Odisha to Amarkantak plateau in Chhattisgarh with parts of AP to the bank of river Damodar. Utkal is ancient name of Odisha. Since the present day train is substitute of two old trains ie Kalinga and Utkal, it is named as Kalinga Utkal express also it cover ancient time Kalinga region.
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#Rivers: It crosses 8 major rivers
enroute viz Mahanadi, Brahmani(twice), Son, Ken, Betwa, Sind, Chambal and Yamuna.
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#Zones: It serves 6 zones
having halt as ECoR 7, SER 18, SECR 21, WCR 6, NCR 11, NR 9.
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#States: 10states serving stn as OR: 18, WB 1, JH 8, CH: 11, MP 18, UP 11, HR 1, RJ 1, DL 1, UK 2.
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#Speed: MAX: 80kmph between 1. CKP GOL 2.LAR BAB 3. BPH RIG
MIN: 18kmph BNDM ROU.
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#Region: It connects
very imp and unique of its kind regions connecting Odiya, Bengali, Hindi speaking regions.
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#Route: 1. BBS to KGP: Mas Hwh trunk route.
2. KGP to BSP: Hwh Cstm trunk route.
3. BSP to BINA: Major and imp Bsp kte Ndls route.
4. BINA to NZM: Mas Ndls trunk route.
5. NZM to HW: An important Ndls Ddn route