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Mahamana Express
Mahamana Express is a ''Model Rake'' based superfast express series trains operated by Indian Railways in India. This train is named after and in honor to Pt. Shri Madan Mohan Malaviya (Mahamana), a freedom fighter & an educationist who established Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Model Rake The train includes Model Rakes modified by Indian Railways under Make In India scheme. The coaches contain some modern facilities like: * Toilet: Bigger mirror, platform wash basin, controlled discharged water tap, odour control system, exhaust fans, LED lights, dustbin inside the toilet, All the toilets are fitted with bio toilets, in line with Indian Railways' vision to make tracks defecation free. * Ladder: Ergonomically designed Ladders for climbing up to upper berths provided in all coaches. * Side berths: Snack tables provided for side berth passengers also with innovative design side lower berth arrangement. * Windows: Windows with powered venetian blinds and roller blind instea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, consisting of 28 union states and eight union territories. Under the Constitution, there are three primary branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in a bicameral Parliament, President, aided by the Council of Ministers, and the Supreme Court respectively. Through judicial evolution, the Parliament has lost its sovereignty as its amendments to the Constitution are subject to judicial intervention. Judicial appointments in India are unique in that the executive or legislature have negligible say. Etymology and history The Government of India Act 1833, passed by the British parliament, is the first such act of law with the epithet "Government of India". Basic structure The gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gatimaan Express
The 12049 / 12050 Gatimaan Express is India's first semi-high speed train that runs between Delhi and Jhansi. It takes 265 minutes (around 4.5 hours) to cover the journey from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Virangana Lakshmibai Junction railway stations with an average speed of . The top operating speed of the Gatimaan Express is up to 160 km/h between Tughlakabad railway station to Bilochpura , which makes it the fastest regularly scheduled train service in India. Trial runs of other trains have been faster, and if the rail infrastructure on Vande Bharat Express routes were to be improved, it could also go as fast as the Gatiman Express. History In October 2014, the railways applied for safety certificate from Commission of Railway Safety to start the service. In June 2015, the train was officially announced. The train was launched on 5 April 2016 and completed its maiden journey between Nizamuddin and Agra Cantt within 100 minutes. But due to low occupancy, Indian Railways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Named Passenger Trains Of India
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Train 20
The Train 20 (sleeper class Vande Bharat Express) is a proposed semi-high-speed, long-distance electric multiple unit (EMU) train which is supposed to be designed to replace the Rajdhani Express fleet of the Indian Railways. The rakes are expected to be similar to Train 18 (Vande Bharat), differing only in an aluminium body and sleeping berths. This train was supposed to be used for long distances. Since it was planned to be operational by 2020, it was named 'Train 20'. Since this train will be of EMU type, a locomotive would not be necessary to haul the coaches, instead the carriages will be self-propelled. The train is set to feature two distinctive classes, the air-conditioned chair car and sleeper cars. Under the sleeper coaches, AC 1st class, AC 2-tier and AC 3-tier would be the sub-classes available. History Most of the long-distance train travel in India takes more than twelve hours to complete, making it hectic for commuters. For example, the Mumbai Rajdhani Express betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuva Express
The Yuva Express series of trains were introduced by erstwhile Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee during the 2009-10 budget together with the Duronto Express Duronto Express is a category of long-distance non-stop source to destination trains run by the Indian Railways. Initially these trains did not have any ticketing stops between the origin and the destination, but since January 2016 it is possib .... They were intended to provide an air-conditioned low-cost travel option for the youth and backward-class of the country. Active Services Defunct Services See also References External links * http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-01-06/news/36173918_1_yuva-trains-tier-coaches-ac-3 * http://www.indianexpress.com/news/yuva-express-on-track-cheaper-travel-for-students-jobless-youth/566776/ * http://www.indianexpress.com/news/uncomfortable-chair-cars-keep-youth-away-from-yuva-trains/948376/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20140922092521/http://www.indianrail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uday Express
UDAY Express or Utkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned Yatri Express are completely Double-Decker AC chair car trains designed by Indian Railways. The coaches of the train have an anti-graffiti vinyl wrapped exterior and have been given a bright color scheme of yellow, orange and pink - somewhat similar to that of the Tejas Express. The train service has been envisioned as a 'luxury' train service for business travelers. According to Indian Railways, Uday Express will cater to the "busiest routes" and increase carrying capacity by 40%. These trains have a seating capacity of 120 per coach (50 for upper deck, 48 for lower deck and 22 on the ends) as compared to Shatabdis which can seat up to 78. The first service was launched on June 10, 2018 between Coimbatore Junction and Bangalore. and it also have halts at Krishnarajapuram, Kuppam, Salem Jn, Erode Jn, Coimbatore Jn The second service was launched on September 26, 2019 between Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada Vijayawada, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antyodaya Express
Antyodaya Express are series of trains operated by Indian Railways. The word Antyodaya refers to the uplifting of the weakest section of the society. These series of trains are initially supposed to be overnight fully unreserved trains but later on converted into typical overnight express train with reservation system. Antyodaya Express was proposed in 2016 Railway budget of India to operate on peak routes having more rush. coaches are designed by Indian Railways with state-of-the-art bio-toilets and facility for mobile charging in compartments as well. During the initial period, these trains had only general/unreserved coaches but later on reservation system is gradually introduced with reserved coaches and thus turned into typical overnight train with few unreserved coaches in front and back. The first generation of this series is jan sadharan express. Some of the jan sadharan trains are converted to antyodya express trains. Facilities and new features * Charging ports for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garib Rath Express
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] |
Jan Shatabdi Express
The Jan Shatabdi Express is a more affordable and economical version of the Shatabdi Express''.'' The word 'Jan' refers to common people. Being an economical version of the Shatabdi Express, it provides the passenger with Air Conditioned Chair Car, Second Class Seating and Unreserved classes. Though its priority is less than that of the trains like Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express and Duronto Express, but its enjoys a greater priority than the Mail, Express and the Superfast Express trains of Indian Railways. The maximum permissible speed of this train is 130 km/hr. Active services Gallery File:Mayiladuthurai Junction 4-27-2009 2-32-38 PM.JPG, Jan Shatabdi Express at Mayiladuthurai Junction File:Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express.JPG, Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express File:12052 Dadar Madgaon Jan Shatabdi Express - Vistadome (Executive) Class coach - 1.jpg, Vistadome of the Dadar–Madgaon Jan Shatabdi Express The CSMT - Madgaon Junction Jan Shatabdi Express is a Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shatabdi Express
Shatabdi Express trains are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways to connect important metro cities. Shatabdi Express are day-trains and mostly return to their origin station the same day. The trains were first introduced in 1988 and was named as 'Shatabdi' meaning 'century' to commemorate the birth centenary of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Generally, maximum permissible speed of Shatabdi Express except the fastest one is 130 kmph where infrastructure is existed and lower where infrastructure is not existed but the maximum permissible speed of the fastest Shatabdi Express, Rani Kamlapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express (Rani Kamlapati, formerly known as Habibganj station is in Bhopal) is 150 km/h between Tughlakabad and Agra Cantt part (about whole part of New Delhi - Agra Cantt) since 2006 and Gatimaan Express has maximum permissible speed of 160 kmph over the same part and as per maximum permissible speed this fastest Shatabdi E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajdhani Express
Rajdhani may refer to: * ''Rajdhani'' (film), 1956 Indian film * ''Rajadhani'' (1994 film), Indian Malayalam-language film * ''Rajadhani'' (2011 film), Indian Kannada-language film * Rajdhani, Kotli, a village in Pakistan * Rajdhani, Gorakhpur, a village in India * Rajdhani Express, premium passenger train service in India * Rajadhani Express Blue Line Express ( Sinhala: රාජධානි එක්ස්ප්රස් ''Rajadhani Ekspras'') is a train service provider in Sri Lanka, a part of Blue Line Company. Blue Line Express provides premium services on several routes i ..., a railway service provider in Sri Lanka See also * Rajadhani (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duronto Express
Duronto Express is a category of long-distance non-stop source to destination trains run by the Indian Railways. Initially these trains did not have any ticketing stops between the origin and the destination, but since January 2016 it is possible to book tickets from those technical stops. "Duronto" means "Speedster" in Bengali. These trains' coaches have characteristic yellow-green livery which contains a bi-meaning signature which are a field full of flower and a river flowing over it, 2nd meaning is a boy is running on the fields which signifies the meaning of Duronto. Duronto Express services connect the several metros and major state capitals of India. As of now, there are currently 24 pairs that are working . History The Government of India's Ministry of Railways has been trying to introduce high-speed rail in India. In 2007, the ministry chose the 500-kilometre stretch between Delhi and Amritsar for a pre-feasibility study. On 19 January 2009, Railway Minister, Mamata B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
