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At India - Pakistan border, DMU bound for last Indian station
Khasa station in India - Pakistan border is the station just before Attari station, the last station on Indian side and after that the track goes to Pakistan. Indian Railways operates two service from Amritsar to Attari. One in the morning and one the evening and the journey is completed in 40 minutes. Earlier there was regular train service between India and Pakistan. Its termini were Lahore in Pakistan and Delhi in India. The border crossing took place between Wagah in Pakistan and Attari in India. Initially, this was a thorough service with the same rake going all the way between the termini; later the Pakistani rake stopped at Attari at which point passengers had to change trains. Customs and immigration clearances take place at Attari. Train services were stopped many times due to pol.. more
PYTHON freight crossing Majhigouri Rayagada railway bridge
PYTHON freight trains are two priority freight trains coupled as a single formation bound for same destination or may get decoupled where the destination route changes. In this picture, there is another coal train attached to this train. Such trains run in priority as they cant be put in siding or even in mainline due to their length. So these freight trains are treated as priority ones and move fast to their destinations. Python rake consists of 140 + wagons and looks like a snake. Currently python freights are successfully operated from Sambalpur in Odisha to Waltair division of East Coast Railways (ECoR) which is a coal movement route.
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