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Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bareilly Weekly Express
The Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bareilly Weekly Express is an Express train belonging to Northern Railway zone that runs between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and in India. It is currently being operated with 14313/14314 train numbers on a weekly basis. It is the first train to run between Mumbai and Bareilly. Inaugural run of this train was on 15 January 1996 between Dadar Railway station to Bareilly Junction .later originating station changed to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus ( Kurla ) Service The 14313/Mumbai LTT–Bareilly Weekly Express has an average speed of 51 km/h and covers 1604 km in 31h 35m. The 14314/Bareilly–Mumbai LTT Weekly Express Express has an average speed of 57 km/h and covers 1604 km in 28h 45m. Route and halts The important halts of the train are: * Lokmanya Tilak Terminus * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Coach composition The train has standard ICF rakes with a maximum speed of 110 km/h. The tra ... [...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] |
Northern Railway Zone
The Northern Railway (NR) is one of the 19 Railway zones of India and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Baroda House in New Delhi. History Officially notified as a new railway zone on 14 April 1952, its origin goes back to 3 March 1859. On 14 April 1952, the Northern Railway zone was created by merging Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway, Eastern Punjab Railway and three divisions of the East Indian Railway north-west of Mughalsarai (Uttar Pradesh). On 3 March 1859, Allahabad– Kanpur, the first passenger railway line in North India was opened, which falls under Northern Railway zone. In 1864, a broad-gauge track from Calcutta to Delhi was laid. In 1864, the railway line between Old Delhi and Meerut City railway station was constructed. Meerut Cantt railway station was established by British India government around 1865 after the sepoy mutiny of 1857. In 1866, through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company's H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (also known by its former name Kurla Terminus, station code: LTT) is a railhead and a major railway terminus in the Kurla suburb of Mumbai, India. LTT is managed by the Central Railway. The and suburban railway stations are located nearby. It is one of the five railway terminals within Mumbai, the others being Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, on the Central line, and and Bandra Terminus on the Western line. History In 1996, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) approved a proposal to rename the Kurla Terminus station after Lokmanya Tilak, a popular leader of the Indian independence movement, and forwarded it to the Union Government through the Government of Maharashtra. Then Union Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani approved the proposal in 1999, at the request of Ram Naik, the then Minister of State of Railway. After the decision was announced, Gurudas Kamat, the Lok Sabha member from Mumbai North-East, met L. K. Advani and submitted a memorandum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICF Coach
The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coach was a conventional passenger coach used on the majority of main-line trains in India. The design of the coach was developed by Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, Chennai, India in collaboration with the Swiss Car & Elevator Manufacturing Co, Schlieren, Switzerland in the 1950s. The design is also called the ''Schlieren design'' based on the location of the Swiss company. The 1st ICF coach had been flagged by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 October 1955. The last ICF coach was flagged off by senior technician Shri Bhaskar P. in the presence of Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani on 19 January 2018. Indian Railways intends to phase out ICF coaches and replace all of them with the newer LHB coaches and Multiple-Unit coaches over a period of time, once the codal life of the existing ICF coaches end. Technical Bogie frame The frame of the ICF coach is a fabricated structure made up of mild steel. Main sub-assemblies of bogie frame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) locomotive. They entered service in 1996. A total of 3651 WAG-9 have been built at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), with more units being built at Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Patiala Locomotive Works (PLW). It was the most powerful freight locomotive of its fleet until the formal introduction of the WAG-12. The WAG-9 is one of the most successful locomotives of Indian Railways serving freight trains for over 26 years. A passenger variant of the WAG-9 was developed namely the WAP-7 locomotive by modifying the gear ratio to pull lighter loads at higher speeds. Nowadays, It is a common locomotive used in freight trains. Introduction The WAG-9 locomotive is referred to as the "Heavy Hau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAP-4
The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) engine, 4th generation (4). They entered service in late 1994. A total of 778 WAP-4 were built at CLW between 1993 and 2015, which made them the most numerous class of mainline electric passenger locomotive until the WAP-7. The WAP-4 is one of the most successful locomotives of Indian Railways serving both passenger and freight trains for over 28 years. This class provided the basic design for other locomotives like the WAP-6 . Despite the introduction of more modern types of locomotives like WAP-7, a significant number are still in use, both in mainline duties. Production of this class was halted in December 2015 with locomotive number 25051 being the last unit to be rolled out. As of September 2022, all locomotives except those lost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bareilly
Bareilly () is a city in Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is among the largest metropolises in Western Uttar Pradesh and is the centre of the Bareilly division as well as the historical region of Rohilkhand. The city lies in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, about north west of the state capital, Lucknow, and east of the national capital, New Delhi. With a population of 898,167 in 2011, it is the eighth most populous city in the state, seventeenth in northern India and fifty-fourth in India. It is located on the bank of Ramganga River and is the site of the Ramganga Barrage built for canal irrigation. The earliest settlement in what is now Bareilly was established in 1537 by Jagat Singh Katehriya who named it 'Bans-Bareli' after his two sons Bansaldev and Bareldev. The town came under the rule of Mughals in 1569 and had become the capital of a local pargana by 1596. The foundation of the modern city of Bareilly was laid by Mughal governor Mukrand Rai in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasara
Kasara is a census town in Thane district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The town is on the busy Mumbai–Nashik route, which is one of the four major routes that lead into Mumbai. Kasara is served by a railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway, and is the final stop in the north-east sector of the Central Line and important railway station. That is for abbreviation for Kasara Local is set as "N" means North side Local's Last Station. Town is also known for the winding Kasara ghat pass. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ..., Kasara had a population of 15,611. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kasara has an average literacy rate of 63%, lower than the national average of 76.5%: male literacy is 73%, and femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igatpuri
Igatpuri (Pronunciation: ɡət̪puɾiː formerly known as Egutpoora) is a town and a Hill Station. It is also a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Western Ghats. Igatpuri railway station lies in Nashik District between Mumbai and Nashik Road on the Central Railway. Igatpuri is known for Vipassana International Academy, where ancient technique of meditation is taught called Vipassana. The place is one of the best places to visit in Maharashtra in monsoon. It is a hill station on busy Mumbai-Agra NH-3 only 45 km from Nashik and 130 km from Mumbai. Igatpuri railway station is a major railway station connecting Igatpuri to Mumbai. The station is known for its surrounding scenery, wada pao and idlis sold by vendors to commuters traveling in the train. The exit of Igatpuri railway station signals the proximity of Mumbai on down route. Igatpuri is surrounded by the highest peaks in Sahyadri i.e. Western Ghats, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indore–Bareilly Weekly Express
The 14319/14320 Indore–Bareilly Weekly Express is an express train service which runs between Indore, the largest city and commercial capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and Bareilly, the important city of the Uttar Pradesh. Coach composition The train consists of 23 coaches: * 1 AC II Tier * 5 AC III Tier * 12 Sleeper class * 3 General Unreserved * 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake Service *14319/ Indore–Bareilly Weekly Express has an average speed of 45 km/hr and covers 1038 km in 23 hrs 10 mins. *14320/ Bareilly–Indore Weekly Express has an average speed of 43 km/hr and covers 1038 km in 23 hrs 55 mins. Route and halts The important halts of the train are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Schedule Rake sharing The train shares its rake with 14321/14322 Ala Hazrat Express (via Bhildi) and 14311/14312 Ala Hazrat Express (via Ahmedabad). Direction reversal Train reverses its direction 1 time at: * Tract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanpur Central–Amritsar Weekly Express
The Kanpur Central–Amritsar Weekly Express is an Express train belonging to North Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 22445/22446 train numbers on weekly basis. Service The 22445/Kanpur–Amritsar Weekly Express has an average speed of 55 km/hr and covers 898 km in 16h 15m. The 22446/Amritsar–Kanpur Weekly Express has an average speed of 55 km/hr and covers 898 km in 16h 15m. Route and halts The important halts of the train are: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Coach composition The train has standard ICF rakes (LHB rake since December 2018) with max speed of 110 kmph. The train consists of 16 coaches: * 1 AC II Tier * 3 AC III Tier * 5 Sleeper coaches * 5 General * 2 Seating cum Luggage Rake Traction Both trains are hauled by a Lucknow Loco Shed-based WDM-3A diesel locomotive from Kanpur to Amritsar and vice versa. Direction reversal The train reverses its direction 1 times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Mumbai
Public transport in Mumbai involves the transport of millions of its citizens by train, road, and water. As of 2015, 52% of commuters use public transport. Mumbai has the largest organized bus transport network among major Indian cities. Mumbai's public transport consists primarily of rapid transit on exclusive suburban railway lines augmented by commuter rail on main lines serving outlying suburbs, the bus services of the three municipalities making up the metropolitan area, public taxis and auto rickshaws, as well as ferry services. A metro and a monorail system were inaugurated in 2014. A commercial seaplane service was also introduced in 2014. Road Bus *Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has a fleet of single, double decker buses and air-conditioned Tata Marcopolo CNG mini buses. BEST runs their buses all over Mumbai and outskirts like Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mira-Bhayandar. *Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) operates air-conditioned Volvo buses from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
