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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 ...
On 1 March 1969, the first Rajdhani Express with nine coaches was flagged off from New Delhi to Howrah with the return journey commencing on 3 March. [4] The train completed the 1,450 km (900 mi) trip in 17 hours 20 minutes and was the only such train in operation till 1972, when the second Rajdhani was introduced from Mumbai .
Express trains often have specific unique names for easy identification. [78] Rajdhani Express introduced in 1969 were the first trains to reach speeds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph). [16] Shatabdi Express, introduced in 1988, are capable of running at a maximum speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).
The high-speed rail corridor will cover a total of 12 stations namely Mumbai, Thane, Virar and Boisar (in Maharashtra), Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati (in Gujarat). A limited-stop (in Surat & Vadodara) service of the high-speed rail corridor will cover the route in 1 h 58 mins, and the all-stops service ...
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; 13039/40 Howrah–Delhi Janata Express; 13111/12 Lal Quila Express; 13119/20 Sealdah–Anand Vihar Express; 22857/58 Santragachi–Anand Vihar ...
In 1997, the Surat Municipal Corporation had submitted a feasibility report to the Government of Gujarat, for privatisation of bus services in Surat city, as existing services being operated by the state-run Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) were found to be loss-making and insufficient for the city. [5]
This is a list of all stations of the Surat Metro, [1] an under-construction rapid transit system serving Surat City and Surat Metropolitan Region in the state of Gujarat, India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Surat Metro will be the sixth transit system to be built in India.
The 12431 / 12432 Hazrat Nizamuddin–Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani Express train service in India, connecting Hazrat Nizamuddin in the country capital New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram Central, the capital of Kerala state. [1] It is the longest-running Rajdhani Express train in India, which covers about 2845 km in about 42 ...