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The 14211 / 12 Agra Cantt New Delhi Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - North Central Railway zone that runs between Agra Cantt and New Delhi in India. It operates as train number 14211 from Agra Cantt to New Delhi and as train number 14212 in the reverse direction serving the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana ...
The 20171/20172 Rani Kamalapati (Bhopal Habibganj) - Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express is India's 11th and the fastest Vande Bharat Express train in service, connecting the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi with a maximum permissible speed of 160 km/h (99 mph).
It is one of the fastest train in India with a maximum permissible speed of 150 km/h (93 mph). It runs on the New Delhi-Agra stretch. [1] [2] The train commenced service in 1988 and was the first Shatabdi train to be introduced. The train runs at an average speed of 82 km/h (51 mph), including halts.
The 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in)-wide metre-gauge Delhi–Bandikui and Bandikui–Agra lines of Rajputana State Railway were opened in 1874. [1] The Agra–Jaipur line was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2005. [2] The broad-gauge Agra–Delhi chord was opened in 1904. [3]
India's golden triangle is a tourist circuit in India that connects the national capital, New Delhi, with Agra and Jaipur. Tourists' trips usually start in Delhi and move south to the site of the Taj Mahal at Agra (in Uttar Pradesh state), then west, to Jaipur (in the desert landscapes of Rajasthan state). The trip can be undertaken by road ...
The Agra–Delhi chord was opened in 1904. [1] Some parts of it were relaid during the construction of New Delhi (inaugurated in 1927–28). [2] The Agra–Gwalior line was opened by the Maharaja of Gwalior in 1881 and it became the Scindia State Railway. The Indian Midland Railway built the Gwalior–Jhansi line and the Jhansi–Bhopal line in ...
The Taj Express was started in 1964 to serve tourists traveling from Delhi to Agra.It reduced the traveling time from over three hours to around two and a half hours. Taj Express was started along the lines of Deccan Queen- which ran as a high-speed commuter-special train between Pune Junction and CSMT Mumbai (ex Victoria Terminus Bombay) – and provided a quick and comfortable journey ...
The railway station is a site in itself and takes one back to the pre-independence era. Tundla Junction is important for the people of Agra and for tourists providing connections to the east of the country, i.e. Kolkata, Guwahati, Patna etc., and especially to the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.