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The Golden Triangle is now a well-traveled route, providing a good spectrum of the country's different landscapes. The circuit is about 720 km by road. Each leg is about 4 to 6 hours of driving. The Shatabdi Express, Vande Bharat Express, and Gatimaan Express trains also connect New Delhi with Agra and Jaipur. [1]
New itineraries include three pan-Indian journeys and two golden-triangle tours of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. The Maharajas' Express is India's most expensive train. [27] Palace on Wheels: 1982; 2009 (refurbished) [28] RTDC & IR: The luxury train was introduced by Indian Railways to promote tourism in the state of Rajasthan.
The Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral.The routes connecting the four major metropolises (New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata), along with their diagonals, known as the Golden Quadrilateral, carry about half the freight and nearly half the passenger traffic, although they form only 16 per cent of the length.
A section of the Golden Quadrilateral highway from Chennai–Mumbai phase NH46: Bengaluru–Chennai section of India's 4-lane Golden Quadrilateral highway NH 16 another section of Golden Quadrilateral highway in Visakhapatnam on the Kolkata–Chennai section Kolkata–Durgapur section of India's GQ highway NH4: Chennai–Mumbai section of the GQ highway near Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
The Howrah–Chennai main line is a part of the golden quadrilateral. The routes connecting the four major metropolises (New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata), along with their diagonals, known as the golden quadrilateral, carry about half the freight and nearly half the passenger traffic, although they form only 16 per cent of the length. [17]
The 850 km (530 mi) long proposed Patna-Guwahati corridor is the first corridor connecting Northeastern India. It will take around three and a half hours to complete the journey, eleven and a half hours quicker than existing fastest service of Rajdhani on the regular rail route. [27]
While this article may not list all railway lines of India, the most significant ones which have a dedicated Wikipedia article are listed here. The article's regional sections are divided according to India's zonal councils. The lines that fall in both regions are placed in the section of the region which has majority of the line lying within it.
The routes connecting the four major metropolises (New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata), along with their diagonals, known as the diamond quadrilateral, carry about half the freight and nearly half the passenger traffic, although they form only 16 per cent of the length.