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Grand Trunk Express, the Glossary

The 12615 / 12616 Grand Trunk Express (commonly called G.T. or G.T. Express) is a daily Superfast Express train on Indian Railways, running between and Chennai Central.^[1]

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Railway services introduced in 1929

Andaman Express

The 16031 / 16032 Andaman Express is a long-distance express train in India, connecting the cities of Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. Grand Trunk Express and Andaman Express are express trains in India, named passenger trains of India, rail transport in Delhi, rail transport in Haryana, rail transport in Madhya Pradesh, rail transport in Tamil Nadu, rail transport in Telangana, rail transport in Uttar Pradesh and transport in Chennai.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.

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Asifabad, Telangana

Asifabad is a census town and the district headquarters of Kumuram Bheem district in the Indian state of Telangana.

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Bathinda

Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chennai Central railway station

Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central)(station code: MAS), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.

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Dakshin Express

The 12721 / 12722 Dakshin Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. Grand Trunk Express and Dakshin Express are express trains in India, named passenger trains of India, rail transport in Andhra Pradesh, rail transport in Delhi, rail transport in Haryana, rail transport in Madhya Pradesh, rail transport in Telangana, rail transport in Uttar Pradesh and transport in Delhi.

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Daund

Daund is a city, municipal council, and headquarters of the Daund tehsil in the Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

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Delhi

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.

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Electric Loco Shed, Erode

Electric Loco Shed, Erode is one of the premiere engine sheds located in Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Grand Trunk Express and Electric Loco Shed, Erode are rail transport in Tamil Nadu.

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Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram

Electric Loco Shed, Royapuram is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Royapuram on the Chennai Beach–Katpadi section of the Chennai Suburban Railway network in Chennai, India.

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Express trains in India

India has a system of express trains, operated by Indian Railways which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Railways of Government of India.

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Firozpur

Firozpur, (pronunciation: fɪroːzpʊr) also known as Ferozepur, is a city on the banks of the Sutlej River in Firozpur District, Punjab, India.

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Ganga Kaveri Express

The 12669 / 12670 Ganga Kaveri Express is a bi-weekly Express train service operated by Indian Railways, connecting Chennai in Southern India to Chhapra in Bihar. Grand Trunk Express and Ganga Kaveri Express are express trains in India, named passenger trains of India, rail transport in Andhra Pradesh, rail transport in Madhya Pradesh, rail transport in Tamil Nadu, rail transport in Telangana, rail transport in Uttar Pradesh and transport in Chennai.

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Golden Temple Mail

The 12903 / 12904 Golden Temple Mail is a mail train belonging to Indian Railways that runs daily between (MMCT) in Maharashtra and (ASR) in Punjab. Grand Trunk Express and Golden Temple Mail are rail transport in Delhi, rail transport in Haryana, rail transport in Madhya Pradesh, rail transport in Rajasthan and rail transport in Uttar Pradesh.

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Great Indian Peninsula Railway

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (reporting mark GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway (and by extension, the current state-owned Indian Railways), whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai (later, the Victoria Terminus and presently the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus).

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Haryana

Haryana (ISO: Hariyāṇā) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country.

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Himsagar Express

The 16317 / 16318 Himsagar Express is a weekly Express train of the Indian Railways running between India's southern most operational railway station of Kanyakumari to India's Northern Most Operational and connected railway station(as of March 2024) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. Grand Trunk Express and Himsagar Express are express trains in India, named passenger trains of India, rail transport in Andhra Pradesh, rail transport in Delhi, rail transport in Haryana, rail transport in Madhya Pradesh, rail transport in Rajasthan, rail transport in Tamil Nadu and rail transport in Telangana.

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Howrah–Chennai main line

The Howrah–Chennai main line is a railway line connecting Chennai and Kolkata cutting across Eastern Coastal Plains of India. Grand Trunk Express and Howrah–Chennai main line are rail transport in Andhra Pradesh and rail transport in Tamil Nadu.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

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Indian locomotive class WAP-4

The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways.

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Indian locomotive class WAP-7

The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways.

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Indian Railways

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.

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Indian Railways coaching stock

Indian Railways coaching stock consists of various travel class passenger coaches, freight wagons apart from specialized and dedicated coaching stock for other uses.

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Itarsi

Itarsi is a city and municipality in Narmadapuram in Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Kannur

Kannur, formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India.

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Karnataka

Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.

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Kazipet

Kazipet is the major educational and transport hub in Hanumakonda district in the Indian state of Telangana.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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Kerala Express

The 12625 / 12626 Kerala Express is a daily superfast express train of the Indian Railways that runs between and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala state. Grand Trunk Express and Kerala Express are express trains in India, named passenger trains of India and rail transport in Delhi.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خېبر پښتونخوا; Hindko and,; abbr. KP), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Lahore

Lahore (لہور; لاہور) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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LHB coach

Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coach is a passenger coach of Indian Railways that is developed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch of Germany and produced by rail coach manufacturing units at Kapurthala, Chennai and Raebareli.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (meaning 'central province') is a state in central India.

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Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway was a railway company that operated in southern India. Grand Trunk Express and Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway are rail transport in Tamil Nadu.

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Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Mangalore

Mangalore, officially known as Mangalururomanized: Maikala)-->, is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 14 km north of Karnataka–Kerala border and 297 km south of Goa.

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Mangalore Central railway station

Mangalore Central railway station (officially Mangaluru Central railway station)(station code: MAQ) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.

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Manmad

Manmad (mənmaːɖ) is a town in Nashik district in Maharashtra, India.

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Mettupalayam, Coimbatore

Mettupalayam is a municipality town and Taluk headquarters of Mettupalayam Taluk in the Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a suburb of Coimbatore.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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New Delhi

New Delhi (ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

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Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway

Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (NGSR) was a railway company operating in India from 1883 to 1950. The company began with a line built privately by the HEH, the Nizam, which was owned and operated by the company under a guarantee from the Hyderabad State. Capital for the line was raised by issuing redeemable mortgage debentures.

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North Western State Railway

The North Western State Railway (NWSR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway, the Punjab Northern State Railway, the eastern section of the Sind–Sagar Railway and the southern section of the Sind–Pishin State Railway and the Kandahar State Railway.

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North-West Frontier Province

The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت) was a province of British India from 1901 to 1947, of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, and of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan from 1970 to 2010.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Peshawar

Peshawar (پېښور; پشور;; پشاور) is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census.

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Rajasthan

Rajasthan (lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India.

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South Indian Railway Company

The South Indian Railway Company operated a number of gauge lines in South India from 1874 to 1951. Grand Trunk Express and South Indian Railway Company are rail transport in Tamil Nadu and transport in Chennai.

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Southern Railway zone

Southern Railway (SR) is one of the eighteen zones of Indian Railways. Grand Trunk Express and Southern Railway zone are rail transport in Tamil Nadu.

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Tambaram

Tambaram is a city located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.

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Tambaram railway station

Tambaram railway station (station code: TBM) is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Telangana

Telangana (ISO) is a state in India situated in the southern-central part of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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Thirukkural Express

The 12641 / 12642 Thirukkural Express is a superfast express train in India, running between Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu which is the southernmost tip of the Indian Subcontinent, and in New Delhi. Grand Trunk Express and Thirukkural Express are express trains in India, named passenger trains of India, rail transport in Andhra Pradesh, rail transport in Delhi, rail transport in Madhya Pradesh, rail transport in Tamil Nadu, rail transport in Uttar Pradesh and transport in Delhi.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Express

Also known as The Grand Trunk Express, The GrandTrunk(GT) Express.

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Grand Trunk Express, the Glossary

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