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Basti Railway Station
Basti railway station is a main railway station in Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. Its code is BST. It serves Basti city. The station consists of four platforms. It is a very important railway station of North Eastern Railway zone. The main line connecting Lucknow with Gorakhpur and places in Bihar and Assam in the east passes through the south of the district. It has various facilities like escalator, elevator, free wifi, automatic ticket vending machines, food stall, parking, toilet, water supply 24 hours, train information display board, waiting hall, etc. The station offer Class A-1 station facilities. This station is a first electrified station of North eastern Railway. This station is very main station between Gorakhpur-barabanki-Aishbag line. There is a daily Intercity express between Gorakhpur and Lucknow. The station is well connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Pataliputra, Lucknow, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Varanasi, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Jammu, Howrah, Jai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a total route length of . or 83% of all the broad-gauge routes are electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric traction . In 2020, Indian Railways carried 808.6 crore (8.086 billion) passengers and in 2022, Railways transported 1418.1 million tonnes of freight. It runs 13,169 passenger trains daily, on both long-distance and suburban routes, covering 7,325 stations across India. Mail or Express trains, the most common types of trains, run at an average speed of . Suburban EMUs run at an average speed of . Ordinary passenger trains (incl. mixed) run at an average speed of . The maximum speed of passenger trains varies, with the Vande Bharat Express running at a peak speed of . In the freight segment, IR runs 8,479 trains daily. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic tradition of Muslim artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. * * * * * Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is to the southeast of India's capital New Delhi and to the east of the state capital, Lucknow. It lies downstream of Allahabad (officially Prayagraj), where the confluence with the Yamuna river is another major Hindu pilgrimage site. Varanasi is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities. Kashi, its ancient name, was associated with a kingdom of the same name of 2,500 years ago. The Lion capital of Ashoka at nearby Sarnath has been interpreted to be a commemoration of the Buddha's first sermon there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Weekly Express
Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Weekly Express is an Express train of the Indian Railways connecting in Delhi and in Assam. It is currently being operated with 15621/15622 train numbers on once in week basis. Service The 15621/Kamakhya–Anand Vihar Weekly Express has an average speed of 53 km/hr and covers 1878 km in 36 hrs 5 mins. 15622/Anand Vihar–Kamakhya Weekly Express has an average speed of 48 km/hr and covers 1878 km in 39 hrs 40 mins. Route and halts The important halts of the train are: *Assam: # (Starts) # Goalpara Town # # *West Bengal: # # Binnaguri Junction # New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri) *Bihar: # # # # *Uttar Pradesh : # # # # # # # # *Delhi: # (Ends) Schedule Rake sharing 15619/15620 – Kamakhya–Gaya Weekly Express Traction Kamakhya Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly Express is hauled by a Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri-based WDP-4B/ WDP-4D/WDP-4 Locomotive from up to . And from to , the train is hauled by WAP-5/ WAP-7 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garib Rath
The Garib Rath ("Poor's chariot") is a no-frills air-conditioned train started by the Indian Railways in 2005 to provide subsidized price air-conditioned long-distance travel to passengers who could not afford standard fares of air-conditioned class in regular-fare trains. As the fares are less than two-thirds of the fares for air-conditioned classes in other trains, the distance between each seat or berth is less, the seats and berths are narrower and each coach has more seats and berths than in air-conditioned coaches in other trains. Only seating and three-tier (78 seats) accommodation is provided in these trains. The passengers are not provided with free bedding or food. It is significantly faster and has higher priority than Superfast Express trains. Even some garib raths like H.Nizamudin Bandra Garib Rath, Chennai Garib Rath, Ranchi Garib Rath, etc. get as much priority as Rajdhani trains on there routes. The maximum speed of Garib Rath trains is 130 km/h which is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyagrah Express
The 15273 / 74 Raxaul–Anand Vihar Terminal Satyagrah Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - East Central Railway zone and is one of two trains that run between Raxaul Junction & Anand Vihar Terminal railway station, Anand Vihar Terminal in India. The other train is the Sadbhawna Express. It operates as train number 15273 from Raxaul Junction to Anand Vihar Terminal and as train number 15274 in the reverse direction serving the states of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh & Bihar. Satyagrah (/ˌsætɪəˈɡrɑːhɑː/; Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह satyāgraha), loosely translates as "insistence on truth" (satya "truth"; agraha "insistence") or soul force or truth force, is a particular philosophy and practice within the broader overall category generally known as nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. The term satyagraha was coined and developed by Mahatma Gandhi. Coaches The 15273 / 74 Raxaul–Anand Vihar Terminal Satyagrah Express has 3 AC First cum AC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorakhpur–Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express (via Basti)
Gorakhpur - Anand Vihar Terminal Humsafar Express is a train of the Indian Railways connecting Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to Anand Vihar Terminal in New Delhi . It is currently being operated with 12595/12596 train numbers on tri-weekly basis. It is the first Hamsafar Train. Coach Composition The train has 3-tier AC sleeper cabins designed by Indian Railways with features of LED screen display to show information about stations, train speed etc. and will have an announcement system as well, Vending machines for tea, coffee and milk, Bio toilets in compartments as well as CCTV cameras. Service It averages 62 km/hr as 12595 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covering 770 km in 12 hrs 50 mins & 65 km/hr as 12596 Humsafar Express starts on Friday covering 770 km in 11 hrs 50 mins. Loco link This train was hauled by a WAP 7 of for its entire journey. Stoppage * * * * * * See also * Humsafar Express * Gorakhpur railway station * Anand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorakhpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express
The 20103 / 20104 Gorakhpur–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ''Sant Kabir Dham'' Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla (Mumbai) via Basti in India. It operates as train number 20104 from to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and as train number 20103 in the reverse direction. Coaches 20103 / 20104 Gorakhpur Junction–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ''Sant Kabir Dham'' Superfast Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 4 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper class, 4 General Unreserved coaches & 1 Pantry car. As with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. Service 20104 Gorakhpur Junction – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ''Sant Kabir Dham'' Superfast Express covers the distance of 1680 kilometres in 30 hours 5 mins (55.23 km/h) and 1680 kilometres in 30 hours 5 mins as 20103 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Gorakhpur Junction ''Sant Kabir Dham'' Superfast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raptisagar Express
The Raptisagar Express is a Express which runs tri-weekly/weekly between Kochuveli/Ernakulam Junction and Gorakhpur/Barauni in India. This train goes via the cities of Kollam, Alappuzha, Kochi, Thrissur, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Chennai Central, Vijayawada, Khammam, Warangal, Ramagundam, Nagpur, Bhopal, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Gonda and Basti. The current operator of the train is North Eastern Railway zone/East Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is the 10th longest train service of Indian Railways. Both trains run more than 3200 km per service. Name of the train The name "Raptisagar" is given to the train as the train connects the cities Thiruvananthapuram/Cochin which is situated near the Arabian Sea and Gorakhpur/Barauni from where Rapti river flows. Coach composition This train has 24 coach cars which includes Second AC and Third AC compartments being air conditioned. Running days 12511 – Starts from every Sunday, Tues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaishali Express
Vaishali Express is a daily Superfast train service, connecting Saharsa in Bihar to New Delhi. This train is one of the oldest train in this route. Earlier it was known as Muzaffarpur–New Delhi Jayanti Jayanta Express. It is the first train after Bhopal Express to be certified for quality at the ISO 9000 level. It connects the major cities of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh like Saharsa, Barauni, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Chhapra, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Kanpur with the national capital New Delhi. The aged ICF coach of the train were replaced with LHB coach during first week of May 2018, increasing its speed limit to . This train is hauled by CNB (Kanpur)-based WAP-7 from end-to-end.(New Delhi–Saharsa) History It first ran between New Delhi and Muzaffarpur and was later extended to Barauni. It was later extended to Saharsa from 5 March 2019. Coaches and facilities This train has 4 dedicated rakes. It train runs with 22 LHB coach. 2 End on generators on both ends 1 AC First Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorakhdham Express
The 12555 / 12556 Gorakhdham Express is a daily Superfast Express class train service of Indian Railways, which runs between the cities of Gorakhpur and Hissar via Basti station, state capital of Uttar Pradesh; Lucknow, city of and national capital . It is considered one of the important trains of North Eastern Railway and Indian Railways as well. Recently the train is running with the new LHB rakes. Overview This train is named after Guru Gorakhnath. Gorakhdham means ''Place of Guru Gorakhnath''. It is ISO 9001:2015 certified train of Indian Railways. Cleanliness and safety of passengers is the first motive of this train. This train is claimed to have cleanest and hygienic accommodation and toilets among the trains plying on the same route. Regular security inspection of train is performed on-board by police personnel. Sniffer dogs inspect the train before the commencement of journey from . On-board housekeeping service regularly & on-demand cleans the toilets and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaipur
Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the List of cities in India by population, tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as the ''Pink City'', due to the dominant colour scheme of its buildings. It is also known as the Paris of India, and C. V. Raman called it the ''Island of Glory''. It is located from the national capital New Delhi. Jaipur was founded in 1727 by the Kachhwaha Rajput ruler Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amer, India, Amer, after whom the city is named. It was one of the earliest planned cities of modern India, designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. During the British Colonial period, the city served as the capital of Jaipur State. After independence in 1947, Jaipur was made the capital of the newly formed s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howrah
Howrah (, , alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River opposite its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively it lies within Howrah district, and is the headquarters of the Howrah Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Howrah is an important transportation hub and gateway to Kolkata and West Bengal. Etymology The name came from the word ''Haor''—Bengali word for a fluvial swampy lake, which is sedimentologically a depression where water, mud and organic debris accumulate. The word itself was rather used in eastern part of Bengal (now Bangladesh), as compared to the western part (now West Bengal). History The history of the city of Howrah dates back over 500 years, but the district is situated in an area historically occupied by the ancient Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. Venetian explorer Cesare Federici, who travelled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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