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#Hutatma Express
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A High priority SF primarily meant for people of Solapur to come to Pune in the morning and return back in the evening. A preferred train for...
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daily commuters.
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#Name: The word Hutatma means “Martyr”. During the British Raj, The British Government had imposed a "Shoot on Sight" order under martial law in Solapur in 1930 to suppress the freedom movement. Mallappa Dhanshetti, along with Shrikishan Sarada, Abdul Rasool Qurban Hussain & Jagannath Bhagwan Shinde, defied the martial law. In order to supress the freedom movement, the Government sentenced all four to death. A monument was erected in their honour in Solapur, known as “Hutatma Smarak”. Since the train connects Pune to Solapur, the train has been named as Hutatma Express.
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#Regions: The train entirely passes through Paschim Maharashtra (Desh) region.
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#Zone, #Division: The train belongs to Central Railway. The train plies through Pune and Solapur Divisions. Has 2 intermediate halts enroute, at Daund and Kurduwadi.
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#Route: Plies on the PUNE-SUR-WADI-GTL-MAS Trunk Route
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#States: Serves 1 state - Maharashtra
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#Base: Solapur
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#RSA: Shares its rake with 11025/26 Pune-Bhusaval-Pune Express
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#Soils: Black, Alluvial Soil
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#Rivers: Bhima River, Yashwant Sagar Reservoir on Ujani Dam
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#Languages: Marathi
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#Speed: Highest average speed – 79 kmph between Solapur and Kurduwadi, Lowest average speed – 61 kmph between Kurduwadi and Daund.
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Photo credits:
Pic-1: Self
Pic-2: Self
Pic-3: Self
Pic-4: Shaniwarwada Fort, Pune ( click here )
Pic-5: Siddheshwar Lake & Temple, Solapur ( click here )
Pic-6: Hutatma Smarak, Solapur ( click here )

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#Brahmaputra #Mail
#Service type: Mail/Express
#Status: Operating
#Current operator: Indian Railways
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#Route:
#Start: Dibrugarh (DBRG)
#End: Delhi Junction (DLI)
#Service frequency: Daily
#Train number(s) 14055 / 14056
On-board services
#Class: AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
#Seating arrangements: Available
#Sleeping arrangements: Available
#Catering facilities: Available (Paid)
#Baggage facilities: Available
#Technical:
#Track gauge: Broad Gauge
#Operating speed: Average - 48km/hr
The Brahmaputra Mail is a daily train which connects Delhi with Dibrugarh (an important town in upper Assam). Originally this train ran between Delhi Junction railway station and Guwahati and was named as Tinsukia Mail (Since it connected to Tinsukia via MG section that ran between Guwahati and Tinsukia). Later it was renamed as Brahmaputra Mail after the river since it is one of the most important river for the state and one of amongst top 20 large river in the world. After successful gauge conversion between Guwahati-Lumding-Dibrugarh, it was extended to Dibrugarh.This train belongs to Northern Railway (NR) zone of Indian Railway and operated and maintained by Delhi Division (DLI Division) of NR. The train is numbered as 14055/14056.
14055 departs Dibrugarh every day at 22:45 and arrives at Delhi Junction at 5:55 on the fourth day from departure (e.g.:the train which departs Dibrugarh on Thursday at 22:45 would arrive at Delhi on Sunday at 5:55) covering a distance of 2598 km in 54 hrs and 55 mins with an average moving speed of 47 km/h.
14056 departs Old Delhi every day at 23:40 and reaches Dibrugarh at 4:00 on the fourth day (e.g.: the train departing DLI at 23:40 on Thursday would reach DBRT on Sunday early morning at 4:00) covering a total distance of 2598 km in 52 hrs and 20 mins with an average moving speed of 49 km/h.
#Important Halts
Dibrugarh
New Tinsukia Junction
Simaluguri Junction
Dimapur
Lumding Junction
Guwahati Junction
Kamakhya
Kokrajhar
New Alipurduar
New Cooch Behar
New Jalpaiguri
Kishanganj
Malda Town
New Farakka Junction
Barharwa Junction
Sahibganj Junction
Bhagalpur Junction
Jamalpur Junction
Kiul Junction
Lakhisarai Junction
Mokama Junction
Patna Saheb
Patna Junction
Buxar
Dildarnagar railway station Junction
Mughalsarai Junction
Allahabad Junction
Kanpur Central
Tundla Junction
Aligarh Junction
Ghaziabad
Delhi Junction
#Coach Composition
The train has both AC and Non AC class of accommodation. The composition of this train is LOCO-SLR-GEN-GEN-GEN-GEN-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-S9-S10-S11-PC-A1-B1-B2-B3-GEN-GEN-GEN-GEN-SLR.
#Locomotive
This train is assigned with a WAP-4/WAP-7 locomotive from Delhi Junction to Mughalsarai.
From Mughalsarai-Dibrugarh and Dibrugarh-Mughalsarai the train is usually hauled by WDP-4 locomotive.
#Trivia:
This is one of the oldest running train of this zone. This train is famous for its defense personal using this train for travel.
This train was also involved in two the major railway disasters in Indian History. One was the mail bombing of the train between Kokrajhar and New Bongaigaon in December 1996 by bodo militants an second was the Gaisal Rail Disaster, a head on collision between Avadh Assam Express and Brahmaputra Mail.

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Mandovi Express
One of the fav, maintained KR train.
It was initially was a metre gauge train between Miraj and Vasco.
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#Name: Mandovi is an important river in Goa. Since the train belongs to KR, and goes upto Madgaon crossing Mandovi River it is named as Mandovi Express.
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#Rivers: It crosses 5major rivers enroute viz Vaghton, Vashisthi, Savitri, Chapora, Mandovi.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 2 zones having halt as CR 4, KR 16 , and server 2states as MH: 16, GA: 4
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#Route: Train traverses through importan Cstm Mao route for entire journey.
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#Speed: MAX: Mangaon-Khed 82kmph. MIN: Karmali-MAO 19kmph.
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#Region: It connects 2 sister language and almost similar region ie Konkan Maharashtra with Goa. It connects Marathi and Konkani speaking region.

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#Kanchenjungha Exp
Nicely maintained mainly carrying Unreserved passengers b/w various stations en-route New Jalpaiguri & Sealdah..also catering to Reserved passengers in its 5 Sleeper & 3 AC Coaches.Train starts from Assam & passes through West Bengal,Bihar & Jharkhand en-route.Has 3 High Capacity Parcel Van to carry bulk of Assam Tea in Dn & Gangetic Hilsa in Up.
#Name
Kanchenjungha(pronounced...
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as Kanchendzonga in Sikkim) is the 3rd Highest in World,2nd Highest in India & Highest Mountain Range among the Eastern Himalayan Range high upto 8,586 metres limited within the valleys of Taimur & Teesta River located in the Indian State of Sikkim & Nepal.As the train when initially introduced,originated from New Jalpaiguri(closest BG Rail Head for this peak),was named so.
#Rivers It crosses 14 major rivers in its route of 997 km i.e.,
The Brahmaputra,Manas,Sankosh,Raydak,Kaljani,Torsa,Jaldhaka,Diana,Teesta,Mahananda(5 times),The Ganges,Mayurakshi,Ajay,Hooghly
#State_Zone
It serves 2 zones namely NFR & ER
Halts @ 4 states as Assam(9),West Bengal(21),Bihar(3) & Jharkhand(1).
#Speed: Max :New Jalpaiguri-Kishanganj(79 kmph)
Min: Dakhineswar-Sealdah(24 kmph)
#Route: Train travels as GHY-NJP(via,RNY,NCB),NJP-SDAH(via, MLDT,RPH,DKAE)
#Languages: It connects Assamese,Bengali,Hindi & Santhali Speaking Regions,