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~~~ #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.

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~~~ #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.

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~~~ Azamgarh's Pride ~~~
#Kaifiyat Express
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#Name: Sayyed Akhtar Hussein Rizvi famous as Kaifi Azmi was a great Urdu Poet, considered to be greatest Urdu...
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poet of 20th Century. He was born at Mizwaan village of Azamgarh distt Uttar Pradesh. He got many distinguish awards including Padma Shri, Sahity Akademi Award for Urdu, Filmfare Awards. He gave verses and lyrics of many famous and legendary films like Heer Ranjha and Pakeezah. Since train goes to Azamgarh, as a tribute to legendary work of Poet Kaifi Azmi it was named as Kaifiyat Exp.
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#Regions of state: #UP: ¤Middle Doab - Ghaziabad Aligarh Etawah ¤Awadh - Kanpur Unnao Lucknow Faizabad ¤Purvanchal - Shahganj Azamgarh
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#Zone and #division: NR Delhi Lucknow Charbagh, NCR Allahabad, NER Lucknow Varanasi divisions.
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#Base: Azamgarh
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#Rivers: Yamuna Ganga Gomati
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#Physical Regions: Ganga Yamuna Doab, Awadh, Purvanchal plains
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#Soils: Alluvial.
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#State : Serves 2 State : DL 1, UP 14 halts
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#Zones: Serves 3 Zones NR 9, NCR 3, NER 3
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#Speed: Max avg 77 kmph Aligarh Etawah. Min avg 26 kmph Malipur Shahganj.
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#Languages: Travels thru Hindi Urdu 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.
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#Photos:
1. Azamgarh Station.
2. Lucknow's Imambara and Asfi Mosque.
3. JK Temple Kanpur
4. Ayodha Temple
5. Faizabad station.

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~~~ Passengers' Choice ~~~
#Wainganga Express
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#Name: Wainganga is a major river and tributary to Godavari. It originates in Mundara Village of Seoni Distt, Madhya...
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Pradesh, from Southern Slopes of Mighty Satpura Range. Travelling thru MP, Maharashtra it unites with River Wardha and collectively known as Pranhita, then falls into Godavari. The river and forest in its basin are dry and dusty. Rudyard Kipling used Wainganga basin as a major Landmark in Mowgli stories of Jungle book, the forest of Kanha National Park have tigers, panthers and bears, it a part of Wainganga basin. Since train passes thru Gondia Naghbir Balharshah route, crossing Wainganga and her region, its named as Wainganga Express.
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#Regions of state: #CG- Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur #MH- Vidarbha #AP- Telangana, Rayalseema #KA- Bayaluseeme.
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#Zone and #division: SECR - Bilaspur Raipur Nagpur. CR - Nagpur SCR- Hyderabad Guntakal SWR - Bangalore divisions.
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#Base: Yeswantpur
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#Rivers: Sheonath, Wainganga, Wardha, Pranhita, Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Penneru.
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#Physical Regions: Dandakaranya hills, Satmala plateau, Jagital hills, plateau of Telangana, Golconda, Rayalseema, Makalidurga hills.
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#Soils: Red, Black, Laterite.
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#State : Serves 4 States : CG 10, MH 7, AP 7, KA 2
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#Zones: Serves 4 Zones SECR 16, CR 1, SCR 7, SWR 2
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#Speed: Max avg - 87 kmph Durg Rajnandgaon. Min avg 21 kmph Ynk Ypr and Chanda Fort Bpq.
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#Languages: It connects Hindi Marathi Telugu Kannada speaking region.
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#Trivia: .
¤ One of the favorite train for travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ High priority train on whole route.
¤ Train runs with beautiful Gondia Bpq route.
¤ Covers 1607km with the diesel engine.

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~~~ प्रकृति का धनी है सुन्दर राज्य सुनहरा ~~~
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#Maharashtra_Sampark_Kranti Express
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Pride of WR ~~~
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#Name: Sampark Kranti are series of superfast trains providing quick connectivity to particular state from National Capital. The fastest of series, this train connects National Capital to Maharashtra's Capital Mumbai, hence named as Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express.
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#Age: 8years 9months.
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#Inaugral: November 4, 2004.
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#Regions of state: #MH- Konkan #GJ- South and Central Gujarat #MP- Malwa #RJ- Hadoti, Mewat #UP- Middle Doab #HR- Gurgaon division.
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#Zone and #division: WR - Mumbai Central, Vadodara, Ratlam WCR - Kota NCR- Agra NR - Delhi divisions.
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#Base: Bandra Terminus
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#Rivers: Tapi Vaitarna Narmada Mahi Chambal Banas.
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#Physical Regions: Bouroch plains, Kota Plateau, Makandwara Hills.
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#Soils: Red, Black, Alluvial.
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#State : Serves 4 States : MH 2, GJ 1, RJ 1, DL 1
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#Zones: Serves 3 Zones WR 3, WCR 1, NR 1
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#Speed: Max avg - 85 kmph between Nizamuddin Kota. Min avg 26 kmph between Borivali and Bandra Terminus.
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#Languages: It connects Hindi Gujarati Marathi speaking region.
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#Trivia:
¤ Fastest Sampark Kranti.
¤ One of the favorite train for Delhi Mumbai travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ High priority train on whole route.
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#Photos:
1. Train board
2. Gateway of India, Mumbai
3. Mahabaleshwar Mountains.
4. Maharashtra heritage map
5. Wrong pic by mistake uploaded apology for same.
6. Mumbai's Siddhivinayak Temples' Ganpati.