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Guwahati–Silchar Express
Guwahati Silchar Express is an Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways that connects the largest city of Assam & largest city in Barak Valley of Assam, that is, and . This train is a replacement of previous train, ''Guwahati Silchar Passenger Special'', for the same route & on the same timings. The train makes its main halt at Badarpur Junction & Lumding Junction for 25 mins & loco/rake reversals also take place at the Stations. The train runs with SGUJ/WDP-4 & NGC/WDM-3A/Twins. Background This train was inaugurated on 1 February 2018, from Guwahati flagged off by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways for more connectivity between Silchar and Guwahati. Service Frequency of this train is tri-weekly and it covers a distance of with an average speed of on both sides. Halts This train passes through , Hojai Hojai is a town and a municipal board in Hojai district in the Indian state of Assam. It is located on the banks of the two tributa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Frontier Railway Zone
The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and expansion of rail network all across Northeast India, Northeastern states and some districts of eastern Bihar and northern West Bengal. Divisions Northeast Frontier Railway is divided into 5 divisions: * Katihar railway division * Alipurduar railway division * Lumding railway division * Rangiya railway division * Tinsukia railway division Each of these divisions is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager, a Senior Administrative Grade officer of the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India. The departmental setup at headquarters level and divisional setup in the field assists the General Manager in running the railways. Various departments namely engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal & telecom, operations, commercial, safety, acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Express Trains In India
Express trains are express rail services of India. Express trains make a small number of stops, unlike ordinary passenger or local trains. Because of their limited stops, these trains are able to obtain the highest speeds of any trains in India. An express train is one where the average speed, excluding halts, is greater than 42 km/h. Including halts the average speed often is below 42 km/h. Although this is pretty slow as compared to international standards, the "Express" trains here mean faster than the ordinary passenger and local trains. In some cases, trains run express where there is an overlapping passenger train service available, and run as passenger train, where there is no supplemental passenger service. Superfast Superfast trains are express trains which make still fewer stops, as compared to ordinary express trains, achieving still shorter journey times. Tickets cost more than ordinary express trains as they have "superfast surcharge" added to them. Tr ... [...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] |
Barak Valley
The Barak Valley is located in the southern region of the Indian state of Assam. The region is named after the Barak river. The Barak valley consists of three administrative districts of Assam - namely Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi. The main, largest and capital city of the Valley is Silchar. Once North Cachar Hills was a part of the valley but In 1951 erstwhile Sub-Division was made a separate district and eventually curved out of Cachar. On 1 July 1983, Karimganj district was curved out from the eponymous subdivision of Cachar Valley. This was again repeated in 1989 with the creation of Hailakandi district. Etymology The name "Barak" has derived from the Dimasa words 'Bra' & 'Kro'. Bra means bifurcation and Kro upper means portion/stream. The river Barak is bifurcated near Haritikar in the Karimganj district in to Surma River and Kushiyara River respectively. The upstream of this bifurcated river was called Brakro by the local Dimasa people. Barak valley excludin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badarpur Junction Railway Station
Badarpur railway station serves the Indian city of Badarpur in Assam. It belongs to Lumding railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway of India. It is located at Karimganj district in the state of Assam. It is one of the oldest station of India built in 1898. The Station connects Badarpur to other regions of Barak Valley as well as many parts of India. History Assam Bengal Railway was incorporated in 1892 to serve British-owned tea plantations in Assam. The railway line from Chittagong to Badarpur was opened to traffic in 1898. In 1942 the management of Assam Bengal Railway was transferred to the Govt of India. It was amalgamated with the state managed Eastern Bengal Railway and designated as Assam Bengal Railway . On 1 January 1942 the Assam Bengal Railway combined with the Eastern Bengal Railway to form the Bengal and Assam Railway. At time of the independence of India in 1947, Bengal–Assam Railway was split up and the portion of the system, about 2,603.92 km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumding Junction Railway Station
Lumding Junction railway station serves the Indian city of Lumding in Assam. It is the divisional headquarter of Lumding railway division of NFR. It is located in Hojai district. It is the 2nd biggest railway station of Lumding railway division, after . It is one of the oldest railway station in India built under Assam Bengal Railway. It consists of 5 platforms with a total of 68 halting trains & 3 originating trains. The station consists of double diesel line. History In the pre-partition days, Assam was linked to Chittagong through the Akhaura–Kulaura–Chhatak line and Akhaura–Laksam–Chittagong line. The Chittagong link had been constructed in response to the demand of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to Chittagong port. Assam Bengal Railway started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of Bengal in 1891. A track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895. The Comilla–Akhaura–Kulaura–Badarpur section was opened in 1896–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guwahati
Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. A major riverine port city along with hills, and one of the fastest growing cities in India, Guwahati is situated on the south bank of the Brahmaputra. It is called the ''Gateway to North East India''. The ancient cities of Pragjyotishpura and Durjaya (North Guwahati) were the capitals of the ancient state of Kamarupa. Many ancient Hindu temples like the Kamakhya Temple, Ugratara Devalaya, Ugratara Temple, Basistha Temple, Doul Govinda Temple, Umananda Temple, Navagraha temples#Navagraha Temple in Assam, Navagraha Temple, Sukreswar Temple, Rudreswar Temple, Manikarneswar Temple, Aswaklanta Temple, Dirgheshwari temple, Dirgheshwari Temple, Asvakranta Temple, Lankeshwar Temple, Bhubaneswari Temple, Shree Gane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piyush Goyal
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (born 13 June 1964) is a politician, chartered accountant and cabinet minister of the Government of India having portfolios such as Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017. Currently a Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha from the state of Maharashtra, he is also the current Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. Earlier, he held the post of the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He headed the BJP's Information Communication Campaign Committee where he oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014. Goyal has also held additional charge of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs twice in 2018 and 2019. Earlier he was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silchar
Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. It earned the moniker “Island of Peace” from Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Silchar is the site of the world's first polo club and the first competitive polo match. In 1985, an Air India flight from Kolkata to Silchar became the world's first all-women crew flight. Silchar was a tea town and Cachar Club, Cachar club was the meeting point for tea planters. Etymology The name Silchar comes from the two Bengali language, Bengali words 'shil' and 'char', meaning 'rock' and 'shore/island' respectively. The city was founded in Janiganj-Sadarghat area of the town near the Barak Valley, Barak bank which was used as a river port. It is theorised that the locals started calling the area 'Shiler Chor' meaning the rocky shore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hojai Railway Station
Hojai railway station is a railway station in Hojai district, Assam, India. Its code is HJI. It serves Hojai town. The station consists of three platforms. The platform is well sheltered. Major Trains # New Delhi - Agartala Tejas Rajdhani Express # Agartala - Firozpur Tripura Sundari Express # Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Aronai Superfast Express # Silchar–Coimbatore Superfast Express #Dibrugarh–Kanyakumari Vivek Express # Dibrugarh–Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express # Dibrugarh–Howrah Kamrup Express via Guwahati # Agartala–Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express # Dibrugarh–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express #New Tinsukia–Amritsar Express #Dibrugarh–Rajendra Nagar Weekly Express # Guwahati–Dibrugarh Town Nagaland Express #Guwahati–Silchar Express #Guwahati–Jorhat Town Jan Shatabdi Express # BG Express, Guwahati–Mariani BG Express #Alipurduar–Lumding Intercity Express #Guwahati–Ledo Intercity Express #Rangiya–New Tinsukia Express The Rangiya–New Tinsukia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katakhal Junction Railway Station
Katakhal Junction railway station is a main railway station in Hailakandi district, Assam. Its code is KTX. It serves Katakhal Katakhal is a town and railway station in Hailakandi tehsil of Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. The village is named after the Katakhal River which originates in Bhairabi after three other rivers merge. The river ends at Kalinag ... town. The station consists of two platforms. Major trains * Dullavcherra–Badarpur Passenger * Dullavcherra–Silchar Fast Passenger * Maishashan–Silchar Passenger * Agartala–Silchar Express * Silchar–Bhairabi Passenger * Rangiya–Silchar Express * Silchar–Dharmanagar Passenger References Railway stations in Assam Lumding railway division {{Assam-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ALCO DL560C
The ALCO DL560C is a series of diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by the American Locomotive Company and produced under license by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) Varanasi, India for Indian Railways as their classes WDM-2, WDM-3A/2C, WDM-3D and WDG-3A for operation in India. The locomotive is fitted with a 16-cylinder ALCO 251 B,C diesel engine. In the early 1960s Indian Railways needed a reliable diesel workhorse to gradually replace its steam locomotive fleet. Equal numbers (40 each) of ALCO's DL560C and EMD's G16 were chosen for trials. More locomotives of each of these were purchased for more trials. Indian Railways was keen on producing these locomotives in the country rather than depending on imports. EMD did not agree for a Transfer-of-Technology, while ALCO did. Thus ALCO DL560C was chosen for the job due to its easy maintenance, reliability and simple operation. And from then on vast numbers of this loco in different configurations have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
