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Due to its central location, Nagpur is a rail junction connecting India's four major metropolises: Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata. [3] A total of 242 trains [4] (passenger, express, mail, Duronto, Rajdhani Express and the Garib Rath) stop at Nagpur, one of the country's busiest junctions. Sixty-five are daily trains, and 26 terminate or ...
The railway station was constructed during this period and it opened to the public on 1 November in the same year as an ordinary train station. [5] In 1894, the station became a junction station when a new branch line connecting Polgahawela to Kurunegala was constructed, this was the first section of the Northern line project.
List of named passenger trains of Sri Lanka; List of rail accidents in Sri Lanka; List of railway stations in Sri Lanka; List of railway stations in Sri Lanka by line; Locomotives of Sri Lanka Railways; Madhu Road railway station; Main Line (Sri Lanka) Mallakam railway station; Mankulam railway station; Mannar line; Matale line; Maviddapuram ...
Itwari is among the five small stations which fall within the extended city limits of Nagpur along with Ajni, Kalamna, Kamptee and Khapri. One of the few existing narrow-gauge lines of the Satpura Railway, the Nainpur–Chhindwara–Itwari line terminates here. [3] Further, the area around Itwari railway station is also known as Itwari Locality ...
Nagpur Junction is one of the oldest and busiest stations in Maharashtra. Railways came to Nagpur in 1867, when a portion of the Bombay-Bhusaval-Nagpur line was opened for traffic. [2] In 1881, it was connected to Kolkata via the Nagpur State Railway of Chhattisgarh. [5] [6] The laying of the foundation stone of the existing building was done ...
The Main Line is a major railway line in the rail network of Sri Lanka and considered by many to be one of the most scenic train journeys in all of Asia. [1] The line begins at Colombo Fort and winds through the Sri Lankan hill country to reach Badulla.
Nagpur Railway Station is an important elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Aqua Line of Nagpur Metro in Nagpur, India. This metro stations holds the main Nagpur Junction railway station. [1] This metro station was inaugurated on 11 December 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was opened to the public on 12 December 2022 ...
The launch of the Viceroy Special was spearheaded by Hemasiri Fernando and Cliff Jones. [3] The idea of re-introducing steam to Sri Lanka rails was inspired by a tourism promotional visit to Sri Lanka in 1984 by Cliff Jones who, returning from a day trip to Kandy, called at Dematagoda loco sheds and saw, what he later described a graveyard of 'veritable massive tourism potential' and put the ...