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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 ...
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 ...
National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India. [1] It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now national highway 44 and Agra to Kolkata route is numbered national highway
There are 16.6 million registered vehicles in the city as of 30 June 2014, which is the highest in the world among all cities, most of which do not follow any pollution emission norm (within municipal limits), while the Delhi metropolitan region has 11.2 million vehicles.
The train runs at an average speed of 82 km/h (51 mph), including halts. There is a plan by the IR to cut short its travel time of 2 hours 06 minutes to 1 hour 35 minutes (95 minutes) in the New Delhi-Agra section at an average speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) when the Maximum Permissible Speed in this section is enhanced to 200 km/h (124 mph).
The 20171/20172 Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj) - Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express operates 6 days a week, covering a distance of 702 km (436 mi) in a travel time of 7 hrs 30 mins with an average speed of 94 km/h (58 mph). The Maximum Permissible Speed is 160 km/h (99 mph). [5] [6]
At 5,846 kilometres (3,633 mi), it is the largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world. [1] It is the first phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), and consists of two, four, and six-lane express highways, built at a cost of ₹ 600 billion (US$6.9 billion). [ 2 ]
It is presently India's sixth longest expressway and connects Greater Noida with Agra. It was built to de-congest the older Delhi–Agra national highway or Mathura Road. The expressway saw an investment ₹ 12,839 crore (US$1.5 billion) and was inaugurated on 9 August 2012 by then Chief Minister of UP Akhilesh Yadav.