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Posted: Oct 20 2014 (19:15)
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Oct 20 2014 (19:15) 12649/Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express (Via Ballari) (PT)
Prabhakaran Tambaram Prakasam
Prabhakaran Tambaram Prakasam 3 blog postsI had travelled in this train for the first time on October 13, 2014 against the normal practice of travelling Rajdhani express. It is value for money, as it is slower by Rajdhani only by about 90 minutes, per time table. I was fortunate to be also upgraded to First AC against my confirmed booking 2AC. The train started about 35 minutes late but in the rest of the leg it was maintaining a delay of only 20 minutes by and large which almost tallied with the official record, as found in the train running status. However, beyond Agra, the train started losing speed, all sorts of trains kept overtaking eventually to reach late about 1 hour and 50 minutes (11:05 am) against the published arrival which was around 10:20 am. Perhaps, railways are trying to hide the real facts. It was interesting to note this attitude / approach only after...
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Almost all of the trains run late between JHS/AGC-NZM section...
In India the problem is congestion as there are huge number of freight and passenger trains running on same route. Once DFC work is completed we may see improvement in punctuality of trains.
Delhi bound trains are the ones which are most delayed in IR mainly because those routes are heavily congested.
Congestion is there at other places as well as per the resources available,
Poor handling/managing of trains is another reason...
Poor handling/managing of trains is another reason...
When I travelled in 12779 to Delhi it was held up at the outers of ET, JHS, GWL and also NZM also it took unscheduled halt at Habibganj. From MTJ it was doing a high speed run well enough to reach NZM before time but after TKD it started to crawl and reached NZM 10 to 15 minutes late.
The problem is unscheduled halts due to whatever reasons that causes delays.
The problem is unscheduled halts due to whatever reasons that causes delays.