Train through desert : WDP4 agressive show with Marudhar Expess
One of the important trains connecting Varanasi (BSB) and Jodhpur (JU), Marudhar Express silently blasts past the rough desert surroundings of Bindyaka. According to the villagers, the desert of Rajasthan starts from here and the sand builds up as we move further west.
Train : 14863 Varanasi Jodhpur Marudhar Express
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Location : Bindyaka, Rajasthan, NWR
Date : 24/12/2014
The 14853 / 54 / 63 / 64 / 65 / 66 Jodhpur Varanasi Marudhar (मरुधर) Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - North Western Railway zone that runs between Jodhpur Junction & Varanasi Junction in India.It operates as train number 14854 / 64 / 66 from Jodhpur Junction to Varanasi Junction and as train number 14853 / 63 / 65 in the reverse direction serving the states of Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan.
Loco links for 14854 / 53 / 66 / 65 Jodhpur Varanasi Marudhar Express via Faizabad Junction & Rae Bareli Junction : a Bhagat Ki Kothi based WDP 4 locomotive hauls the train from Jodhpur Junction upto Agra Fort handing over to a Ghaziabad based WAP 4 or WAP 7 locomotive until Lucknow NR following which a Lucknow based WDM 3A locomotive powers the train for the remainder of the journey.
Loco links for 14864 / 63 Jodhpur Varanasi Marudhar Express via Sultanpur : a Bhagat Ki Kothi based WDP 4 locomotive hauls the train from Jodhpur Junction upto Agra Fort handing over to a Ghaziabad based WAP 4 or WAP 7 locomotive which powers the train for the remainder of the journey.
The word Marudhar translates as Master of Air.
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