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Kanchan Kanya Express
The 13149 / 50 ''Kanchan Kanya Express'' is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Eastern Railway zone that connects the cities of Kolkata and Alipurduar via Siliguri. It runs between & in Indian state of West Bengal. This train runs through the beautiful Dooars region of West Bengal between Siliguri Junction and Alipurduar which includes Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Sevoke Railway Bridge, River Teesta, River Jaldhaka, River Torsha, Dooars-Terai tea gardens, Gorumara National Park, Buxa Tiger Reserve, Jaldapara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary etc. It operates as train number 13149 from Sealdah to Alipurduar Junction and as train number 13150 in the reverse direction, serving the state of West Bengal. Coaches The 13149 / 50 Sealdah–Alipurduar Kanchan Kanya Express presently has 1 AC 1 tier (HA1), 1 AC 2 tier, 3 AC 3 tier, 9 Sleeper class, 3 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not have a pantry car. As is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Express Train
An express train is a type of passenger train that makes a small number of stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, allowing faster service than Local train, local trains that stop at most or all of the stations along their route. They are sometimes referred to as "fast trains" (or an equivalent term, such as the German ''Schnellzug''), meaning that they are faster than other trains on the same route. Though many high-speed rail services are express, not all express trains are "fast" relative to other services; early trains in the 19th-century United Kingdom were categorized as express trains as long as they had a "journey speed" of at least . Express trains sometimes have higher fares than other routes, and bearers of a rail pass may be required to pay an extra fee. Travel class, First class may be the only one available. Some express train routes that overlap with local train service may stop at stations near the tail ends of the line. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teesta
Teesta River is a long river that rises in the Pauhunri Mountain of eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal through Rangpur, and enters the Bay of Bengal. It drains an area of . In India, it flows through Mangan District, Gangtok District, Pakyong District, Kalimpong district, Darjeeling District, Jalpaiguri District, Cooch Behar districts and the cities of Rangpo, Jalpaiguri and Mekhliganj, Rangpur. It joins the Brahmaputra River at Phulchhari Upazila in Bangladesh. of the river lies in India and in Bangladesh. Teesta is the largest river of Sikkim and second largest river of West Bengal after the Ganges. Course The Teesta River originates from Teesta Khangtse Glacier, west of Pahunri (or Teesta Kangse) glacier above , and flows southward through gorges and rapids in the Sikkim Himalaya. It is fed by streams from Tso Lhamo Lake, Gurudongmar Lake and rivulets arising in the Thangu Valley, Yumthang Valley of Flowers, Dikchu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rampurhat Junction Railway Station
Rampurhat Junction railway station is one of the busiest railway stations of Eastern Railway zone and it is the largest and busiest railway station of Birbhum district of West Bengal. It is a "NSG-3" category station. The station is under Howrah railway division is the 3rd busiest station in this division after Howrah and Burdwan railway station. It is 207 kilometres (shortest route) away from Howrah Junction. This station is famous for its connectivity with the neighbouring districts and states and also for the Hindu pilgrims visiting to Tarapith Maa Tara Temple which is just 9 km away from the station. Station code RPH, it is the railway station serving the city of Rampurhat. Rampurhat station is connected to Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Bengaluru, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Surat, Delhi, Gaya, Ranchi, Asansol, Jamalpur, Bhagalpur, Siliguri, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar, Agartala and almost every part of India. More than 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sealdah Railway Station
Sealdah (station code:SDAH) is one of India's major railway terminals serving the city of Kolkata. The other main railway stations in the Kolkata metropolitan region are , , and Santragachi. Sealdah Railway station is the busiest railway stations in India in terms of daily passenger's footfall. Sealdah has a daily passenger footfall of over 1.2 million. It is an important suburban rail terminal. Kolkata Metro Line 2 passes through Sealdah with the new Sealdah station. History Sealdah railway station was started in 1869. Before 1978, there was a tram terminus at Sealdah station. Trams departed from here towards Rajabazar, Howrah Station, Calcutta High Court, Dalhousie Square, Park Circus and Dharmatala. The first horse tram service of Kolkata was also started from Sealdah to Armenian Ghat, following the current route 14 & 16 between Lebutala & Dalhousie Square. The Sealdah–Lebutala & Dalhousie Square–Armenian Ghat (later extended to High Court) stretch is now closed. That ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13150 Kanchan Kanya Express - Second Class Coach
Year 1315 ( MCCCXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 9 – Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy. * August – Louis X is crowned King of France at Reims. * August 13 – Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou. * August 29 – Battle of Montecatini: Pisa defeats the forces of Florence and Naples. * September – Battle of Moiry Pass (Bruce campaign in Ireland): Edward Bruce (brother of the King of Scotland), with a Scots-Irish army, defeats a garrison of Hiberno-Norman troops of the Lordship of Ireland at Armagh, as part of his attempt to revive the High Kingship of Ireland. * October 25 – Banastre Rebellion: Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw attack Liverpool Castle. * November 15 – Battle of Morgarten: The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria on the shore of the Ägerisee, ensuring independence for the Swiss Confederation. Date unknown * Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanchan Kanya Express Sleeper Class Coach , village near Pune, Mah ...
Kanchan may refer to: Surname *Ilias Kanchan, Bangladeshi film actor Given name *Kanchan, stage name of Kumari Kanchan Dinkerao Mail (1950–2004), Indian singer with Babla & Kanchan *Kanchan (actress) (born 1970), Indian entertainer and model *Kanchan Amatya (born circa 1997), Nepalese women's right advocate *Kanchan Awasthi, Indian entertainer and model *Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya (1947–2019), Indian Police Service officer *Kanchan Gupta, Indian journalist, political analyst, and activist *Kanchan Mullick, Bengali actor *Kanchan Prava Devi, regent of Tripura from 1947 to 1949 Other *Kanchan Kanya Express, a train route on Indian Railways *Kanchan armour, a modular composite armour *Uruli Kanchan Uruli Kanchan is a village 33 km east from the city of Pune in the district of Pune, Maharashtra, India. The village has been famous for the last sixty years for the Naturopathy Center (Nisarg Upchar Ashram) started by Mahatma Gandhi and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13150 Kanchan Kanya Express - AC 3 Tier
Year 1315 ( MCCCXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 9 – Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy. * August – Louis X is crowned King of France at Reims. * August 13 – Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou. * August 29 – Battle of Montecatini: Pisa defeats the forces of Florence and Naples. * September – Battle of Moiry Pass (Bruce campaign in Ireland): Edward Bruce (brother of the King of Scotland), with a Scots-Irish army, defeats a garrison of Hiberno-Norman troops of the Lordship of Ireland at Armagh, as part of his attempt to revive the High Kingship of Ireland. * October 25 – Banastre Rebellion: Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw attack Liverpool Castle. * November 15 – Battle of Morgarten: The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria on the shore of the Ägerisee, ensuring independence for the Swiss Confederation. Date unknown * Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13150 Kanchan Kanya Express - AC 2 Tier
Year 1315 ( MCCCXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 9 – Eudes IV succeeds Hugh V as Duke of Burgundy. * August – Louis X is crowned King of France at Reims. * August 13 – Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou. * August 29 – Battle of Montecatini: Pisa defeats the forces of Florence and Naples. * September – Battle of Moiry Pass (Bruce campaign in Ireland): Edward Bruce (brother of the King of Scotland), with a Scots-Irish army, defeats a garrison of Hiberno-Norman troops of the Lordship of Ireland at Armagh, as part of his attempt to revive the High Kingship of Ireland. * October 25 – Banastre Rebellion: Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw attack Liverpool Castle. * November 15 – Battle of Morgarten: The Swiss defeat Leopold of Austria on the shore of the Ägerisee, ensuring independence for the Swiss Confederation. Date unknown * Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary
Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary (formerly Chapramari Wildlife Reserve, pron: ˌʧʌprəˈmɑ:rɪ or ˌʧæprəˈmɑ:rɪ) is close to the Gorumara National Park. Chapramari is about 30 kilometres from Chalsa and Lataguri in northern West Bengal, India. The total coverage of the forest is 960 hectares. History In 1896, an imperial forest-service administrator D.H.E. Sander first sent a proposal to the-then English-dominated Government of India that Chapramari could be developed into a tourism centre. The area was declared a national reserve forest in 1895 under the Indian Forest Act. In 1939, the name ''Chapramari Wildlife Reserve'' came to be used, while the Government of India, in 1998, gave it the status of a national wildlife sanctuary. The name of the region comes from 'Chapra', a variety of small fishes found in northern Bengal, and 'Mari', meaning 'abundance'. Chapramari receives waters from the Teesta, the Neora, Jaldhaka and the Murti. Wildlife A large variety of flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaldapara National Park
Jaldapara National Park (Pron: ˌʤʌldəˈpɑ:rə) is a national park situated at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in Alipurduar, Alipurduar District of northern West Bengal, India, and on the banks of the Torsa River. Jaldapara is situated at an altitude of 61 m and is spread across of vast grassland with patches of riverine forests. It was declared a sanctuary in 1941 for protection of its great variety of flora and fauna. Today, the park has the largest population of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros in the state, an animal threatened with extinction, and is a Habitat management area (Category IV). The nearby Chilapata Forests is an elephant corridor between Jaldapara and the Buxa Tiger Reserve. Nearby is the |
Buxa Tiger Reserve
, photo = Buxa Tiger Reserve forest 2014.jpg , iucn_category = II , map = India West Bengal , map_width = , label = Buxa NP , label_position = right , location = West Bengal, India , nearest_city = Alipurduar , coordinates = , area_km2 = 760 , established = 1983 , visitation_num = , visitation_year = , governing_body = Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change, Government of India Buxa Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve and national park in northern West Bengal, India, covering an area of . In altitude, it ranges from in the Gangetic Plains to bordering the Himalayas in the north. At least 284 bird species inhabit the reserve. Mammals present include Asian elephant, gaur, Sambar deer, clouded leopard, Indian leopard, and Asian golden cat. History The historic Buxa Fort ( above m.s.l.). People have sentimental attachment with the fort on accounts of its association with the struggle for freedom. Buxa Tiger Reserve was created in 1983 as the 15th t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorumara National Park
Gorumara National Park (Pron: ˌgɔ:rʊˈmɑ:rə; ''Gorumara Jatio Uddan'') is a National Park in northern West Bengal, India. Located in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills, it is a medium-sized park with grasslands and forests. Gorumara National Park was established in 1992. It is primarily known for its population of Indian rhinoceros. The park has been declared as the best among the protected areas in India by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the year 2009. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 1 January 2022. , the park is open for the tourists after staying closed for months due to the |
