#Name: Poorva is from word Poorv meaning East and Poorva means "one who goes or belongs to East". The directions are defined in our country with reference to Standard Time Meridian passing thru Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, not according as seems on map. Since West Bengal is the Eastern most state and Kolkata is largest city of Eastern India. Since train travels in Eastern direction from National Capital to Eastern metropolitan, it was named as Poorva Express.
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#Regions_of_state: It travels thru regions of state as
#UP: Middle Doab, Awadh, Purvanchal.
#BR: Magadh.
#JH: North Chota Nagpur.
#WB: Burdwan, Presidency regions.
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#Zone_n_division: It travels thru zone division as
#NR: Delhi.
#NCR: Allahabad,
#NR: Varanasi.
#ECR: Mughalsarai, Dhanbad.
#ER: Asansol, Howrah divisions.
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#Rivers: It crosses 6 major river
enroute ie Yamuna, Ganga(2), Son, Phalgu, Damodar, Rupnarayan.
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#Physical_Regions: Passes thru plains Ganga yamuna doab, Purvanchal, Mirzapur hills, Koderma and Hazaribag plateau, Lower damodar and Rupanarayan plains.
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#Soils: It crosses thru region having Alluvial and Red Soil.
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#State_n_Zone: It serves 4 zone and 5 states
having halt as NR 3, NCR 5, ECR 8, ER 4 & DL 1, UP 8, BR 4, JH 3, WB 4.
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#Speed: MAX: TDL ETW 95kmph. MIN: Bsb Mgs 18 kmph.
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#Languages: It travels in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali speaking region.