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The train's route runs on a broad-gauge section converted from metre gauge in the 1990s. During the metre gauge era, this train ran as the 505-MG / 506-MG Ashram Express. This was the 2nd fastest train in Delhi Junction–Ahmedabad Junction Mainline after 501-MG / 502-MG Delhi Junction–Jaipur Junction Pink City MG Express.
The Varanasi-Howrah section is part of the greater Delhi-Howrah corridor connecting Delhi with Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. The 711 km (442 mi) journey would take around three hours to complete, five hours quicker than existing Rajdhani service which takes eight hours. Indian Railways had prepared the DPR for seven more corridors, that ...
The station is six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the main Ahmedabad Junction railway station on the Ahmedabad–Delhi main line, at Dharamnagar near the Sabarmati Ashram. Sabarmati Junction has 2 tracks, the Mehsana line, and the Botad line, in addition to the main broad-gauge line for trains departing from Ahmedabad. [1]
The 12917 / 12918 Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express is one of the Sampark Kranti Expresses, a train on India's broad-gauge network, connecting Ahmedabad (code: ADI) and Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin (code: NZM), a distance of approximately 1085 km. The train runs on Indian Railways broad-gauge track network and was introduced in 2008 to provide quicker ...
Delhi–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor (Delhi–Ahmedabad HSR) is a proposed high-speed rail line connecting India's capital Delhi with the city of Ahmedabad. When completed, it will be India's second high-speed rail line. It is also said to be an extension of Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR corridor. [5]
Rewari railway station's location on the Delhi-Ajmer-Ahmedabad [dead link ] trunk route and on the route to Punjab makes it an important railway junction. Numerous express and superfast trains from all over the country pass through it. About 90 trains (45 pairs of trains) originate or stop at Rewari railway station as in November 2012.
12249/50 Howrah–Delhi Yuva Express; 12259/60 Sealdah–New Delhi Duronto Express; 12273/74 Howrah–New Delhi Duronto Express; 12301/02/05/06 Howrah Rajdhani Express; 12303/04/81/82 Poorva Express; 12313/14 Sealdah Rajdhani Express; 12323/24 Howrah–Anand Vihar Superfast Express; 12329/30 West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express
The first named intercity train (Flying Ranee) was introduced in 1906 for providing connections between two cities from one state to other various states in India.The train left Surat station for Mumbai Central station to cover a distance of 264 km in 5 hrs 28 min and ran weekly from 1906 to 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.