World Tourism Day: 27 September 2024

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#Jamalpur_Workshop
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Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop that came into being in 1862 is a must visit destination in the city. Here you can get glimpses of the rich history of India railways. Further you can also find many heritage locomotive engines in and around the workshop. The workshop is operating even today and is making valuable contribution to Indian railways.

#Jamalpur_Gymkhana

Jamalpur gymkhana is a graded hostel for the special class Railway Apprentices of Indian Railways. It is a technical school which was established in the year 1888. It was established adjacent to the Jamalpur workshop. Short term courses are conducted by the IRIMEE for the IRSME Officers. Like any other Gymkhana, the Jamalpur Gymkhana is also a club. The only difference is the limitation of membership for the trainee officers or the special class railway apprentices.

#JSA_Stadium_and_Golf_Course

JSA Stadium is one of the best maintained stadiums in the state. A number of football matches have been held between different teams in the eastern region over the last century.The Jamalpur golf course is one of the oldest golf courses in India which was established in 1912. The annual ITC Golf tournament is also held in the Jamalpur golf course. There is also the grave of an Englishman killed by a tiger found in this golf course and nearby is the grave of the tiger which killed him.

#Kali_Pahadi

Out of the several places of interest in Jamalpur, Kali Pahadi is the most famous one. It is a small hill which servers to be a major picnic spot for the tourists and as well as the local visitors. There is a temple on top of the hill which is dedicated to Goddess Kali. It is also one of those places where the Guru of Ananda Marga, who is known as ‘Baba’ used to mediate.

#Madras_Coffee_House

Madras Coffee House is a very popular hotel in Jamalpur especially among the tourists. This was initially a tiny shop selling sweet meats which was about half a century old. Now, with a view to cater the culinary needs of the south India people, the Madras Coffee House is very famous. This place even though famous does not have much to describe about. It is almost like a restaurant with small accommodation for not more than two people and a tiny telephone booth.

#Pir_Baba

This name of the city of Jamalpur comes from Pir Jamaluddin as his grave lies at this place and it is considered as an honor to pay an obeisance at this holy place on Golf Road, especially on Fridays.

#Death_Valley

Death Valley is named so for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because of its formerly dense jungle frequented by many dangerous animals and secondly it is known that a group of soldiers had disappeared in that area long before. There was no trace of any of the soldiers. Apart from that the nature around this place is very beautiful. It is also said that ‘Baba’ spent most of his time in that particular place especially under the Tamarind Tree. This place would be like heaven for spiritual practitioners for some peaceful meditation.

→ HOW TO REACH JAMALPUR:

#Airport

Jamalpur does not enjoys airport connectivity. Patna Airport which is is about nearest 134 km far from Jamalpur. Another one that is Gaya Airport is 163 km away from Jamalpur. 

#Road

Jamalpur has limited road network compared to its rail network but is connected to all the local highways. The National Highway 80 passes proximal 500m to the city and connects to Patna the state capital of Bihar.

#Railway

From North India, one can find trains to Jamalpur Junction. Train Recommendation: Vikramshila, Rajdhani etc.

From South India, one can find trains to Jamalpur Junction. Train Recommendation: Anga Express, Mumbai LTT - Bhagalpur SF Express etc

From West India, one can find trains to both Jamalpur Junction and Munger station. Train Recommendation: Surat - Bhagalpur SF for Jamalpur ; Gandhidham - Bhagalpur for Munger etc.

From East India, one can find trains to Jamalpur Junction from Howrah. Both local and passenger train available. Train Recommendation: Howrah - Jamalpur Super Express, Howrah - Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express till Bhagalpur(50 Kms from JMP)

From North East India, one can find trains to both Jamalpur and Munger stations. Train Recommendation: Brahmaputra Mail and Agartala Tejas Rajdhani for Jamalpur Jn ; Agartala - Deoghar Express and Dibrugarh - Deoghar Express for Munger station.

→ WHERE TO STAY AT JAMALPUR:

New Bombay Hotel
Hotel Ray and Son's Residency
White House Residency Hotel
Raj Palace
OYO Triveni Grand Palace
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My first time experience in Shirdi ghats.
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I was on my way back to my home, after enjoying 3 days in places like Badami, Pattadakkal and Aihole group, Gadag, Almatti and Jog Falls. So, basically from Hubballi i have to come back to Thanjavur. There was even a direct option that day to Thanjavur and there are even combinations that would take me much early to my destination. But thing is, this is the first chance that I could get to explore the pristine beauty of shirdi ghats, that too in...
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diesel avtar. This one sentence just kept on running in my mind when I was planning my return. Without any hesitation, booked off ticket in the only special train that connects most part of Karnataka properly to the southernmost coastal city of karnataka. For my luck, there was some seats available as well even in the last moment in sleeper class.
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Though that there was an untold assumption that if one is exploring shirdi ghats, then the train of choice is going to be either Gomateshwara or Gomateshwara slot trains. But, my mind was fully occupied with trying this special train. I was wishing for a long time that won't i get a single chance to travel in this train, since this train's arrival time at Arsikere Junction was at 0520 am as per schedule last year and I assumed that if train gets bit delayed, there may be a chance for me to savour the entire section of Arsikere Junction - Mangaluru Junction in daylight.
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In a fine Sunday night, I was waiting, waiting and waiting for my train at Hubballi Junction Platform - 2, to which i showed up even before my train was announced at the same, since platform - 1 was horrendously crowded with back to back trains towards Bengaluru like Rani Chennamma and Belagavi - Bengaluru Superfast being recieved at the same platform, one after the other.
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It was quite surprising to see that Despite Karnataka Sampark Kranti bound to Nizamuddin being a prime train in that region, that arrived an hour late at platform - 4, halted for an hour, underwent reversal and departed, for that entire time not even a single announcement was made for the above-mentioned train. Meanwhile, the overnight to Mysore arrived at platform - 3, hauled by a single cab EMD and halted for nearly 20 minutes and departed. After few minutes, the daily overnight to port city of Goa from sillicon valley of India arrives at platform - 2. Though there was crowd that was deboarding, good crowd was boarding the train as well, indicating that even for such a short distance, this train was being used for overnight journey (time taken is comparatively longer though).
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The passenger from Tirupati arrived into platform - 5, hauled by some random WAG - 5, made its presence with a delay of half an hour. For a long time platform - 3 was vacant thereafter. Only at the time of its scheduled departure from Hubballi, the Hubballi - Bengaluru special fare special was shunted into platform - 3. The train was quite full. Till date, hampi is one of the dedicated trains between these two places but takes circuitous route serving the districts of ballari and koppal majorly. There is also a passenger train that later became an express, timings wise it is much dedicated for Davangere and ranibennur regions, than it is for Hubballi. For overnight journey with proper timings, the Hubballi people has to rely on trains that passes through Hubballi instead of a dedicated train. Wishing that it becomes a regular daily train and takes Hubballi rush from trains like Golgumbaz, Rani chennamma and Bengaluru - Belagavi.
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Every train coming from Badami side showed up late at Hubballi. It is bound to, given that two trains have to simultaneously undergo reversal at Gadag that has only 3 platforms and reversal in general does consume lot's of time. Though there is some slack for it to recover, due to platform inavailability and traffic in Gadag - Hubballi line, somehow Golgumbaz and our train was made to arrive with a delay of 45 and 60 minutes respectively at Hubballi.
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After a long wait, our train was announced and a brief honk with bright lights flashing from the distance appeared at Platform - 2 when clock showed there was just 10 minutes more for 1 am. As it was approaching towards us, it started to look Orange, which was kind of surprising and was eagerly waiting to look at the link. Yes, it was an engine, which is pretty unusual with this train. Yes, it was a long hood faced WDG - 3A from Kalyan No. 14647, fondly a.k.a Paryavaran Bandhu, draped in beautiful orange livery of Kalyan was pulling it very slowly into the platform. It was just 5 mts to 1 am when I boarded the train. Was wondering if it gets the same locomotive all the way till Mangaluru or gets fresh one from Hubballi. Anyways one thing for sure, though it arrived nearly 60 - 70 minutes delay and there's scope for the recovery of the delay, there is a fair chance for me to witness the entire section in the day time. Did i get to see the entire stretch in the day time? Was the delay recovered at Arsikere Junction? Stay tuned for the next part...

Hello railfans.
As you all know, the USBRL project is about to be completed and after that, Kashmir Valley will join the rest of mainland Indian Railways.
Hence I created an imaginary ultrafast train from Kashmir to Kanyakumari connecting the Northmost point of India with southmost point of India.
This train has really very very less stops and will stop only at necessary stations....
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Kindly suggest about this train and flag it if you like.
I named this train as Bharat Express.