Year: 2016

The new Bangalore Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has since its inception been the butt of jokes owing to its location. It is of course situated way outside the city, over the hills and far away at Devanahalli in Bangalore Rural district (Gangamuthanahalli to be exact, but forget it, many people…

Hon. Railway Minister Shri Suresh P Prabhu had announced four more new types of trains for the Indian Railways in the last railway budget, These trains were to be run under the brand names of Tejas Express, Uday Express, Humsafar Express and Antyodaya Express, with the first three being “premium…

The first electric locomotives in India were dedicated goods (WDG) and passenger (WCP) DC traction locomotives introduced by the British before independence. When Indian Railways decided to fully switch to AC traction post-independence, it did away with specialized locomotives for passenger operations and handed passenger duties to “mixed” WAM locos.…

Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway have announced festival special trains to be run during the for Diwali and Durga Puja festival and holiday season months of October and November 2016. Given here are trains that run through North India, connecting the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar…

Central Railway has announced holiday and festival special trains to be run through Maharashtra and Goa on the occasion of the Vinayaka Chaturthi (also called Ganesh/Ganpati Chaturthi or simply, Ganpati festival) holiday and festival season in the months of August and September 2016. These special trains will serve cities across…

Indian Railways’ eastern zones consisting of Eastern Railway, East Central Railway, and Northeast Frontier Railway have announced their special trains to be run to meet the increased rush of passengers during the festival seasons of Durga Puja and Diwali in October and November 2016. This chapter details the Durga Puja…

Three score and nine years ago, our forefathers brought forth upon this continent, a new system of railways, conceived in socialism, and dedicated to the proposition that all trains are created equal. Since then, all trains had indeed been equal: so equal that we decided the system should live on…

Indian Railways has announced a long list of holiday special trains for the Diwali and Durga Puja festivals of 2016. This chapter lists those Diwali special trains to run in August, September, October and November 2016 between various stations in Kolkata and destinations in and around North India to Uttar…

Various zones of Indian Railways has announced holiday special trains to be run during the Durga Puja and Diwali/Deepawali holidays of 2016. The trains will be mainly run by South Eastern Railways (SER) headquartered at Kolkata. This chapter concentrates on special trains between Kolkata towards the southern parts of the…

Comprehensive listing of all AC electric goods locomotives (WAG series) of Indian Railways with specifications, statistics, history, etc.