Mewar Express
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The Mewar Express is a train
Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...

 running from Hazrat Nizamuddin
Nizamuddin Railway Station
Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station is one of the three main railway stations of Delhi, India. Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station connects all the major cities and is being developed to ease congestion on New Delhi Railway Station. Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station is served by Northern Railway....

, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

 to Udaipur City
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...

. It traverses the 744 km journey in 12 hours, with 12 halts in between. The erstwhile kingdom in southern Rajasthan encompassing Udaipur was called Mewar
Mewar
Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Pratapgarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara and some of the part of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The region was for centuries a Rajput kingdom that later...

, and hence the name.

It stops at H. Nizamuddin,Ballabgarh , Mathura, Kota and Udaipur.

Accident

On 21 October 2009, a Mewar Express train was stopped at red light signal in mathure when a Goa Express
Goa Express
The Goa Express , is a daily superfast train run by Indian Railways connecting Vasco da Gama, and Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi...

 train hit it
2009 Mathura train accident
The Mathura train collision was a passenger train collision that occurred at 05:00 local time in near dark conditions near Mathura, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, on Wednesday, 20 October 2009. At least ten people were initially feared dead in the incident...

 from behind. There were 25 deaths.

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