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12-08-2020

ARE THERE ANY TRAINS RUN BY PRIVATE COMPANIES OR NON-IR PUBLIC CONCERNS ON IR TRACKS AND/OR WITH IR STOCK?  When were Shatabdis introduced? Which was the first one? Know About the Bombay Rajdhani Express ? Which was the first Rajdhani and when was it introduced? Are there two Dadar stations? Are there stations shared by two or more zones or divisions? What’s the difference between Vadodara and Baroda? And other stations that have changed names. Why are there so many express and long-distance trains to or from obscure locations like Manduadih, Habibganj, etc.? Why do some stations have the state names or other regional names as suffixes? E.g., Chandrapur (Maharashtra)

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Are there any trains run by private companies or non-IR public concerns on IR tracks and/or with IR stock?
July 19, 2019

Occasionally there are some trains run by private companies using IR stock on IR routes - these are perhaps not really 'private' trains but rather trains which have been leased out by IR for private runs. Most of these are heritage or tourism specials chartered by travel agencies, private individuals, or state tourist boards for various occasions.

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Which was the first Rajdhani and when was it introduced?
July 19, 2019

The first Rajdhani was introduced between Howrah and New Delhi on March 1, 1969. It was initially a bi-weekly 8 car train - Brake/Luggage/Generator, AC I, AC Pantry, AC Chair, AC Chair, AC Chair, AC Chair, Brake/Luggage/Generator - hauled by a single WDM-4. It left Howrah on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and left New Delhi on Mondays and Fridays. The

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Are there two Dadar stations? Are there stations shared by two or more zones or divisions?
July 19, 2019

Some stations are physically in one building complex but are considered separate stations for operational and administrative reasons. Usually, these oddities reflect the historical development of the station, where more than one railway company in British India served that station. The best example of this is Dadar, which actually consists of one

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What’s the difference between Vadodara and Baroda? And other stations that have changed names.
July 19, 2019

Many towns have changed names over the years. In many cases the change in the spelling of a place stems from a desire for the name to more closely reflect the pronunciation of the name in the local language. Older spellings were generally assigned in the Roman script by the British and in some cases did not correspond closely to the spoken version

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Why are there so many express and long-distance trains to or from obscure locations like Manduadih, Habibganj, etc.?
July 19, 2019

Often, the terminus for long-distance trains into a city or town is not the railway station that is the "main" station for that town, but rather some outlying or suburban station that can better handle the long-distance traffic. The names of the trains, unfortunately, often reflect these actual termini rather than the "real" destination to which

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Why do some stations have the state names or other regional names as suffixes? E.g., Chandrapur (Maharashtra) or Srirampur (Assam)?
July 19, 2019

This is done when there may be other towns of the same name elsewhere that may perhaps be as prominent or even better known than the station in question. Adding the state name as a suffix helps to disambiguate the station from the other towns of the same name. E.g., Berhampur (West Bengal) and Berhampur (Orissa). Hyderabad station is often

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