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Blog Entry# 1834322
Posted: May 06 2016 (01:00)

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May 06 2016 (01:00)   17229/Sabari Express (PT) | TVC/Thiruvananthapuram Central (Trivandrum) (5 PFs)
 
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Entry# 1834322            Tags   Past Edits
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But our favorite trains would not...
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOUR FAVORITE TRAIN NAME ??
Let's make a list of train names, their meanings and for what they are named. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE.
#Sabari Express:
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#Sabarmati Express:
#Sachkhand Express:
#Sadbhavana Express:
#Sahyadri Express:
#Saket Express:
#Salasar Express:
#Samaleshwari Express:
#Samarsata Express:
#Samata Express:
#Samjhauta Express:
#Sampark Kranti Express:
#Sampoorna Kranti Express:
#Samudra Kanya Express:
#Sanctuary Express:
#Sangam Express:
#Sanghamitra Express:
#Sangrami Express:
#Sant Kabir Dham Express:
#Sapt Kranti Express:
#Saptagiri Express:
#Saraighat Express:
#Sare Jahan Se Achchha Express:
#Sarnath Express:
#Sarvodaya Express:
#Saryu Express:
#Saryu Yamuna Express:
#Satavahana Express:
#Satyagraha Express:
#Saurashtra Janta Express:
#Saurashtra Mail:
#Sayaji Nagari Express:
#Seemanchal Express:
#Sethu Express:
#Seven Hills Express:
#Sewagram Express:
#Shaan-e-Bhopal Express:
#Shaan-e-Punjab Express:
#Shaheed Express:
#Shaktipunj Express:
#Shalimar Express (NR):
#Shanti Express:
#Shantiniketan Express:
#Sharavati Express:
#Shatabdi Express:
#Sheshadri Express:
#Shipra Express:
#Shivganga Express:
#Shivnath Express:
#Shram Shakti Express:
#Shramik Express:
#Shramjeevi Express:
#Shreedham Express:
#Shri Jagannath Express:
#Shri Shakti Express:
#Siddheshwar Express:
#Siddhganga Express:
#Sikkim Mahananda Express:
#Silambu Express:
#Simhadri Express:
#Simhapuri Express:
#Simlipal Express:
#Sindhu Express:
#Sinhgad Express:
#Sirsa Express:
#Somnath Express:
#Steel Express:
#Suhaildev Express:
#Super Express:
#Suryanagari Express:
#Sushasan Express:
#Sutlej Express:
#Swantarata Senani Express:
#Swaraj Express:
#Swarna Jayanti Express:
#Swarna Rekha Express:

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May 06 2016 (03:04)
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Re# 1834322-1              
Sampoorna Kranti Express named after Jay Prakash Narayans movement to fight agaist corruption. Moreover samporna kranti means Total Revolution
Sampark Kranti means Revolution in connection. It was meant to give connectivity to National Capital with Big cities other than state capital
Sadhbhavna means Harmony
Samjauta means Agreement, runs from Atari to Lahore
Saryu
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Yamuna and Saryu are the names of rivers
Sangam means a place where two or more rivers meet, in its case Ald has a Sangam
Shaan-e-bhopal means pride of Bhopal
Shan-e-punjab means pride of Punjab
SAurashtra is a part of gujarat
Sabarmati is a place of Gujarat, where Mahatma Gandhi was born
Shaheed basically means the person who gave his life to the country
Samata means equality among people
Shivganga itself means Shiva and Ganga, which has strong relation with Bsb
Shramik means workers
Shanti means Peace
Steel Express has significance with Tata .
Swatantrata Senani means freedon fighters
Sushashan Express is basically good governance. It was run to pay tribute to Shri Atal Bihar Vajpayees good governance
Sutlej again means a name of river
Swaraj means my country my government

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May 06 2016 (08:32)
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Siddhaganga express is named after the most popular mutt/ashram in Karnataka, near tumkur.. Headed by 109 yr old Sri Sri Sri shivakumara swamiji.. The mutt provides boarding and education to more than 5000 children from very poor backgrounds:)
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12295/96 sanghamitra exp
Sanghamitra was the name of Emperor Ashoka's daughter played important roles in the spread of Buddhism to other countries.
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