**** #Know ur train 80****
~~~#Begumpura Exp ~~~
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#Name: Begumpura whose literal meaning is "a state without fear and Sorrows" is a state that Guru Ravidasji wanted to make in order to abolish the system of untouchability. Guru Ravidasji was born in Seer Govardhanpur of Varanasi, UP . He was guru and mystic of Bhakti Movement. He wrote many devotional songs...
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and verses, which can also be seen in Sikh Holy Book. His teaching was "One should be identified by Action (Karma) not by Caste. Every person has right to worship God and read holy text. Followers of Ravidass ji visit Begumpura, temple at birth place of Guru Ravidasji known as Guru Ravidasji Janma Sthan Mandir or Begumpura. Since train starts from Varanasi, it is named as Begumpura Exp.
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#Regions of state: Purvanchal, Rohilkhand, Upper Doab, Ambala, Malwa, Doab, Manjha
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#Zone and #division: 1 Zone. NR- Lucknow, Ambala, Firozpur Cantt.
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#Base: Varanasi
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#Rivers: 7 Major - Ramganga, Ganga, Yamuna, Ghuggar, Sutlej, Beas, Ravi.
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#Physical Regions: Plains of Purvanchal, Rohilkhand, Ganga Yamuna, Sutlej, Ravi plains. Shivalik Hills.
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#Soils: Alluvial
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#States: 4 states. #UP 6, #HR 1, #PB 3, #JK 1 halts.
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#Zones : NR 11 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 84 kmph : Sultanpur Nihalgarh. Min avg speed 34 kmph Nihalgarh LKO.
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#Languages: Hindi Urdu Punjabi speaking regions
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#Trivia:
¤ One of the punctual and priority train on whole route.
¤Neat Clean and Maintained train.
¤ People's fav train for Jammu.
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#Photos:
¤Pic 1: Lucknow Charbagh railway station.
¤Pic 2: Varanasi Jn. Station.

**** #Know ur train 79****
~~~ Janmashtmi Special ~~~
#Gokul Express
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#Name: Gokul is a place in Mathura distt of Uttar Pradesh, its situated at 15km from Mathura. Gokul is the...
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place where Lord Krishna spent His Childhood days with His father Nandji, mother Yashodaji and Elder brother Balram. At Gokul He danced over Kaliya Naag on river Yamuna. Since train was initially upo Agra Fort via Mathura before gauge conversion. It was named as Gokul Express. Its considered as longest and fastest MG train in India.
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#Regions of state: #Rohilkhand, Middle Doab, Purvanchal
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#Zone and #division: 1 Zone. NER- Lucknow, Izzatnagar
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#Base: Gonda
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#Rivers: 4 Major - Ghaghara, Sarda, Ganga, Ramganga
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#Physical Regions: Plains of Ghaghra, Ganga Yamuna Doab, and Rohilkhand plains
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#Soils: Alluvial
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#States: 1 state. #UP 23 halts.
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#Zones : NER 23 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 70 kmph: Nanpara Mihinpurwa. Min avg speed 11 kmph Bareily City, Bareily Jn MG.
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#Languages: Hindi Urdu speaking regions
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#Trivia:
¤ Longest distance and fastest running MG train
¤ One of the punctual and priority train on whole route.
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#Photos:
¤Pic 1: Train board;IRI
¤Pic 2: Pic taken by IRI
¤Pic 3: Gokul Exp's old pic at AF; Tripod.

#Know your train #Knowyourtrain
#12669/70 Ganga Kaveri Express is a Bi-weekly superfast train service, connecting Chennai in Southern India to Chhapra in Bihar.
#Name: #Etmology
It is named after two Indian Rivers; River Ganges (which flows in the holy city of Varanasi) and Kaveri (a River which flows in the Southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu).
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#History
Innagurated on Feb 16, 1977 by Kamalpati Tripathi between Madras (now Chennai) and Varanasi, was terminating at Chennai Beach station, from where an MG Ganga Kaveri Express used to run to Rameswaram through the Kaveri river basin. Later the superfast status was erased, made to terminate at Madras Central instead of Madras Beach and connection with Madras-Rameswaram Exp removed and name changed from Ganga Kaveri Exp to Madras - Varanasi Express. Thus increased halts at Katni, Pipariya, Betul and Sirpur Kagaz Nagar, converted from one-night to two-nights train, slowed down by more than 3 hours, Green and Yellow colored Rakes withdrawn and AC sleeper service introduced. Later, in 90's Jaffer Sharief introduced the train which is running currently as Ganga Kaveri Express for the benefit of South Indian tourists, willing to travel to holy city of Varanasi. This train was extended to Chhapra in December 2006.
#Regions:
Bihar - Bhojpuri region
Uttar Pradesh - purvanchal, lower doab
Madhya Pradesh - bagelkhand, Mahakoshal
DECCAN PLATEAU
Maharashtra: Vidarbha
Andhra Pradesh: Telangana, Northern Circars, Velanadu, coastal Andhra (Coromandel Coast)
#Zone #Division: This train belongs to Southern Railway Chennai Division. Enroute it passes through #SCR: Vijayawada division, Secunderabad division, #CR: Nagpur division, #WCR: Bhopal division, Jabalpur division, #NCR: Jhansi division (no stoppages), Allahabad division, #NR: Lucknow Charbagh division, #NER: Varanasi division.
#Base: Basin Bridge (Chennai)
#States: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
#Route:
Chennai - Itarsi: Electrified Double line Broad Gauge
Itarsi - Allahabad: Un-Electrified Double line Broad Gauge
Allahabad - Chhapra: Un-Electrified Single line Broad Gauge
#Loco:
Chennai - Itarsi: WAP4/WAM4
Itarsi - Chhapra: Wdm3A/Wdm3D
#Coach, RSA:
ICF, RSA with 12691/92 Chennai-SSPN Express
#Halts: 22 halts, 319 intermediate Stations
#Speed
Average Speed: 56 km/hr
Average Moving Speed: 58 km/hr
Highest Average speed: between Nagpur and Pandhurna- 85 km/hr
Lowest Average: Bhadohi and Varanasi- 36 km/hr
#Soil:
bihar: Alluvial soil
Uttar Pradesh: Alluvial soil
Madhya Pradesh: Alluvial Soil, Red and yellow soil
Maharashtra: black-cotton soil
Andhra Pradesh: Red sandy soil (Telangana), Alluvial soil (coastal Andhra )
Tamil Nadu (Chennai): shale soils, sandstone and clay soils
#Mountain ranges:
Vindhya Range
Satpura Range
Eastern Ghats
#Rivers crossing
Suvarnamukhi: Nayudupeta
Pennar: Nellore
Paleru: Singarayakonda
Vijayawada: Krishna
Manair: Bisugirsharif near Karimnagar
Godavari: Mancherial
Penganga: Ballarshah
wardha: Hinganghat, Wardha
Tapti: Multai
Tawa: Bagra Tawa near Itarsi
Narmada: Vikrampur
Satna: Satna
Yamuna : Naini near Allahabad
Ganga: Allahabad
Varuna: Varanasi
Gomti:Rajwari
Ghaghara: Chhapra
#Languages
It pases through Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, Bhojpuri and Urdu speaking Regions.
#Photo Credits
1. Train Board: 462809
2. Chennai Central station 778939
3. Ganga-Kaveri Express hauled by ET WDM-3A # 16523R 532352
4. Varanasi Cantonment Junction 531452
5. Ganga Aarthi (click here)
6. Gopuram of Kashi Vishwanath Temple (click here)
7. Kashi Vishwanath (click here)
8. Dashashwamedh Ghat (click here )

**** #Know ur train 78 ****
#Navjeevan Express
~~~ Connecting Manchester of India to Detroit of India ~~~
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#Name: Navjivan Trust is a publishing house board of Ahmedabad. Initially it was...
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weekly newspaper by Gandhiji in Gujarati language. It was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1928, more than 800 titles have been published English Hindi Gujarati and other languages.
Navjivan means New life, its main motive was to propogate peaceful means for attaining Hind Swaraj by educating people thru cultivated and enlightened worker. Since train is to/from Ahmedabad, it was named as Navjivan Exp.
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#Age: 35years 4months
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#State : soon will serve 5 States - #GJ 8, #MH 17, #Telangana 5, #AP 7, #TN 1
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#Regions: Central and South Gujarat, Khandesh, Vidarbha, Telangana, Coastal Andhra, Tondai Nadu regions
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#Zone and #division: WR Ahmedabad Vadodara Mumbai, CR Bhusawal Nagpur, SCR Hyderabad Vijaywada, SR Chennai divisions.
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#Inaugral: 07 April 78
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#Base: Coimbatore
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#RSA: Cheran Express
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#Rivers and #Lakes: Narmada, Tapi, Ukai Dam, Purna, Wardha, Pranhita, Godavari, Krishna, Penner and Pulicat lake.
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#Physical Regions: Charotar and Bharoch plains, Deccan plateau, Telangana plateau, Eastern Ghats, Coromandel Coast.
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#Soils: Black, Red Alluvial.
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#Zones: Serves 4 Zones WR 11, CR 14, SCR 12, SR 1
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#Speed: Max avg 132 kmph Kavali Nellore. Min avg 21 kmph Chandrapur Balharshah
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#Languages: Travels thru Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil speaking region.
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#Route:
*Adi Brc: Adi Brc main line.
*Brc St: Ndls Bct trunk route.
*Surat Jalgaon: Main line.
*Jalgaon Wardha: Cstm Hwh trunk route.
*Wardha Hinganghat: Minor line (chord line).
*Hinganghat MAS: Ndls Mas trunk route.
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#Trivia: .
¤ Always full and favorite train for travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ Good priority train on whole route.
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#Photos:
Pic 1- Train name board.
Pic 2- Vastrapur Lake, Ahmedabad
Pic 3- Chennai Central Station.
Pic 4- Kapeeleshwar Temple, Chennai

**** #Know ur train 77 ****
#Kumbh Express
~~~ Connecting Cultural Capital of India to Door of Hari ~~~
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#Name: Kumbha is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which they...
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gather to bathe in sacred rivers. Kumbha is organised at 4 places ie Haridwar, Allahabad, Nasik, Ujjain, by rotation. Kumbh helds every 12th year, while Ardh Kumbh at every 6th year only at Haridwar and Allahabad. Kumbha means pitcher, it is believed that drops of nectar fell from pitcher when carried by God, at these places. Haridwar is one of the holiest cities among 5, for Hindus and having importance for devotees of Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. Since train goes to Haridwar it was named as Kumbha Exp.
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#Age: 3years 8months
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#Regions: #WB - Presidency, Burdwan #JH - Santhal Pargana #BR - Munger, Patna #UP - Purvanchal, Awadh, Rohilkhand, Upper Doab. #UK - Garhwal.
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#Zone and #division: ER Howrah Asansol ECR Danapur Mughalsarai. NR Lucknow NR, Varanasi, Moradabad divisions.
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#Inaugral: 30 Dec 2009
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#Base: Howrah
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#Rivers: Son Ganga(2) Ramganga
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#Physical Regions: Burdwan plains, Rajmahal hills, plains of South bihar, purvanchal, awadh, rohilkhand.
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#Soils: Red Alluvial.
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#Zones: Serves 3 Zones ER 4, ECR 6, NR 6
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#State : 5 States - #WB 2, #JH 2, #BR 5, #UP 6, #UK 1
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#Speed: Max avg 86 kmph Hwh Asn. Min avg 21 kmph MGS BSB
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#Languages: Travels thru Bengali Hindi Urdu speaking region.