Pradesh, from Southern Slopes of Mighty Satpura Range. Travelling thru MP, Maharashtra it unites with River Wardha and collectively known as Pranhita, then falls into Godavari. The river and forest in its basin are dry and dusty. Rudyard Kipling used Wainganga basin as a major Landmark in Mowgli stories of Jungle book, the forest of Kanha National Park have tigers, panthers and bears, it a part of Wainganga basin. Since train passes thru Gondia Naghbir Balharshah route, crossing Wainganga and her region, its named as Wainganga Express.
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#Regions of state:
#CG- Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur
#MH- Vidarbha
#AP- Telangana, Rayalseema
#KA- Bayaluseeme.
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#Zone and
#division: SECR - Bilaspur Raipur Nagpur. CR - Nagpur SCR- Hyderabad Guntakal SWR - Bangalore divisions.
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#Base: Yeswantpur
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#Rivers: Sheonath, Wainganga, Wardha, Pranhita, Godavari, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Penneru.
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#Physical Regions: Dandakaranya hills, Satmala plateau, Jagital hills, plateau of Telangana, Golconda, Rayalseema, Makalidurga hills.
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#Soils: Red, Black, Laterite.
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#State : Serves 4 States : CG 10, MH 7, AP 7, KA 2
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#Zones: Serves 4 Zones SECR 16, CR 1, SCR 7, SWR 2
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#Speed: Max avg - 87 kmph Durg Rajnandgaon. Min avg 21 kmph Ynk Ypr and Chanda Fort Bpq.
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#Languages: It connects Hindi Marathi Telugu Kannada speaking region.
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#Trivia: .
¤ One of the favorite train for travellers.
¤ Nicely maintained, neat and clean train.
¤ High priority train on whole route.
¤ Train runs with beautiful Gondia Bpq route.
¤ Covers 1607km with the diesel engine.