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*** Shivratri Special ***
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#Name: Baidyanath Jyotirling Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirling temple, situated at Deogarh, Jharkhand. According to Hindu mythology Ravan worshipped Lord Shiva at this place and offered his ten heads one after another as a sacrifice, pleased with this Lord Shiva descended as Vaidhya (doctor) to cure injured Ravan, hence...
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this place got name as Baidyanathdham. Since train passes thru Jasidih, the nearest rail head to Deoghar, it was named as Baidyanathdhaw Express.
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#Zone and #division: 4 Zone. ECoR: Khurda Road, SER: Kharagpur, Adra, ER: Asansol. ECR: Danapur divisions
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#Base: Puri
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#Rivers: 7 Major – Mahanadi, Brahmani, Kangsabati, Subarnarekha, Damodar, Barakar, Ajay
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#Physical Regions: Utkal plains, Deoghar upland, Kangsabati valley, lower damodar Plains, south bihar plains.
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#Soils: Alluvial, Red . #States: 4 states: OR 8, WB 8, JH 4, BR 4 halts.
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#Zones : ECoR 7, SER 8, ER 5, ECR 4 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 96 kmph Midnapore & Chandrakana Rd. Min avg speed 10 kmph Hijli & Midnapore.
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#Languages: Odiya, Bengali and Hindi speaking regions
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Loco Reversal: Asansol Jn.

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~~~ Parasnath Express ~~~
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#Name: Shikharji, also known as the Parasnath Hill, located in Giridih district in Jharkhand, India, is a major Jain pilgrimage destination and considered one of the most sacred places for Jains. According to Jainism, 20 out of 24 Tirthankaras attained Nirvana here. Parasnath Hill is the highest mountain in Jharkhand state, since...
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train passes through Parasnath station, it was named as Parasnath Express.
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#Regions of state: North Saurashtra, North Gujarat, Middle Gujarat, Malwa, Mewar, Middle Doab, Awadh, Purvanchal, Magadh, North Chota Nagpur, Burdwan
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#Zone and #division: 5 Zone. WR: Bhavnagar Para, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ratlam. WCR: Kota. NCR: Agra Cantt, Allahabad. ECR: Mughalsarai, Dhanbad. ER: Asansol divisions
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#Base: Bhavnagar
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#Rivers: 7 Major – Sabarmati, Mahi, Chambal(2), Banas, Yamuna(2), Son, Barkar
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#Physical Regions: Kathiawar Peninsula, Khanbayat Plains, Charotar Plains, Malwa Plateau, Mukandwara Bundi and Bayana Hills, Yamuna Ganga Plains, Vindhya Scraplands, Son plains, Hazaribag Plateau, Lower Damodar Plains.
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#Soils: Alluvial, Black, Red
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#States: 7 states: GJ 10, MP 2, RJ 5, UP 5, BR 4, JH 3, WB 1 halts.
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#Zones : WR 11, WCR 6, NCR 4, ECR 8, ER 1 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 89 kmph:Gangapur City & Sri Mahabirji. Min avg speed 27 kmph Agra Fort & Tundla.
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#Languages: Gujarati Hindi Urdu Bengali speaking regions

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****** Lakshmi Puja Special******
~~~#Mahalakshmi Express ~~~
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#Name: Shri Mahalakshmi Temple, famous as Amba Bai Devi of Kolhapur , is one of the Shakti Peethas...
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listed in various puranas. Shakti Peetha is a place associated with Shakti, the goddess of power. The Kolhapur Shakti Peetha is of special religious significance being one of the six places where it is believed that one can either obtain salvation from desires or have them fulfilled. The temple takes its name from Mahalakshmi, the wife of Vishnu, and it is believed that the divine couple reside in the temple. Since train starts from Kolhapur, it s named as Mahalakshmi Express.
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#Regions of state: Konkan and khandesh
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#Zone and #division: 2 Zone. CR- Mumbai CST and Pune divisions.
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#Base: Kolhapur
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#Rivers: 4 Major – Nira, Krishna, Yerla, Panchganga
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#Physical Regions: Sahyadri Range, Bhor Ghat, Amba ghat
#Soils: Red, Black
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#RSA: Haripriya Express
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#States: 1 state. #MH 18 halts.
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#Zones : CR 18 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 72 kmph :Karad Takari. Min avg speed 11 kmph: Vilavade KOP
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#Languages: Marathi speaking region
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#Trivia: .
¤Neat Clean and Maintained train.
¤ One of People's fav train for Kolhapur.
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#Photos:
¤Pic 1: Mahalakshmi Devi, Kolhapur
¤Pic 2: Kolhapur railway station.

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~~~#Kondaveedu Exp ~~~
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#Name: Kondaveedu was said to be capital of province between Krishna and Gundlakamma River. The fort of Kondaveedu is located in Kondaveedu village in Chilakaluripet of Guntur distt. Andhra Pradesh, made by Prolaya Vema Reddy. The Hill fortress is located at 1700feet asl. The region is rich in Custard Apple trees. Since train...
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passes thru Guntur district, it was named as Kondaveedu Exp
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#Regions of state: Coastal Andhra, Rayalseema, Bayaluseeme
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#Zone and #division: 2 Zone. SCR- Vijaywada, Guntur, Guntakal. SWR- Bangalore
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#Base: Yeswantpur
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#Rivers: 2 Major - Krishna, Chitravathi (tributary of Penneru)
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#Physical Regions: Eastern Ghats, Nallamalai Hills, Rayalseema Plateau.
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#Soils: Alluvial, Red, Black
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#States: 2 states. #AP 16, #KA 1 halts.
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#Zones : SCR 14, SWR 2 halts.
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#Speed: Max avg speed 76 kmph : NRT DKD. Min avg speed 24 kmph YNK YPR.
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#Languages: Telugu, Kannada speaking regions
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SINGRAULI.
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#CItyinfo
Singrauli is farthest eastern city of madhya pradesh state of India. It is the 50th district of m.p. and created from Sidhi district.Sidhi is famous for home of most wise NAVRATN i.e. Birbal. Singrauli lie in rewa division, and once it used to be open air prison. It is 7th most polluted city of india and generate atleast...
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10% of total installed capacity of electicity of india. India, might be Asia's largest man made dam located here ( govind ballabh pant sagar dam ) inaugurated by sri.jawahar lal nehru
#CULTURE
People mostly employed in coal mines and powerplants.
#LANGUAGES
Hindi , Bhojpuri , Bagheli , English.
#AIRPORT
Myorpur (renukut) for small planes , varanasi.
#MAJORHIGHWAYS
NH 75, UP - SH5A
#RIVER
Sone, Rihand.
#ROUTES
Opened in 1963 and lies in katni-chopan branch line and is mostly freight dominated. In future it will be junction point for rewa , satna, panna, khajuraho, lalitpur , announced in 1998.
#STATIONAMMENITIES
Platforms - 1 (high level)
Lines 8
Washing pit
Cloakroom
Prs counter - 1
Uts counter - 2
Water cooler-1
2 food stalls
Food plaza - no
Atm - no
Fob - no
Commputerised annoncement system.
Ist & IInd class waiting room.
Parcel room
Guard and driver running room.
Railway colony.
Model & aadarsh station.
#STATIONGRADE - A class.
#ELECTRIFICATION
Planned and announced in budget 2012 upto ( singrauli-chopan-garhwaroad) , chopan-chunar and singrauli-katni including karaila road jn.-anpara-shaktinagar also to be electrified under VISION2020.
#DOUBLEING
Expected ; As garhwa road to ramna announced in budget 2013 , a hope it might be doubled till singrauli due to tremendous freigt preassure ( coal ).
#GUAGE - Broad guage.
#TRAINS
No premier train , No superfast, 4 weekly express , 1 tri-weekly ,
4 daily express & 2 passengers
4 trains originate/terminate at singrauli.
#TAXISTAND
Outside station , city buses are available to all major city points , alongwith private buses , taxis.
#ADDED LATER BY ME
Some facts i forget to mention , deep apoligies for that.
#STATIONAMMENITEIS
Water taps - 6
Sheds - 2 no.s
Loco change - nil
Urinals -Ist and IInd class waiting room also 4 on platforms.
Shadey trees - atleast 15.
Hospital - 7 km sanjeevni hosp. singrauli , 12 km nehru hosp. jayant
Traffic management - 5/10. trains crawl in whole streach also train have unscheduled halt at krlr , mcq for train going katni side and at mhda , sgam for train going chopan side.
Enquiry no. - 07805-266050.
Division - dhanbad division ecr. The ecr zone and CIC begins/terminate here.
Hotels - at singrauli ( morwa ) 7km, waidhan 23 km.