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10001/2 - Balaghat Jn. to Jabalpur Jn.
The Satpura Express is a daily express train which runs between Jabalpur Junction railway station of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh to another city of the same state, Balaghat Junction.
The Satpura Express is a showpiece of the Satpura narrow gauge lines. It used to travel a run of 187 kilometres...
more... (116 mi) from Jabalpur to Balaghat in a little less than seven hours. Earlier this train runs from Jabalpur Junction to Gondia; with a Steam Loco of ZE Class but now a diesel locomotive of ZDM Class is replaced and have much more power. However after the gauge conversion the section from Gondia to Balaghat and Katangi is convered to broad gauge and the train is limited up to Balaghat.
The number provided for the train is :[1]
10001 - Balaghat Jn. to Jabalpur Jn.
10002 - Jabalpur Jn. to Balaghat Jn.
The name Satpura signifies the hill valley range of Satpura in Madhya Pradesh.
$$ It is one of the oldest train of Indian Railways
$$ It is the first train service started in Central India
## This train is the only Express train of Balaghat
Video Taken Sunday, September 27, 2015,
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