Rivers: It crosses 8 major rivers
enroute viz Mahanadi, Brahmani, Kangsabati, Swarnarekha, Kharkai, Damodar, Son, Yamuna
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Physical Regions: Passes thru Chota Nagpur Plateau, Hazaribag Plateau, Vindhya Range, Lower and Middle Doab Plains.
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Ghats: Crosses Chhota Nagpur Ghats, between Gurpa- Gujhandi in gaya dhanbad section
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Zone and
#division: 4 Zone. ECoR: Khurda Road, SER: Kharagpur, Chakradharpur, Adra, ECR: Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, NCR: Allahabad, NR: Old Delhi divisions
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Base: Puri
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Soils: Alluvial, Red .
#States: 6 states: OR 7, WB 2, JH 7, BR 6, UP: 6, DL 1 halts.
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Zones : ECoR 6, SER 5, ECR 12, NCR 4, NR 2 halts.
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Speed: Max avg speed 98 kmph Cuttack- Jajpur Keonjhar Rd. Min avg speed 18 kmph BKSC- Chandrapur.
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Route:
Puri- KGP: MAS HWH Trunk Route
KGP- TATA: HWH CSTM Trunk Route
TATA- GMO: Main Line
GMO- NDLS: HWH NDLS Trunk Route
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Languages: Odiya, Bengali, Hindi and Urdu speaking regions.
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Loco Reversal: Kharagpur.
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Pic Source:
Pic 1: Wikipedia
Pic 2: Anvit, iri