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Purushottam Express
The 12801 / 12802 Purushottam Express is a daily train which runs between Puri in Odisha and . It is one of the most highly demanded train between Puri to New Delhi. The train is of Superfast category and passes through states of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh. It was the first train in India to have a Braille-embedded coach for blind passengers. On 2nd November 2021, 1 AC First Class coach added to Purushottam Express. After which, It became the 1st Delhi-Odisha Superfast Train to have dedicated 1 AC Coach. Timetable From Puri to New Delhi- 12801. The train starts from Puri every day From New Delhi to Puri – 12802. The train starts from New Delhi every day. Coaches The train consists of 20 LHB coach which includes :- * Seven Sleeper class Coaches * Six AC 3 Tier * One AC 2 Tier * One 1st AC Coach * Two General class Coaches * One EOG & One Divyang-Jan Coach * One Pantry Car. Traction It is hauled by a Tughlakabad or Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 HOG eq ... [...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] |
Cuttack
Cuttack (, or officially Kataka ) in Odia is the former capital and the second largest city in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of ''Kataka'' which literally means ''The Fort'', a reference to the ancient Barabati Fort around which the city initially developed. Cuttack is known as the ''Millennium City'' as well as the ''Silver City'' due to its history of 1000 years and famous silver filigree works. The Orissa High Court is located there. It is the commercial capital of Odisha which hosts many trading and business houses in and around the city. Cuttack is famous for its Durga puja which is one of the most important festivals of Odisha. Cuttack is also the birthplace of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The city is categorised as a Tier-II city as per the ranking system used by Government of India. The old and the most important part of the city is centred on a strip of land between the Kathajod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Puri
Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport enables human trade, which is essential for the development of civilizations. Transport infrastructure consists of both fixed installations, including roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals, and pipelines, and terminals such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, warehouses, trucking terminals, refueling depots (including fueling docks and fuel stations), and seaports. Terminals may be used both for interchange of passengers and cargo and for maintenance. Means of transport are any of the different kinds of transport facilities used to carry people or cargo. They may include vehicles, riding animals, and pack animals. Vehicles may inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandan Kanan Express
The 12815 / 12816 Nandan Kanan Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways East Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12815 from Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal and as train number 12816 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi. Background This train is named after the Nandankanan Zoological Park, a zoo and botanical garden in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Established in 1960, it was opened to the public in 1979 and became the first zoo in India to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in 2009. It also contains a botanical garden and part of it has been declared a sanctuary. Nandankanan, literally meaning ''The Garden of Heaven'', is located near the capital city, Bhubaneswar, in the environs of the Chandaka forest, and includes the Kanjia lake. Coaches The 12815 / 12816 Nandan Kanan Express has 1 AC First Class, 2 AC 2 Tier, 6 AC 3-tier, 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayagraj Express
The 12417 / 12418 ''Prayagraj Express'' is a daily overnight VVIP train which runs between the cities of Prayagraj (earlier known as ''Allahabad'') and New Delhi, India. Prayagraj Express along with Shram Shakti Express, Shiv Ganga Express and Lucknow Mail enjoys highest priority all over the route. Rakes This train used ICF coach till December 2016. On 18 December 2016, replacing the old ICF coach, this train got new German LHB rakes with a total of 24 coaches. Modern LHB coach with a MPS (Maximum Permissible Speed) of 160 km/h are more comfortable. The new coaches, based on a German technology Linke Hoffman Busch (LHB), are made of stainless steel which do not turn turtle during accidents. The light-weight coaches will also improve the train's speed. Bigger windows, biotoilets, lamps at all AC seats and sound insulation are the other features. Schedule 12417 PRAYAGRAJ EXPRESS departs Allahabad Junction every day at 10.10 PM IST and arrives New Delhi at 07.00 AM IST ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express
''Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express'' is a Rajdhani Express train starting from Bhubaneswar, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha to the final destination of New Delhi, which serves as the capital of India. Currently, there are three dedicated sets of rakes operating from Bhubaneswar to New Delhi. This is 2nd Rajdhani Train which is having 3 dedicated routes after Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express. History * 1st set of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was introduced on 1994–95 Rail Budget by C. K. Jaffer Sharief (Former Minister of Railways) as a weekly frequency train. Later the service was increased to bi-weekly after public demand in 1998. It used to get WAP-4 locomotive from Ghaziabad shed (NDLS–HWH) & Santragachi shed (HWH–BBS) and also changed its route to Adra Instead of bypassing Howrah in 2002. * 2nd set of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was introduced on 2003 by Nitish Kumar (Former Minister of Railways) as a bi-weekly frequency train. Later in 2004 the fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puri Railway Station
Puri railway station is a Terminal train station and serves Puri, the seashore temple city in the Indian state of Odisha. History The Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897. The railway station was renovated in 2012 into a more traditional Hindu temple structure with more facilities. Railway reorganization The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944. Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway. Major trains * Purushottam Express * Nandan Kanan Express * Neelachal Express * Puri-Ahmedabad Express * Indore–Puri Humsafar Express * Puri−Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilgai
The nilgai (''Boselaphus tragocamelus'') (, literally meaning "blue cow") is the largest Asian antelope and is ubiquitous across the northern Indian subcontinent. It is the sole member of the genus ''Boselaphus'' and was described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. The nilgai stands at the shoulder; males weigh , and the lighter females . A sturdy thin-legged antelope, the nilgai is characterised by a sloping back, a deep neck with a white patch on the throat, a short crest of hair along the neck terminating in a tuft, and white facial spots. A column of pendant coarse hair hangs from the dewlap ridge below the white patch. Sexual dimorphism is prominent – while females and juveniles are orange to tawny, adult males have a bluish-grey coat. Only males possess horns, long. The nilgai is diurnal (active mainly during the day). The animals band together in three distinct kinds of groups: one or two females with young calves, three to six adult and yearling females with calves, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firozabad Rail Disaster
__NOTOC__ The Firozabad rail collision occurred on 20 August 1995 near Firozabad on the Delhi-Kanpur section of India's Northern Railway, at 02:55 when a passenger train collided with a train which had stopped after hitting a nilgai, killing 358 people (although some sources estimate the deaths at more than 400). The accident happened in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh; both trains were bound for the Indian capital, New Delhi. The first train, the Kalindi Express from Kanpur, struck a nilgai but was unable to proceed as its brakes were damaged. It was then struck from behind at a speed of 70 km/h by the Purushottam Express from Puri. Three carriages of the Kalindi Express were destroyed, the engine and front two carriages of the Puri train were derailed. Most of the 2200 passengers aboard the two trains were asleep at the time of the accident. See also *List of train accidents by death toll *List of Indian rail accidents References SourcesTrain crash kills at least 250 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firozabad
Firozabad is a city near Agra in Firozabad district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the centre of India's glassmaking industry and is known for the quality of the bangles and also glasswares produced there. During the reign of Akbar, revenue was brought through the city, which was looted by the Afghans. Akbar sent his army led by Firoz Shah Mansab Dar to make the city a cantonment to collect taxes and the city of Chandrawar was renamed as Firozabad after him. The tomb of Firoz Shah is still present today. From early times, it had glass and bangle works, and small scale industry. The landowners of Firozabad hail from the Siddiqui, Sayed, Manihar, Pathan and the Hindu Rajput castes. Firozabad is located in north central India, in Uttar Pradesh, from Agra and around from Delhi, at the northern edge of the Deccan Plateau, at . It is located above sea level. The boundaries of Firozabad district touch Etah district in north and Mainpuri and Etawah districts in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalindi Express
The 14723 / 14724 Kalindi Express is an Express train by the Indian Railways that connects in Uttar Pradesh to in Haryana. The train running from Bhiwani to Kanpur is numbered 14724 while the train from Kanpur to Bhiwani is numbered 14723. Accidents * Kalindi Express had a rail accident on 20 August 1995 when it collided with Purushottam Express near Firozabad at 02:55 am on the Delhi–Kanpur section. This Firozabad rail disaster is considered as the second most deadly rail accident in Indian rail history with 358 people deaths (official list), however local people involved in the rescue operations claim that the death toll is more than that. The first train (Kalindi Express) from Kanpur struck a cow but was unable to proceed as its brakes were damaged. It was then struck from behind at a speed of 100 kmph by the Purushottam Express from Puri. Three carriages of the Kalindi Express were destroyed, the engine and the front two carriages of the Purushottam Express were de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
