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Amarkantak Express
The 12853 / 12854 Amarkantak Express is a daily Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express train which runs between the railway station in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and Durg, a city in Chhattisgarh state in central India. This train replaced the 8225/8226 Bhopal–Bilaspur Mahanadi Express along with the 8291/8292 Bhopal–Raipur Express and the 1235/1236 Bhopal–Jabalpur Express. The name of the train comes from the name of the city Amarkantak, which is a pilgrim town in the Anuppur District from the state of Madhya Pradesh. The Narmada River, which is the largest river in Central India originates near the city. Arrival and departure information Train no. 12854 departs from Bhopal Junction daily at 4.00 pm, reaching Durg the next day at 08.05 am. Train no. 12853 departs daily from Durg at 6.25 pm reaching Bhopal Junction the next day at 10:30 am. This train takes in all 29 halts before reaching its destination Route and halts The important stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarkantak Express Train Board
Amarkantak (NLK ''Amarakaṇṭaka'') is a pilgrim town and a Nagar Panchayat in Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The Amarkantak region is a unique natural heritage area and is the meeting point of the Vindhya and the Satpura Ranges, with the Maikal Hills being the fulcrum. This is where the Narmada River, the Son River and Johila River (Tributary of Son) emerge. Popular 15th-century Indian mystic and poet Kabir is said to have meditated on ''Kabir Chabutra'', also called the platform of Kabir situated in the town of Amarkantak. Etymology Amarakantaka is a combination of two Sanskrit words, ''amara'' (immortal) and ''kantaka'' (obstruction or thorn). The poet Kalidas has mentioned it as ''Amarakuta'', which later became ''Amarakantaka''. Location Amarkantak is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India at . It has an average elevation of . Roads running through Rewa, Shahdol, Anuppur, Jabalpur, Katni, Bilaspur and Gaurela, Pendra Road connect it. The nearest railway sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi
Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Itarsi of the West Central Railway zone in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the major Electric loco shed in West Central Railway of the three sheds, others being at Electric Loco Shed, Tuglakabad (TKD) and New Katni Jn (NKJ). As of 1 December 2022 there are 171 locomotives in the shed. History Steam locomotives used to exist at Itarsi until the late 1970s. After Central Railway (former, now under West Central Railways) set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds were decommissioned. To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Central Madhya Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Itars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Durg
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valsad–Puri Superfast Express
The 22909 / 22910 Valsad–Puri Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 22909 from Valsad to Puri and as train number 22910 in the reverse direction serving the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. On 24 January 2019, Second upgraded rake of Western Railway under ‘Project Utkrisht’ with beautiful interiors & many passengers friendly new features was introduced in Valsad–Puri Superfast Express. Coaches The 22909/22910 Valsad–Puri Superfast Express running with new LHB rake from 28 March 2019 instead of ICF rake which has 2 AC 2 tier, 6 AC 3 tier, 8 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved & 2 EOGs (End On Generation) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car. As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Route and halts The importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express
The 12409 / 12410 Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Raigarh and in India. It is a 5-day service. It operates as train number 12409 from Raigarh to Hazrat Nizamuddin and as train number 12410 in the reverse direction.> Coaches The 12409/12410 Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 2 AC 3 tier, 13 Sleeper class & 5 General Unreserved coaches. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Service The 12409 Raigarh–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express covers the distance of 1626 kilometers in 27 hours and 55 mins (58.24 km/h) and 27 hours 40 mins as 12410 Nizamuddin–Raigarh Gondwana Express (58.77 km/h). As its average speed in both directions is above 55 km/h as per Indian Railways rules, its fare has a Superfast surcharge. In addition, it gets priority over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puri–Jodhpur Express
The 20813 / 20814 Puri–Jodhpur Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – East Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 20813 from Puri to Jodhpur Junction and as train number 20814 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Coaches The 20813/20814 Puri–Jodhpur Express presently has 1 AC 1st Class, 1 AC 2 tier, 5 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper class, 4 Second class seating and 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. In addition, it has a pantry car. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Service The 20813/20814 Puri–Jodhpur Express covers the distance of 2435 kilometres in 44 hours as 20813 Puri–Jodhpur Express (55 km/h) and in 44 hrs as 20814 Jodhpur–Puri Express (55 km/h). Routing The 20813/20814 Puri–Jodhpur Express runs from Puri via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhattisgarh Express
The 18237 / 18238 Chhattisgarh Express is a well known old Indian train which connects and . Its name represents the state of Chhattisgarh. It runs through the states of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab and covers a distance of . History It was first introduced in year 1977 as Bhopal– Chhattisgarh Aanchal Express and used to run between Bilaspur and (Bhopal). This train was the first train to originate from newly constructed suburban railway station Habibganj. In year 1980, the train was extended to main railway station of Bhopal; Bhopal Junction. Later in year 1987, it was extended to as well as and then finally in year 1990 to . In 2018/2019, 18237 / 18238 was extended to from . When started in 1977, timings were:- 16.20; 06.05 & 18.55; 08.40 as Chhattisgarhanchal Express. Later in 1980, timetable was:- 16.20; Bhopal Junction 06.40 & Bhopal Junction 18.20; 08.40. In 1987 after extension to New Delhi was made, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narmada Express
The 18233/18234 Narmada Express is a daily express train which runs between Indore city of Madhya Pradesh and Bilaspur city of Chhattisgarh. The name 'Narmada' signifies the largest river of Central India, Narmada River. As the train crosses holy river Narmada, the longest and most important river in Madhya Pradesh, so is named as Narmada Express. Coach composition The train consists of 23 coaches: * 1 AC First Class * 1 AC II Tier * 4 AC III Tier * 11 Sleeper Class * 4 General Unreserved * 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake Service The 18233/Narmada Express has an average speed of 42 km/hr and covers 1007 km in 24 hrs 00 mins. The 18234/Narmada Express has an average speed of 42 km/hr and covers 1007 km in 24 hrs 10 mins. Route & Halts The important halts of the train are: * * * * * * * * * * Narmadapuram * * * * * * * * * * * * Schedule Direction reversal Train reverses its direction at: * * Itarsi Junction Traction Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilaspur Rajdhani Express
The 12441 / 12442 ''Bilaspur Rajdhani Express'' is a Rajdhani Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12441 from Bilaspur Junction to New Delhi and as train number 12442 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi.Currently this is the only Rajdhani in the entire Indian Railway network to have Loco/Rake Reversal.The Loco/Rake reversal for both the trains occur at Nagpur Jn(NGP) Coaches The 12441 / 42 Bilaspur–New Delhi Rajdhani Express presently has 1 AC 1st Class, 6 AC 2 tier, 10 AC 3 tier, Pantry car & 2 End on Generator coaches. As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. It was the last Rajdhani class train to get LHB coach (in 2016). Now all Rajdhani services are LHBfied. Service The 12441 Bilaspur–New Del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai
Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Bhilai of the South East Central Railway zone in Chhattisgarh, India. History New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the 1980s with WAM-4 class. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service. Operations Being one of the two electric loco sheds in South East Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 299 engine units, including 55 WAP-7, 118 WAG-7 and 126 WAG-9 The Indian locomotive class WAG-9 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1995 by ABB Group (ABB) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Goods traffic (G), 9th generation (9) .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilaspur Junction
Bilaspur Junction railway station (station code BSP), located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, serves Bilaspur in Bilaspur district. History The railway station came up in 1889 with the opening of Rajnandgaon to Bilaspur extension of erstwhile Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway taken over by Bengal Nagpur Railway and construction of the Nagpur–Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway, which opened in 1891. The station building was constructed in 1890. It became a station on the crosscountry Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line in 1900. Electrification The Rourkela–Bilaspur section was electrified in 1969–70 while Bilaspur–Nagpur in 1976–77 and Bilaspur–Katni in 1981. Zonal HQ Bilaspur is headquarters of South East Central Railway. Busy station Bilaspur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. as about 340 passenger trains and goods trains passes every day. Important trains * 12441/ Bilaspur Rajdhani Express * 12130/ Azad Hind Express * 18237/ Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itarsi Junction
Itarsi is a city and municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India in Narmadapuram District. Itarsi is a key hub for agricultural goods and is the biggest railway junction in Madhya Pradesh. Rail services from all 4 major metropolitan cities of India namely Mumbai to Calcutta and Delhi to Chennai pass through Itarsi. Itarsi has large number of agro-based industries and warehouses . Itarsi got its name by "eeta(eent)", (literally means brick in Hindi) and "rassi", (literally means rope in Hindi). Bricks and ropes had been made earlier in itarsi. It has an Ordnance Factory. The bori wildlife sanctuary and Tawa Dam are nearby. Geography Itarsi is located at . It has an average elevation of 304 metres (997 feet). Itarsi Tehsil Population Statistics Itarsi is a sub district in the Narmadapuram district, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The total population in Itarsi sub district is 240,719 as per the survey of census during 2011 by Indian Government. Of this about 123,325 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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