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#Barak Valley Express
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#Name: Barak Valley is a valley formed by Barak River in Southern part of Assam. The largest city...
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of region is Silchar. Though part of Assam its official language is Bengali. The region is a place to Cachar people. Its rich in natural vegetation with rainforest and rich fauna. Since train goes to Silchar, it is named as Barak Valley Express.
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#Regions of state: Barak region.
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#Zone and #division: It travels only in North Frontier Railways' Lumding Division.
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#Base: Lumding
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#Rivers: 2 Major rivers ie Jating, Barak.
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#Physical Regions: North Cachar Hills, Barail Range, Cachar Plains.
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#Soils: Red, Laterite, Alluvial.
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#State and #Zone: It serves only North Frontier Railway and Assam having 30 halts
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#Speed: Max avg speed 66 kmph between Lumding and Manderdis. Min avg speed 5kmph between Sukritipur and Badarpur.
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#Languages: It connects Assamese and Bengali speaking region.
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#Trivia:
¤ Train travels on region full of natural vegetation.
¤ Train doesnt have Side Lower and Side upper berth as its MG train.
¤It stops at every stations enroute.
¤Silchar Lumding exp is attached with banker to climb barail range.

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#Panchavati Express
~~~ The Lifeline of Nashik ~~~
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#Date of #Introduction: 01.06.1973
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#Name: Panchavati means “Garden of Five Banyan Trees”. These trees were present during Lord Rama’s exile. Panchavati is an area in Nashik City, on the banks of the river Godavari. The area has immense religious importance, being one of the sites for Kumbh Mela. The area also has the famous Kala Ram Temple. Since the train connects Nashik District to Mumbai, it is termed Panchavati Express.
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#Regions: #MH – Passes through Konkan & Khandesh regions, through Nashik, Thane and Mumbai Districts.
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#Zone: It passes through Central Railway – Mumbai and Bhusaval Divisions
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#Rivers: Mithi, Ulhas, Vaitarna
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#Language: It serves Marathi speaking belt
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#Physical regions: Passes through Kasara Ghats (Western Ghats)
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#Soils: It passes through regions having black alluvial soil and red soil.
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#State and #Zone: It serves 1 state and 1 zone (Maharashtra, Central Railway) having 8 intermediate halts in both the directions.
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#Speed: Max average speed: 82 kmph between Igatpuri and Devlali
Min average Speed: 43 kmph between Mumbai CST and Dadar. The track MPS is 110, restricted usually to 105 kmph max and is further reduced in Thull Ghats
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#Base: Manmad Jn
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Miscellaneous #Trivia:
a. Originally connected Nashik to Mumbai, later extended to Manmad
b. Used to run with Double Decker coaches a few years ago
c. Has the distinction of being host to a wedding on-board in its AC Chair Car coach recently
d. Connects Mumbai with Nashik, a region rich in onions and grapes.
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Photo Courtesy: All the pictures have been taken from the Train Gallery.

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#DeccanQueen
A prestigious and legendary, high priority ISO Certified train
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#Date of #Introduction: 01.06.1930
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#Name: The area around Western Ghats, is known as Deccan Plateau which extends to South. Since the train passes through the region, it is named as Deccan Queen.
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#Regions: #MH – Passes through Paschim Maharashtra and Konkan regions, through Pune, Raigad, Thane and Mumbai Districts.
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#Zone: It passes through Central Railway – Pune & Mumbai Divisions
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#Rivers: Mula, Indrayani, Ulhas, Mithi
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#Language: It serves Marathi speaking belt
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#Physical regions: Passes through Bor Ghats (Sahyadri Mountains) in NW Deccan Plateau
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#Soils: It passes through regions having black alluvial soil and red soil.
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#State and #Zone: It serves 1 state and 1 zone (Maharashtra, Central Railway) having 2 intermediate halts in UP and 3 intermediate halts in DOWN Direction
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#Speed: Max average speed: 76 kmph between Lonavala and Shivajinagar
Min average Speed: 40 kmph between Karjat and Lonavala. The track MPS is 110, restricted usually to 105 kmph max and is further reduced to 60 kmph in the Bor Ghats.
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#Base: Pune
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#Pantry Food: The most delicious and quality pantry food, popular items onboard being Cheese Toast, Cutlet Bread, Omelette Bread, Fish Fry, etc.
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Miscellaneous #Trivia:
a. India’s SF passenger train
b. India’s first passenger train to be hauled by electric loco end to end since inception
c. India’s only train with a Dining Car
d. A few years ago, the train used to get a royal departure, with Shehnai being played on PF-1 of Pune. This practice was going on since many years, until it was stopped in the recent past.
e. Famous station food en-route includes the Chikki at Lonavala and Diwadkar Wada Pav at Karjat.
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Photo Courtesy: The train board has been clicked by me. Rest all the pictures have been taken from the IRI Gallery and copyright vests with the original photographers.

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#Nilgiri_Express
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#Name: Nilgiri Hills, part of Western Ghats are series of 24 peaks, more than 6000m high. Nilgiri hills are referred as Blue Mountains due to its...
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bluish colour. They lies at the western part of Tamil Nadu and junction of TN, KA & KL states. Its rich in flora and fauna, with India's 2 most beautiful hill stations Ooty and Coonoor. Its rich in biodiversity along with coffee cultivation. Since train goes to Mettupalayam, nearest BG rail head to Nilgiri, it was named as Nilgiri Express.
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#Regions_of_state: It travels thru #TN: Kongu Nadu, Tondai Nadu regions.
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#Zone_n_division: It runs thru #SR: Salem, Chennai divisions.
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#Rivers: It crosses 3 major river
enroute ie Palar, Ponnaiyar, Kaveri.
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#Physical_Regions: Passes thru Shevroy hills, Mampuzha region, Nilgiri hills.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Red, Alluvial soil.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 1 zones and 1 state
having halt as SR 9 and TN: 9
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#Speed: MAX: Tup Cbf 85 kmph. MIN: Cbf Cbe 4 kmph.
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#Languages: It travels only in Tamil speaking regions.

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#Poorna_Express
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#Name: Periyar means Big river is one of the big and Perennial river of South India, it was formerly known as 'Poorna'. It is considered as...
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"Life Line of Kerala". River originates from Sivagiri peaks of Sundarmala, Tamil Nadu. Its basin has one of the highest peak of South India ie Anamudi. Since train goes to Ernakulam, town situated on the bank of river, it was named as Poorna Exp.
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#Regions_of_state: It travels thru #MH: Desh, #KA: Malenadu, Kanara, Tulu Nadu #GA: South Goa #KL: Malabar, Edanadu, Coastal Kerala regions.
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#Zone_n_division: It runs thru #CR: Pune. #SWR: Hubli #KR: Karwar #SR: Palakkad, Thirvanantapuram divisions.
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#Rivers: It crosses 10 major river
enroute ie Krishna, Mandovi, Kali, Shravathi, Netravati, Payswani, Mahe, Malampuzha, Bharatapuzha, Periyar.
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#Physical_Regions: Passes thru Sahyadri, Western ghats, Malabar coast.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Black, Red, Laterite and Alluvial Soil.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 7 zones and 7 states
having halt as CR 5, SWR 8, KR 6, SR 13 & MH 5, GA 3, KA 13, KL 12.
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#Speed: MAX: Kgq Kze 77 kmph. MIN: Sli Mrj 8 kmph.
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#Languages: It travels in Marathi, Konkani, Kannada, Malayalam speaking regions.