad.
#Patliputra Express (Patna): Ancient name of Patna
#Devagiri Express: Derived from the name of Devagiri Fort near Aurangabad.
#Tapovan Express : Derived from forest Tapovan in Nashik.
#Sachkhand Express (Nanded): Derived from the name Sachkhand Gurudwara at H.S. Nanded.
#Deekshabhoomi Express: Name derived from Buddhist monument Dikshabhoomi situated at Nagpur.
#Sampoorna Kranti Express: Got its name from The Total Revolution Movement. It was a movement initiated by students in Bihar in 1974 and led by Jayaprakash Narayan against misrule by and corruption in the government of Bihar.
#Shivganga Express (Varanasi): It is derived from Shiv = Lord Shiva and Ganga river.
#Purushottam Express (Puri): Derived as Purush = Mankind and Uttam = Best
#Ganga Kaveri Express (Chhapra-Chennai): This train is originally started from Varanasi (Ganga river) and connect to the city near Kaveri river.
#Hussainsagar Express: Named by Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.
#Marathwada Express: Connects important cities of Marathwada.
#Vikramshila Express (Bhagalpur): Name of a very famous ancient university located near Bhagalpur
#Kamayani Express: Derived from poetry collection of Jai Shankar Prasad
Here is an alphabetical list of 418 TRAIN names, divided in 6 blog posts:
FIND YOUR FAVOURITE TRAIN AND REPLY WITH IT'S MEANING.
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J-N (/blog/post/1834297))
P-R (/blog/post/1834298))
S (/blog/post/1834322))
T-Z (/blog/post/1834299))
All the relevant trains and stations are tagged.

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TrainsOnHoliday~   1156 blog posts
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#Shantiniketan Express and # Viswabharati Fast Passenger -The place of Rabindranath Tagore's famous Viswabharati University. (Shantinikean in bengali means home of peace)
#Kaviguru Express- Honouring the great Rabindranath Tagore who is also called "kaviguru"
#Purvanchal Express- train connecting Kolkata to the northern states of India-hence the name purvanchal
#Licchavi Express named after the famous ancient clan in Nepal
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#Sabarmati Express- named after the landmark river in Gujarat sabarmati
#Kanchenjunga Express- train named after the third highest peak in the world
#Kanchenkanya Express- the daughter of Kanchenjunga
#Teesta Torsa Express- named after the twin rivers teesta and Torsa in northeastern India
#Paharia Express-a train of the mountains
#Kamrup Express- named after the ancient holy Kamrup area in Assam
#Padatik Exp
#Pratap Exp-named after Rana Pratap
#Pratham swatantrata Sangram exp- dedicated to Jhansi ki rani
#Ananya Exp
#Shaktipunj Exp
#Chambal exp-dedicated to Chambal districts in Mp
will come with more in future!

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