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The Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor [1] is one of the route of the proposed high-speed rail in India. The line is part of the Diamond Quadrilateral Program, which seeks to unite the cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai via high speed rail. This travels along the Howrah-Delhi main line from Tundla to Howrah.
The 12329 / 12330 West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express is the Sampark Kranti Express category train which connects Sealdah in Kolkata and Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi,India. This train was first announced during the budget session on 2004–05 of Indian Railways by then the Minister of Railways, Nitish Kumar. It was officially inaugurated on 11 ...
4 hrs 40 min Hazrat Nizamuddin–Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express: Tri-Weekly 4 hrs 24 min Kerala Sampark Kranti Express: Bi-Weekly 4 hrs 42 min Kochuveli–Amritsar Weekly Express: Weekly 4 hrs 45 min Kochuveli–Yog Nagari Rishikesh Superfast Express: Weekly 4 hrs 42 min Ernakulam–H.Nizamuddin Duronto Express: Weekly 4 hrs 40 min
The trains aim at reducing travel time without compromising on passenger comfort. [3] Initially eighteen trains were launched and the count was later increased. The Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express from Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin to Yesvantpur was the first train which was launched on 8 February 2004. [2]
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.
Kolkata Rajdhani at Gaya Junction 12302 Kolkata Rajdhani Express - AC First Class. The 12301/ 12302 Howrah - New Delhi -Howrah Rajdhani Express (also known as Kolkata Rajdhani Express) is a Rajdhani class Superfast Express train of Indian Railways that connects that capital of West Bengal, Kolkata ( Howrah ) to the national capital of India, New Delhi.
Prior to the 2014 general election, the two major national parties (Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress) pledged to introduce high-speed rail.The INC pledged to connect all of India's million-plus cities by high-speed rail, [2] whereas BJP, which won the election, promised to build the "Diamond Quadrilateral" project, which would connect the cities of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata ...
The 12273/74 Howrah–New Delhi Duronto Express is a Duronto class train which operates between the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata and the national capital New Delhi. It is the second Duronto Express connecting Delhi to Kolkata, the other one being the Sealdah–Bikaner Duronto Express .