(Note: Special Thanks to Sparsh Sharma** Sir for some inputs on regions and rivers)
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#Name: The word Bagh means Garden or Park. Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest National Park of India established in 1836, in Ramnagar District of Uttarakhand. The Park is very popular with tourists, both National and International alike and is a hotspot for tourism in Uttarakhand being home to a variety of flora and fauna. The nearest railhead to the Park is at Kathgodam, which is also a gateway to many other hill stations and tourist places in Uttarakhand, viz. Nainital, Ramgarh, Mukteshwar, Ranikhet, Almora and Kausani. Since the train connects Howrah with Kathgodam, it is named as Bagh Express as an accolade to the Jim Corbett National Park.
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#Regions (Physical): The Indo-Gangetic Plains, Chhota Nagpur Plateau, Gurpa-Gujhandi Ghats, A part of the Terai Plains, Awadh Plains, Himalayan Region (Kumaon Hills)
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#Regions of State: Rarh region, Santhal Pargana, Chhota Nagpur, Purvanchal, Tirhut, Saran, Rohilkhand, Awadh, Kumaon Hills.
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#Zone,
#Division: The train belongs to
#ER Zone, Howrah Division. The train passes through the following divisions:
#ER –Howrah, Asansol;
#ECR – Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur;
#NER – Varanasi, Lucknow, Izzatnagar;
#NR - Moradabad
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#Route:
Howrah – Delhi Main line from Howrah to Lakhisarai
Lakhisarai – Barauni Line
Barauni-Gorakhpur line (the southernmost of three lines originating from Barauni, the other two being to Raxaul and Jaynagar) via Muzaffarpur, Sonpur, Chhapra
Gorakhpur – Lucknow Jn Main Line
Lucknow – Bareilly Line
Bareilly-Lalkuan-Kathgodam Line
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#Halts,
#States: Serves 5 States – West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The train halts at 63 intermediate stations, the statewise breakup as follows: WB-7, JH-3, BR-31, UP-18, UK-4
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#Soils: It crosses through region having Black, Red and Alluvial Soil
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#Rivers: Hooghly, Damodar, Kiul, Ganga, Gandak, Ghagara, Rapti, Gomti
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#Languages: It passes through the regions speaking Bengali, Santhali, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Hindi & Urdu
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#Speed: Highest average speed: 85 kmph between Chittaranjan & Madhupur;
Lowest average speed: 8 kmph between Badshahnagar and Lucknow Jn
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#Base: Howrah Jn
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Photo Credits:
Pic-1: Train Board: (
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Pic-2: Howrah Station: (
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Pic-4: Kathgodam Station: (
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Pic-5: Nainital (
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Pic-6: Tiger in Corbett Tiger Reserve (
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