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Categorization of Indian Railway stations by commercial importance. Indian Railways classifies its railway stations based on commercial and strategic importance under various categories in order to ascertain, plan and provide minimum essential amenities for passengers using them. [ 1] While the primary criteria for determining the importance of ...
Indian Railways is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. As of 2023, it manages the fourth largest national railway system by size with a track length of 132,310 km (82,210 mi), running track length of 106,493 km (66,172 mi) and route length of ...
Varanasi Junction railway station. / 25.32694°N 82.98639°E / 25.32694; 82.98639. Varanasi Junction railway station (station code: BSB ), also known as Varanasi Cantt railway station, is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi. The other key railway stations in Varanasi Metro area are Banaras, Varanasi City, Kashi and ...
Executed. Signature. Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 [ 1] – 23 March 1931) was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary, [ 3] who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 [ 4] in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. [ 5] He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing ...
Gorakhpur Junction railway station (station code: GKP) is located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It has the world's second longest railway platform after Hubballi Junction railway station [ 2] in Karnataka. It serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway, part of Indian Railways.
In most maritime traditions ships have individual names, and modern ships may belong to a ship class often named after its first ship. In many documents the ship name is introduced with a ship prefix being an abbreviation of the ship class, for example "MS" (motor ship) or "SV" (sailing vessel), making it easier to distinguish a ship name from ...
Amritsar ( Punjabi pronunciation: [əmːˈɾɪtsəɾ] ⓘ, ISO: Amr̥tasara ), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, [ 5][ 6] is the second- largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha region of Punjab.
It is the busiest junction station in South Eastern Railway Zone after Howrah. Hence, it is termed as Gateway to South Eastern Railway. It is one of the fifty highest railway reservation in India. It is a junction which connects Howrah to Mumbai, Chennai, Adra/Purulia and New Delhi via Tatanagar as well. It also connects Bhubaneshwar to New Delhi.