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Detailed explanation-1: -This is an express service where piece-meal stock will reach its destination in a shorter time. The train departed from Delhi Kishanganj for Jirania and it will cover a distance of 2, 673 km from Punjab to Tripura.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station in Anantapur district in AP, carrying a load of 980 metric tonnes of locally grown bananas, To the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, from where the consignment will be exported to Iran.

Detailed explanation-3: -From 1 April 1929 the ‘Grand Trunk’ express commenced operating as two through carriages running between Peshawar in the North Western Railway (British India) and Mangalore in the South Indian Railway.

Detailed explanation-4: -62% its are lies Punjab and the rest in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh. It has 141 stations, including UNESCO World Heritage Kalka Shimla Railway.

Detailed explanation-5: -Howrah–New Delhi Rajdhani Express (also known as Kolkata Rajdhani Express) is a Rajdhani-class train of Indian Railways connects the capital of West Bengal, Cultural Capital of India, capital before the British Kolkata to the National Capital of India, New Delhi through Howrah.