Jodhpur is Rajasthan’s second million-plus population city. Earlier the capital of the princely kingdom of Marwar, Jodhpur is now a top tourist center with its forts, palaces and the backdrop of the Thar Desert. Called Blue City because of the blue houses in the vicinity of Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur is also the Sun City because of its year-round sunny weather.

Jodhpur Railway Station is North Western Railway’s divisional headquarters. It is connected with many cities in the country by train routes such as Jaipur, Delhi, Mumbai, Alwar, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum, Kota, Pune, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Bareilly, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Indore, Dhanbad, Nagpur, Lucknow, Guwahati and Gwalior.  Jodhpur is among the top hundred booking stations of the Department of Railways.

The first train from Jodhpur Railway Station left for Luni as far back 1885. The New Jodhpur Railway merged with Bikaner Railway to form Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway in 1889. The rail projects were financed by the princely houses of Jodhpur and Bikaner. The construction of the Jodhpur-Bikaner railway line was completed in 1891. It was connected with Hyderabad, Sindh in 1900. Jodhpur- Bikaner Railway was merged with Western Railway in 1951. North Western Railway zone was carved out in 2002 from Western Railway and Northern Railway.

The Jodhpur Railway Station has five platforms and six tracks. It has a parking facility. The station is now being used every day by around 156000 passengers.  The main Jodhpur station (station code JU) is getting congested. So the nearby suburban station, Bhagat ki Kothi (station code BGKT), is being developed now to release the pressure on Jodhpur station. Bhagat ki Kothi will serve as the second main station for passenger trains.

There are eight suburban railway stations in Jodhpur. They are Raikabagh Palace Junction(2 km from Jodhpur), Bhagat Ki Kothi (3 km), Mahamandir (5 km), Basani (6 km), Jodhpur Cantonment (8 km), Mandor (10 km), Banar (14 km) and Salawas (16 km).

Facilities at Jodhpur station

The Jodhpur Railway Station has the wheelchair facility for disabled passengers. It can be asked for by making a phone call and can also be booked through the website. It would be confirmed through an SMS. Retiring room facility can b availed on payment of prescribed charges for bonafide passengers at Jodhpur. The station has retiring rooms, AC rooms, and a dormitory. The station also has computerized reservation, computerized unreserved ticket counters, waiting rooms, tourist information centre, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms, book stall, tea stalls, STD and PCO booths, and the Government Railway Police office.

The main trains originating from Jodhpur Railway Station include Jodhpur-Indore Ranthambore Express, Jodhpur-Delhi Mandore Express, Jodhpur-Mumbai Suryanagri Express, Jodhpur-Lucknow Marudhar Express, and Jodhpur-Howrah Howrah Superfast. As many as 106 trains operate from the two stations at present.

Luxury trains ‘Palace on Wheels’ and ‘Royal Rajasthan on Wheels’ bring the real experience of the magnificence and royal opulence of Rajasthan to the passengers.  Jodhpur is one of the major destinations of both of the trains. These trains are run jointly by the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation and the Railways.

Bhagat Ki Kothi

Bhagat Ki Kothi Railway Station has a large diesel loco shed for all types of the WDP 4 locos. These are used to power trains like Mandore express, Marudhar express, Ashram Express, Jaipur Duronto and Howrah Jodhpur Express. Some of the important trains that run from Bhagat Ki Kothi are Thar Link Express, Bangalore Express, Ranikhet Express, Bandra Express and Mannargudi Express.

Restaurants near Railway Station

Some of the restaurants near station are-

• Midtown Ac Veg Restaurant
• Hotel Priya & Restaurant
• Janta restaurant
• Ram Bhojanalya

 Food Delicacies of Jodhpur

Though Jodhpur has many of its own culinary specialties, it also serves foods of every cuisine from Indian to Mughlai to Chinese to Continental. But the famous Kachori is Jodhpur’s very own special dish, which is eaten with chutney. Then it has various types of laddoos and most people can’t stop eating them.  And there is the alluring big glass of lassi. Don’t miss makhaniya lassi, mawa kachori, pyaaz Kachori, Dal bati churma, hot and spicy mirchi bada, mirchi ka kutaa, lasan ki chutney, gatte ki sabzi and lapsi and Panchkuta.  Panchkuta is also called ker sangri sabzi and has the five ingredients of sangri, ker, kumatiya, dried goonda and dried red chilies. The Jodhpur style is to begin with sweets and then proceed to other foods.  Some popular Jodhpur sweets are mave ki Kachori, besan ki chaaki, and maakhan vade, ras malai, malpua, ghevar, motichur ke laddu, and thorr.

Everyday Indian railways serve millions of people by taking them to their destinations all over the country. People use Indian Railways both for daily and long distance travels. Indian Railways act as the lifeline of the country as it carries millions of tonnes of freight every year at very reasonable fares.

Cochin, or commonly known as Kochi, is a major cost city situated in Ernakulam district of Kerala in India. It is classified as a tier II city by the central government and is the most densely populated city of Kerala. Railways play an important role in the life of people of Cochin and Cochin has many railway stations serving the state. Cochin is a port city and is a premium centre of import and export to and from India. For this reason, Cochin needs a very good infrastructure of transportation to all the parts of the country.

The major railway stations in Cochin City are Ernakulam Junction (ERS), Ernakulam Town (ERN), Edappally Railway station (IPL), Aluva (AWY).

Ernakulam Junction

Ernakulam Junction or ERS is also known as south station and is the main and largest station of Cochin City. There are six platforms in this station along with two terminals that are the main entry and eastern entry. The Junction has four lines from four directions meeting at this point. These four lines come from Shormur in North, Alappuzha in South, Willingdonn Island in South-west and Kottayam in East.

The Ernakulam Junction comes under the Southern Zone of Indian Railways and is controlled by Thiruvananthapuram Railway division. It is an A1 grade station of Southern Railways and there are around 128 trains either originating or terminating or passing from this station to other cities of India. It was the first station in Kerala to include an escalator in 2013. The major facilities at Ernakulam station are:

• Escalator subway and elevator
• Passenger Waiting Hall
• Integrated Surveillance Post by Excise & Commercial Taxes Department
• Railway Protection Force
• Cyber Cafe
• Online Reservation counters
• Parcel Booking Office
• Railway Mailing service (RMS) office
• IRCTC Restaurants
• Pre-Paid Parking space
• Pre-Paid Auto-rickshaw counters
• ATM
• Foot Over Bridge

Ernakulam Junction also has a Diesel loco shed, which is the only loco shed in the entire state of Kerala. It was set up in 1982 and works with around 54 diesel locomotives per month.

Ernakulam Town Railway Station

Ernakulam Town Railway Station or ERN, built in 1890, is also known as Ernakulam North and is one of the three major railway stations serving the city of Cochin. It has six platforms and four tracks for handling a large number of express and local passenger trains.

It is located in the northern part of the Cochin city and serves as a major stoppage for trains that are mainly headed towards Kottayam. This railway station provides convenience to the passengers that are travelling to and from the northern parts of Cochin City.

The major facilities that are provided at this station are:

• Computerised Unreserved Ticket Counter
• Pre Paid Auto
• Computerised Reservation Ticket Counter
• Subways, Escalator and Foot Over-bridge

There are around 33 trains that pass through Ernakulam North Railway Station.

Aluva Railway station

Aluva Railway Station or AWY is another major railway station in Cochin City and is the second busiest station in Kerala handling more than 30,000 passengers per day. It is an A grade station of Indian Railways, which fall sunder Thiruvananthapuram railway division.

Aluva railway station serves as an important halting point for many stations coming from different parts of the country. It is a convenient option for people who are travelling to and from Cochin International Airport. This railway station proves to be very helpful in reduction of congestion from Ernakulam north and Ernakulam south railway stations.

There are three platforms at Aluva railway station, which handle long distance and local passenger trains and one platform at this station is dedicated to cargo trains. There are around 53 express trains and 9 passenger trains that pass through Aluva station daily.

These are three major stations of the Cochin city, which serve as the lifeline of the city and are contributing greatly in the rapid growth and development of the city.

In India, railways are the lifeline of the nation. With a route network of rails of around 36,500 miles, Indian Railways is the among world’s largest rail networks. It is not only the best way of transportation for people but is also the cheapest and most convenient way of transporting goods to long distance.

Coimbatore is a major district in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India and is also known locally as Kovai. Coimbatore is a very rapidly developing tier II city of India with various industries such as Information and technology, health care and textile developing at a high rate in this city. Due to such a large number of industries, it needs a good infrastructure and a vast network of railways and railway stations.

The district of Coimbatore has one main station which is known as Coimbatore main or Coimbatore junction. It also has other suburban stations serving at Coimbatore namely Coimbatore North Junction (CBF), Podnar Junction (PTJ), Irugur Junction (IGU), Singanallur Junction (SHI), Peelamedu (PLMD), Sulur (SUU), and Somanur (SNO).

Railway stations in Coimbatore

Coimbatore Junction

Coimbatore junction or Coimbatore main is the primary railway station of the district and is one of the major railway stations in Southern India. After Chennai central, Coimbatore main is the second busiest and second largest revenue generating railway station of Tamil Nadu state. It is graded A1 railway station in Southern Railway Zone of Indian railways. This railway station also falls under the jurisdiction of Salem railway division. According to the records of Indian railways, it is one of the topmost booking stations in India.

Podanur Junction

Podanur Junction, located in Podanur, is the oldest and was the first railway station in Coimbatore. There are three platforms at the station and four routes branch off in 4 different directions. These routes are towards Irugur, towards Pollachi, towards Coimbatore Junction and towards Pakkad. This station handles both local trains and long distance trains from all over the country. This station comes under the command of Southern Railway Zone of Indian railway network. The railway division under which this station comes is the Salem Railway Division. The Podanur is the most important station in Coimbatore as it has trains for every part of India departing from here. It is one of the A graded railway stations in Southern Railway Zone. Once the work of Podanur – Dindigul gauge conversion will be over, many trains will operate from Podanur Junction and will be serving as a satellite railway station for city junction.

Coimbatore North Junction

Coimbatore North Junction or CBF is another railway station located in the city of Coimbatore. It is built as a relief station for Coimbatore main and is still under construction. Plans are to make 2 more platforms with approach roads being repaired. The main motive of building this station is to decrease the pressure on the Coimbatore main railway station by making more trains to stop here. From this railway station, the railway lines for Ooty and Mettupalayam branch off. Modernisation of this station is under process with the inclusion of retiring rooms, waiting rooms, refreshment stalls, a better concourse, and more pit and stabling lines.

Irugur Railway station

Irugur Railway station is situated in Irugur suburb of Coimbatore city. The railway station of this city connects to the Coimbatore Airport. The elevation of this railway station from the sea level is 343 meters and also acts as a connecting station for Coimbatore main and Coimbatore north Junction. It does not host many long distance trains but is a major stoppage for many local trains and is an important way of transportation for most of the people on a daily basis.

Restaurants near Railway Station

If you want to taste the essence of the delicious cuisine of Coimbatore, then the restaurants near Coimbatore railway stations are the best way to do that. Some of the restaurants where you can enjoy the special cuisine of Coimbatore (both Veg and Non-Veg) are

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Food Delicacies of Coimbatore

You can enjoy traditional South-Indian such as Dosa, Idly, Vada Sambhar, Rice, Payassassam, and Sweet Pongal among others with filter coffee being the specialty of South Indian Cuisine. Besides these, one can get savour delicacies of North-Indian, Continental and Chinese.

Indian Railways is among one of the world’s widest rail networks with over 36,500 miles of railway and is connected through a vast network of around 8000 thousand railway stations which carry tonnes of goods and millions of people to their destinations every day. Indian Railways is an enterprise owned by the government of India and is operated through the Ministry of Railways.

Allahabad is a major district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in North India and is famous for its rivers and its Mahakumbh. The three major rivers of India – Ganges, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati meet here in Allahabad. The point at which these three rivers meet is called Sangam and holds a holy place in Hindu religion.

Allahabad Railway Station

Allahabad railway station is situated in the city of Allahabad in the Allahabad district and has an elevation of 316 m above the sea level. It is one of the major stations on the Howrah-Delhi line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai lines. Allahabad station has many important trains passing through it and every train that is coming from east and is going to south has to pass this station.

The Allahabad railway station is one of the oldest railway stations of Indian railways and was constructed in mid-nineteenth century by the East India Company during the construction of Howrah-Mughalsarai Line. The first train that ran from Allahabad station was between Kanpur and Allahabad station in 1859. The first train that ran from Howrah to Delhi and passed Allahabad station was in 1864. Before the construction of Naini Bridge in 1865, the coaches used to be ferried in boats across Yamuna. The Allahabad was not linked with the regions beyond Ganges in the past, but with the construction of Curzon Bridge in 1903, all those regions were accessible from Allahabad through railways.

Around thirteen trains originate from this station for other parts of the country and around thirty trains have Allahabad as a major stoppage in their route.  Allahabad is among top hundred booking stations of Indian railways. There are two main entrances for the station that are city side to the south and civil lines side to the north. During the time of Mahakumbh, railway administration makes special arrangements of security and other amenities to handle such a huge number of people visiting the city in that short period of time.

When it comes to amenities provided at the Allahabad railway station, it has 9 double bedded Non AC retiring rooms, 3 double bedded Air conditioned retiring rooms and a 20 bedded dormitory.

There are many famous restaurants near the Allahabad junction railway station where you can enjoy delicious food and refreshment during your journey or on your arrival to Allahabad. Some of the famous restaurants near Allahabad railway station are:

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Prayag Railway station

Parayag railway station (PRG) is located at the Prayag Ghat, the meeting point of Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati. The Prayag railway station is at a distance of six kilometres from Allahabad junction and hosts local trains and passenger trains coming to and from Allahabad junction to Prayag. This railway station has unreserved ticket counter and three platforms, but it does not have the facility of a reservation counter.

Rambagh City station

Allahabad city railway station or Rambagh city station is situated in the city of Allahabad and host thousands of passengers every day. Bengal and North Western Railway constructed the Varanasi-Allahabad City (Rambagh) line as a metre gauge line from 1899-1913 and was converted to broad gauge in the year 1993-94.The Rambagh city station has self reservation counter, which was started in the year 2013 and is very helpful for people in reservation of tickets.

To enjoy great food near Rambagh Railway station, you can go to Shri Krishna Shakahari Bhojanalaya, 184/A, Bai Ka Bagh, which serves great food and beverages.

Daraganj Railway station

Daraganj is another major suburb of Allahabad and is a landmark of this city. Daraganj railway station is located at a distance of 5 Km from Allahabad junction and is a major railway station for local trains and passenger trains. Parayag Ghat railway station also comes under Daraganj suburbs.

The Ghaziabad city, a district place in Uttar Pradesh, is a part of Delhi’s National Capital Region. The neatly-planned industrial city has a good road and railway network.  The Hindon river passes through the city dividing it in Trans-Hindon and Cis-Hindon. It is western Uttar Pradesh’s top commercial, industrial and educational center, but it is also a city of high crime rate and a highly polluted city.

Ghaziabad Railway Station (station code GZB) is a junction of the Northern Railway on the Howrah-Delhi main line with several lines passing through the city. The main railway station is at the city center, but the city has several other railway stations. These are New Ghaziabad Railway Station (station code GZN), Sahibabad Railway Station (station code SBB), Mahrauli Railway Station (station code MFH), Adhyatmik Nagar Halt Railway Station (station code AKNR) and Guldhar Railway Station (station code GUH).

There are regular local electric train services to various stations in the National Capital Region from Ghaziabad. Ghaziabad is just 27.5 from km New Delhi Railway Station, 25.1 km from Old Delhi Railway Station, 28.9 km from Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station and 18 km from Anand Vihar. Ghaziabad is linked with Delhi and other cities like Meerut, Aligarh, Faridabad, Palwal, Mathura, Allahabad, Indore, and Ujjain by regular train services. The station has six platforms.

The amenities available for train passengers at Ghaziabad Railway Station include water coolers providing safe drinking water, waiting rooms, and refreshment rooms serving vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, computerized reservation, book stall, and telephone booths.

The electric loco shed at Ghaziabad serves the Delhi region. It is a maintenance hub for the country’s fastest locomotives, which are mostly deployed for running the Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto express trains.

Electrification of lines

The electrification of the Tundla-Aligarh-Ghaziabad sector was achieved 1975-76. The Ghaziabad-Nizamuddin-New Delhi-Delhi sector followed suit in 1976-77. The ongoing electrification work on the 140-km Ghaziabad-Moradabad line is scheduled to be completed by 2015. The electrification work on the 254-km Khurja-Meerut-Saharanpur line, including the Ghaziabad-Meerut link, has been completed.

The East Indian Railway Company introduced its train services on the Howrah-Delhi line as far back as 1866. The Meerut and-Delhi railway line stretch was built in 1864. The Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway’s 483-kilometre Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line was completed in 1870. It connected Multan (in Pakistan now) and Delhi. The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway commissioned the Ghaziabad-Moradabad link in 1900.

Sahibabad Railway Station

Sahibabad Railway Station is used mostly by residents along the GT Road. A large section of the population commutes by Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) trains to Delhi, Meerut, Hapur and Ghaziabad.

Vaishali Ghaziabad Metro station

Many areas of Ghaziabad already have access to Delhi Metro services. The Delhi Metro authorities, Uttar Pradesh government and Ghaziabad civic authorities have already signed agreements to extend the Metro services further. The work has already begun and expected to be completed in 2017.

The Delhi Metro reaches Dilshad Garden station at present.  This line will be extended to Old Bus Stand, Ghaziabad by 2016-17. Vaishali in Ghaziabad is an elevated metro station on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line and is a very busy station.  It was opened for passengers in 2011 and serves the area around it and Vasundhara and Indirapuram.  It provides parking facility for two-wheelers and cars. Commuters from Vaishali, Indirapuram, Vasundhara and Sahibabad use this station every day. The Metro service boosted the realty rates in the region.

Kaushambi Ghaziabad Metro station

Kaushambi in Ghaziabad is an elevated metro station on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line. It was opened in 2011 and has parking facility for the commuters in the area.

Restaurants near railway stations in Ghaziabad

The following are some of the restaurants in Ghaziabad: Walk In The Woods, Pind Balluchi, The Terrace and Rajdhani Thali Restaurant (all in Vaishali area).

Nazeer  Foods, Urban Punjab, Sir John Bakery Café, Fryday Fever, Cinnamon Kitchen, Mystery of Food, The Chinese Hut, Haandi Pure Veg,  Rasoi Deliver,  9 Mars Lounge,  Hutkar Burger and Ice Creams, Deepanshu Restaurant, KFC,  Tunday Kababi, Bakes N Cakes,  Biryaan, McDonald’s,  and Chawla’s (all in  Indirapuram area), Bikanervala and Black Lounge Bar (both in Sahibabad area), and Maini’s Green Leaf, Chillum, and Shree Rathnam (all in Kaushambi  area).

Food delicacies from Ghaziabad

Being a cosmopolitan culture of the city, the food habits are pretty similar to Northern India especially Delhi.  The city’s traditional cuisines are highly influenced by Mughlai means of cooking because of Mughal rule. It is also famous for Nawabi Cuisines due to influence of people moving in from Lucknow. You can find a variety of food such as Chats, Pakoras, Samosas, and regional food such as Rajasthani, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali besides Italian, Continental, and Chinese.