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~~~ 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.

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#Vaigai Express
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~~~ Madurai’s Own Train ~~~
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#Name: The city of Madurai in Southern Tamil Nadu is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai. Since the train connects Chennai with Madurai, it has been aptly named as Vaigai Express.
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#Inauguration: 15th August, 1977 from Madurai
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#Regions (Physical): Eastern Coastal Plain, Kalvarayan Hills, Plains of the Palani Hills, Kaveri Delta
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#Regions of State: The districts of Chennai, Kanchipuram, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Tiruchchirapalli, Dindigul and Madurai
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#Zone, #Division: The train belongs to #SR Zone, Madurai Division. The train passes through the following divisions: #SR – Chennai, Thiruchirapalli, Madurai
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#Route:
> Madurai – Chennai Egmore Line (via Chord Line)
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#Halts, #States: The train passes entirely through one state and halts at 7 intermediate stations, excluding originating and destination stations.
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#Soils: It crosses through region having Alluvial, Black and Red soil
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#Rivers: Cooum, Adyar, Palar, Gedilam, Pennar, Manimuthar, Kaveri, Vaigai
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#Languages: Tamil
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#Speed: Highest average speed: 95 kmph between Vridhhachalam Jn and Ariyalur
Lowest average speed: 47 kmph between Dindigul Jn and Madurai Jn
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#Trivia:
> The only train on IR (along with Pallavan Exp) to have a PS coach – Half of which is Pantry Car and half is Second Sitting.
> In the days of MG, it used to run with special green and yellow livery, with twin YDM-4 locos.
> MG Locos had Special double tone horn for easy identification
> The locos always ran in Short Hood Forward mode
> It was the only MG train of SR certified to run at 110 kmph
> For the first time on the MG, the ICF manufactured two 40-seat AC chair car coaches exclusively for the Vaigai and Pallavan express.
> The driver and the Guard had corded telephone system to communicate with each other.
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#RSA: 12605/06 MS-TPJ-MS Pallavan SF Express
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#Base: Madurai Jn
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Photo Credits:
Pic-1: Train Board (click here )
Pic-2: MG Vaigai Express of the yesteryears ( /blog/post/668092 )
Pic-3: Chennai Egmore Station (click here )
Pic-4: Kamrajar Salai, Marina Beach, Chennai (click here )
Pic-5: Vaigai River (click here )
Pic-6: Madurai Station (click here )
Pic-7: Meenakshi Temple, Madurai ( 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 76 ****
~~~ #Betwa Express ~~~
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#Name: Unlike every train which are named over river as they cross it, Betwa Express never crosses Betwa river, even its named for a reason said below. River Betwa is a major river and tributary to Yamuna, it rises from Vindhyan Range near Hoshangabad, flows through Malwa Plateau and joins...
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River Yamuna a Hamirpur distt UP. Betwa is a clean river having greenish color with lots of stones. Betwa river is depicted in Mahabharat as Vetravati, having Famous and Ancient temple of Orchha is on its bank. Betwa Express crosses the Yamuna river just at the confluence of Betwa and Yamuna river, also it runs thru Hamirpur district and region blessed by Betwa and Yamuna rivers, hence it was named as Betwa Express.
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#Regions: #UP - Awadh Bundelkhand #MP - Mahakoshal Baghelkhand #CG - Bilaspur Raipur Durg
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#Zone and #division: NCR Allahabad Jhansi. WCR Jabalpur. SECR Bilaspur Raipur divisions.
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#Base: Durg
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#Rivers: Yamuna Ken Son Sheonath
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#Physical Regions: Bundelkhand uplands, Vindhya Scraplands, Maikala Range.
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#Soils: Red Alluvial.
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#Zones: Serves 3 Zones NCR 6, WCR 3, SECR 10
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#State : 3 States - #UP 6, #MP 7, #CG 6
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#Speed: Max avg 92 kmph Satna Maihar. Min avg 37 kmph Pendra Road Bilaspur
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#Pilgrimage: Chitrakoot Dham, Sharda Devi Maihar, Amarkantak dham.
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#Languages: Travels thru Urdu Hindi speaking region.
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#Dialect: Hindi: Bundelkhandi, Baghelkhandi, Chhattisgarhi dialects.
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#Trivia:
¤Neat and clean, maintained train.
¤ Good priority train.
¤Connects 3 pilgrimage centres.
¤ Connects major industrial cities Kanpur Satna Bilaspur Raipur Durg.

**** #Know ur train 75 ****
~~~ #Charminar Express ~~~
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#Name: Charminar is a famous monument and mosque built in 1591 CE located at Hyderabad is a global icon of city, and one of the most recognised monument of country. Char Minar meaning Four Towers was built by Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah as a mosque and madarsaa. It was built...
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at the junction of trade route to Golconda and Machchilipatnam. Whole Hyderabad city is constructed keeping Charminar as Centre. Built in Islamic architecture with square structure it has mosque at western end of open roof. Since train starts from Hyderabad it was named as Charminar Exp.
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#State : Will soon serve 1 UT - HYB 2 and 3 States : Telangana 5, AP 9, TN 1.
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#Regions: Telangana, Coastal Andhra and Tondai Nadu regions
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#Zone and #division: SCR Hyderabad Secunderabad Vijaywada, SR Chennai divisions.
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#Base: Hyderabad Nympally
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#Rivers: Pakala, Krishna, Penner
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#Physical Regions: Telangana Plateau, Eastern Ghats, Gudur Plains.
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#Soils: Red Alluvial.
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#Zones: Serves 2 Zones SCR 14, SR 3
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#Speed: Max avg 126 kmph Dornakal Khammam. Min avg 28 kmph Hyderabad Secunderabad.
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#Languages: Travels thru Telugu Tamil speaking region.
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#Trivia: .
¤ One of the punctual and favorite train for travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ High priority train on whole route.
¤ Train runs with CBC rakes.
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#Photos:
Pic 1- Train name board.
Pic 2- Charminar, Hyderabad
Pic 3- Velankanni Church, Chennai.
Pic 4- Krishna River Vijaywada
Pic 5- Vijaywada Railway Station building.