Legend Grand Trunk Express Depart Mancherial, Disappear Into Morning Fog

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Channel: IndianRailways · 2014 · Travel & Events

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WAP7 12615 Chennai New Delhi  Grand Trunk depart Mancherial, disappear into fog. WAG9 Container Freight watch one of the oldest train on Indian Railways. 

#Mancherial, 14 km from Ramagundam is a district HQ in #Telangana State. Previously called Garmilla, is located on banks of Godavari River. A commercial hub of the coal belt area of #Singareni collieries. 

Grand Trunk connects Chennai and New Delhi, covers 2183 km. Belongs to Southern Railway.

The Grand Trunk Express or GT, is one of the oldest and most famous trains in India. When introduced in 1929, the train ran between Peshawar and Mangalore, almost the length of the country and beyond. The GT was one of the longest running trains in the country at that time. The Peshawar to Mangalore run took about 104 hrs in all. Later this service was changed to Lahore Mettupalayam.

From 1930 started running between Delhi and Madras. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the train used to run with a completely air-conditioned rake on two days of the week.

Route / Junctions - Basin Bridge, Gudur, Tenali, Krishna Canal, Vijayawada, Dornakal, Peddapalli, Balharshah, Tadali, Majri, Sewagram, Nagpur, Narkher, Amla, Itarsi, Bhopal, Bina, Agasod, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Gwalior, Birlanagar, Dholpur, Agra, Mathura, New Delhi.

Grand Trunk Honks Rips Kazipet Balharshah Passenger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwd_ogzTXzc

Grand Trunk Whistles Ramagundam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXZMpltpJ5c

Grand Trunk Playlist - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6DDDC8E32CEFD2BA

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