Siem Reap, a thriving city in Cambodia is the gateway to the historic Angkor Wat temple complex. It is now a major tourist destination attracting a multitude of visitors from foreign countries. In the surrounding area the visitor will see silk farms, craft shops, rice paddies, a bird sanctuary and fishing villages. There is also an abundance of modern pubs, clubs, discos and karaoke lounges to delight the foreign visitor. Angkor Wat is Cambodias...more
Indian Railways has spread a huge set of connections of rail tracks all the way through the country. Whether it is a inaccessible village or urbanized metropolitan cities, Indian Railway reaches the rail customers in each and every remote division of the country. This extensive network is divided into sixteen zones for managerial and organizational reasons. All the zonal railway in addition consists of a number of divisions. Calcutta Metro is...more
On 17th June and in the year 2009,139 Rail Sampark, the official information for Indian Railway has of late initiated the facility of Railway information through short messaging service that is SMS which is a first-class service. The users can get hold of the information concerning PNR status, ticket cost, seat accessibility and arrival and departure by merely transferring SMS in the specific sentence structure to 139. The sentence structure for ticket position information is PNR10 digits PNR Number and SMS to 139 Particulars of the measures for SMS can be obtained from the website www.indianrailways.gov.in .The facility has been commenced on by Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd.(IRCTC), a public sector which has been undertaken by the Ministry of railways. This Railway enquiry service functions on the number 139 which can be called from the landline or mobile phones all around the country with no prefixing of the STD code. The facility has become extremely accepted with the Railway passengers. Till todays date more than 7 lakh 50 thousand calls every day are being received on 139 from all around the country. The purpose of 139 is to get linked to the masses, a...more
All ready to guzzle in Kashmir's mesmerizing scenery and to experience the hilly tack of Kashmir in a train in snowy February 2007, the primary trial train to Kashmir started off for the Valley not on conventional tracks but on the 300 km-long Jammu-Srinagar national main road, adding together an additional significant episode to the Rs 4,700 crore...more
The East Indian Railway was initially known as East Indian Railway Company was the one to introduce railways to Eastern and Northern India. Some more companies which operated in the other parts of the country are South Indian Railway, Great Indian Peninsular Railway, Central India Railway and the North Eastern Railway. This company was established...more
Himsagar Express is the train of Indian Railways which runs to the longest distance. The train starts from Kanyakumari which is situated in the southern most part of the country, goes to Tamil Nadu and from there move towards Jammu and Kashmir which is the Northern most state of the country. The train covers the long distance of some 3715 km with the speed of 58 km/hr in around 71 hrs. The train crosses total of 9 of Indian States and halts at around 69 stations. The train runs on weekly basis and from Kanyakumari on Friday at 14:00 hours and reaches to Jammu at 15:05 hours on Monday. This long journey is full of fun and excitement as the passengers can see the picturesque beauty of various states from the train and enjoy with their co-travellers. The train again returns from Jammu at 23:45 hours on Monday and reaches Kanyakumari at 22:45 hours on Thursday. This train takes stoppage at various stations and few of them are as follows : Ludhiana (the train here stops for 15 mins), Hazrat Nizammudin (30 minutes), New Delhi ( 120 minutes) here the train stays for longest period of time. The fastest speed is achieved by the train near Nellore (95 km/hr) and the train runs with the...more
Rajdhani Express is a fast moving passenger train which connects New Delhi to the important cities of India. The train was started in the year 1969, and a move with the speed of 140 km/hr, the speed of the train varies at some places. The Rajdhani...more
Shatabdi Express trains in Indian Railways are the series of high speed trains. This fast moving train connects well to the various important cities of the country. There are many tourist places and business centres which the passengers can easily...more
The Western Indian Railways which was established in the year 1951 on 5th November has its head quarters in Mumbai. Division Mumbai central Baroda Ratlam Ahmadabad Bhavnagar Rajkot.The Western Indian Railway (WR) is one of the most busy rail networks...more
As a city with a rich tradition and a transport hub for the West Midlands, Coventry has a lot going for it for both business and leisure travelers. It's a handsome city of parks and gardens with a rich choice of shopping and dining facilities....more
We have all been there at some stage. Desperately needing to book a flight somewhere and realizing that the quoted costs are simply astronomical. I know that when I've needed to catch a last minute flight that it has nearly cost me a small fortune...more
So the fourth and final Test is upon us and there is still plenty for spread bettors to get excited about. The Wanderers is renowned for a hostile atmosphere and is so named the Bullring by local cricketing fans. Those that have supported England...more