Spotting
 Timeline
 Travel Tip
 Trip
 Race
 Social
 Greeting
 Poll
 Img
 PNR
 Pic
 Blog
 News
 Conf TL
 RF Club
 Convention
 Monitor
 Topic
 #
 Rating
 Correct
 Wrong
 Stamp
 PNR Ref
 PNR Req
 Blank PNRs
 HJ
 Vote
 Pred
 @
 FM Alert
 FM Approval
 Pvt
Forum Super Search
 ↓ 
×
HashTag:
Freq Contact:
Member:
Posting Date From:
Posting Date To:
Blog Category:
Train Type:
Train:
Station:
Pic/Vid:   FmT Pic:   FmT Video:
Sort by: Date:     Word Count:     Popularity:     
Public:    Pvt: Monitor:    Topics:    

Search
  Go  
dark modesite support
 
Wed Jun 19 13:40:04 IST
Home
Trains
ΣChains
Atlas
PNR
Forum
Quiz
Topics
Gallery
News
FAQ
Trips
Login
Post PNRPost BlogAdvanced Search
Filters:

Page#    131 Blog Entries  <<prev  next>>
Rail Fanning
2124859 views
5

May 06 2016 (00:14)   12377/Padatik Express (PT) | SDAH/Sealdah (21 PFs)
 
AmravatiSuperfast~
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:
...
more...
#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:
#Samarsata Express:
#Samata Express:
#Samjhauta Express:
#Sampark Kranti Express:
#Sampoorna Kranti Express:
#Samudra Kanya Express:
#Sanctuary Express:
#Sangam Express:
#Sanghamitra Express:
#Sangrami Express:
#Sant Kabir Dham Express:
#Sapt Kranti Express:
#Saptagiri Express:
#Saraighat Express:
#Sare Jahan Se Achchha Express:
#Sarnath Express:
#Sarvodaya Express:
#Saryu Express:
#Saryu Yamuna Express:
#Satavahana Express:
#Satyagraha Express:
#Saurashtra Janta Express:
#Saurashtra Mail:
#Sayaji Nagari Express:
#Seemanchal Express:
#Sethu Express:
#Seven Hills Express:
#Sewagram Express:
#Shaan-e-Bhopal Express:
#Shaan-e-Punjab Express:
#Shaheed Express:
#Shaktipunj Express:
#Shalimar Express (NR):
#Shanti Express:
#Shantiniketan Express:
#Sharavati Express:
#Shatabdi Express:
#Sheshadri Express:
#Shipra Express:
#Shivganga Express:
#Shivnath Express:
#Shram Shakti Express:
#Shramik Express:
#Shramjeevi Express:
#Shreedham Express:
#Shri Jagannath Express:
#Shri Shakti Express:
#Siddheshwar Express:
#Siddhganga Express:
#Sikkim Mahananda Express:
#Silambu Express:
#Simhadri Express:
#Simhapuri Express:
#Simlipal Express:
#Sindhu Express:
#Sinhgad Express:
#Sirsa Express:
#Somnath Express:
#Steel Express:
#Suhaildev Express:
#Super Express:
#Suryanagari Express:
#Sushasan Express:
#Sutlej Express:
#Swantarata Senani Express:
#Swaraj Express:
#Swarna Jayanti Express:
#Swarna Rekha Express:

Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

5 Public Posts - Sat May 07, 2016

1 Public Posts - Mon May 09, 2016

3 Public Posts - Tue May 10, 2016

1 Public Posts - Wed May 11, 2016

1 Public Posts - Thu May 12, 2016

5 Public Posts - Wed May 18, 2016

94833 views
0

May 20 2016 (01:57)
asingh601~
asingh601~   2834 blog posts
Re# 1834298-18              
#Purushottam Express: Purushottam is another name of Lord Krishna or Jagannath in Puri,
#Sarnath Express: Sarnath is famous place in Bihar.
#Shivnath Express: Shivnath is a name of River in Chhattisgarh,
#Steel Express: Steel name given because of TATA STEEL Plant.
...
more...
#Swarna Rekha Express: Swarna Rekha is a name of River Originates from Ranchi outwards.

Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

3 Public Posts - Fri May 20, 2016

1 Public Posts - Wed Jun 01, 2016

1 Public Posts - Thu Jun 09, 2016

3 Public Posts - Mon Jun 13, 2016

1 Public Posts - Mon Jun 20, 2016

2 Public Posts - Fri Jun 24, 2016

3 Public Posts - Sat Jun 25, 2016
Rail Fanning
966862 views
10

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
...
more...
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.
A-C (/blog/post/1834293))
D-I (/blog/post/1834296))
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.

Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

37 Public Posts - Thu May 05, 2016

108492 views
1

May 05 2016 (21:51)
Suri~
Suri~   7927 blog posts
Re# 1833159-38              
Odisha State Trains Meaning :-
#Purushottam Express: Its a alternate name of Lord Jagannath who is considered as the Avatar of Lord Krshna. Lord Krshna in Bhagwad gita have called the Lord Vishnu(or his Avatars) as the "Uttam Purush" or "Best Man in the whole Mankind".
#Neelanchal Express : The abode of Hindu deity Lord Jagannath at Puri is known as the Neelanchal or Neeladri, [Neela (Blue) + Achal (Mount] meaning, The Blue Mountain. The Neelachal is a place of high religious significance in Hinduism and is one of the four
...
more...
Char Dhams (PURI).
#Nandankanan Express : named after the Renowned Wildlife Zoo and protection center Nandankanan , situated near Barang in Bhubaneswar.
#Kalinga Utkal Express : Kalinga & Utkal were the Two Ancient names of Kingdoms present in the state of Odisha. Kalinga was an early republic in central-eastern India, which comprised most of the modern state of Odisha, northern parts of Andhra Pradesh and a portion of Madhya pradesh. Utkala Kingdom was located in the northern and eastern portion of the modern-day Indian state of Odisha.
#Hirakund Expres : Named after the World famous and India's Longest Dam , Hirakund Dam situated near Sambalpur.
#Dhauli Express : Named after the Dhauli hills which are located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar. It is a hill with vast open space adjoining it, and has major Edicts of Emperor Ashoka engraved on a mass of rock, by the side of the road leading to the summit of the hill. A Buddhist shrine.

Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

6 Public Posts - Thu May 05, 2016

7 Public Posts - Fri May 06, 2016

43701 views
0

May 06 2016 (17:52)
IRI FAN~   366 blog posts
Re# 1833159-52              
#purushottam -According to the Bhagavad Gita, Purushottam is explained as above and beyond kshar and akshar purushas or as an omnipotent cosmic being.
Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

2 Public Posts - Fri May 06, 2016
Rail Fanning
28841 views
31

★★★
Jan 01 2016 (10:50)   12801/Purushottam Express (PT) | CAR/Chunar Junction (5 PFs)
 
Yantravinyas
Yantravinyas   20339 blog posts
Entry# 1697842            Tags   Past Edits
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>New Year Gift to #NCR and #ECoR and #PURUSHOTTAM Fans <<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<
============ ======= =========== ========================= ======================= ======
Turn your speakers to the full volume and listen to the mad honking as 12801 UP King of Grand Chord LHB Purushottam
Rips Chunar and overtakes Tapti Ganga Express. Mid-mounted Head lampedGhaziabad WAP4 powerd 12801 UP
Purushottam
...
more...
burns chunar jn overtaking 19046 DN Tapti Ganga Express in speed heaven of NCR. As 19046 was
taking a bit lengthy stop on PF-4, I suspected it might be the legendary Purushottam going to blast us.
============= =========== ================= ================ ======== ==================
Mobile Users::::click here
Taken on 19-12-2015 at 19:07 hrs

Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

2 Public Posts - Fri Jan 01, 2016

2 Public Posts - Sun Jan 03, 2016
Site-Related
12287 views
1

Aug 17 2015 (00:04)  
 
SaifAliSalmani30^~
SaifAliSalmani30^~   11425 blog posts
Entry# 1566861              
Aditya Sharma Created Another Fake ID Anjali Singh
/blog/post/1497673
Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

2 Public Posts - Mon Aug 17, 2015

8824 views
0

Aug 17 2015 (00:29)
guest   1579 blog posts
Re# 1566861-4              
#purushottam should be deleted from all posts.
Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

4 Public Posts - Mon Aug 17, 2015
Site-Related
21929 views
21

★★★
Aug 04 2015 (21:52)   NDLS/New Delhi (16 PFs)
 
guest   4896 blog posts
Entry# 1557859            Tags   Past Edits
Welcome to AdityaRailInfo ARI
Aditya ne new ID banayi.. Sumit Shukla.
Welcome Aditya in the new skin
#admin #FM swagat nahi karoge inka
#moderator sir had said that though we can
...
more...
create multiple IDs it shall nt be used for self greats and mass objections.

Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

7 Public Posts - Tue Aug 04, 2015

8141 views
1

Aug 04 2015 (22:24)
TheRailMail^~
TheRailMail^~   56724 blog posts
Re# 1557859-9               Past Edits
#FM #Moderator Its a kind request to please Archive All the blogs by Aditya Sharma #ASS #PURUSHOTTAM /blog to avoid Spamming in the forum.
Thanks
Translate to English
Translate to Hindi

7 Public Posts - Tue Aug 04, 2015

2 Public Posts - Wed Aug 05, 2015
Page#    131 Blog Entries  <<prev  next>>

Travel SAFE

1. RailFanning does NOT MEAN dangerous pics/videos.
2. Doorplating pics/youtube videos are strictly FORBIDDEN in IRI.
3. Take plenty of food pics and other safe pics.
4. Write human interest narratives to make the pics interesting.
5. Enjoy blogging and travelling SAFELY.

REMEMBER: YOUR LIFE is the most precious thing, NOT RailFanning.

Rail News

New Trains

Site Announcements

  • Entry# 5648027
    Mar 01 2023 (12:44AM)


    In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings. 1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
  • Entry# 5388512
    Jun 24 2022 (08:45AM)


    As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices. 1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
  • Entry# 5148000
    Nov 29 2021 (06:40AM)


    A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
  • Entry# 5093784
    Oct 13 2021 (07:04AM)


    These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
  • Entry# 4906979
    Mar 14 2021 (01:12AM)


    Followup to: Fmt Changes The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging. It...
  • Entry# 4898771
    Mar 06 2021 (10:33PM)


    There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED. We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
Scroll to Top
Scroll to Bottom
Go to Mobile site
Important Note: This website NEVER solicits for Money or Donations. Please beware of anyone requesting/demanding money on behalf of IRI. Thanks.
Disclaimer: This website has NO affiliation with the Government-run site of Indian Railways. This site does NOT claim 100% accuracy of fast-changing Rail Information. YOU are responsible for independently confirming the validity of information through other sources.
India Rail Info Privacy Policy