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Posted: Oct 17 2016 (16:26)
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Last Response: Oct 30 2016 (22:32)
10 Responses
Last Response: Oct 30 2016 (22:32)
Oct 17 2016 (16:26) 12876/Neelachal Express (PT) | LJN/Lucknow Junction NER (6 PFs) | MGS/WAP-4
Mayank Singh~
Mayank Singh~ 2372 blog posts
I took a trip in 12876 Neelachal on 16 Oct between Lucknow and Kharagpur. Train arrived LKO 40 min late. ASR HWH stood parallel to it. We left LKO before 13049 ASR HWH(that goes via SLN ). But PBH route is very congested and we were stopped at many places for crossings.Spotted xings were with Padmavat and Bundelkhand Exp. Reached BSB 2 hr 50 min late. Food was not delivered by IRCTC E Catering due to heavy delay. Maintained its delay till MGS where we xinged with DNR ANVT exp and Imperial mail. ASR HWH was scheduled to arrive after us.Coaches were new but too crowdy.Toilets were biotoilet equipped. AC 3 Tier easily had 100 people per coach. Loco link for NDLS to LKO was MGS P4. For LKO to MGS it was a WDP 4D. MGS to KGP was a red P 4 of unknown shed. Reached...
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4 Public Posts - Mon Oct 17, 2016
Mayank, your snaps and crisp trip report are just awesome. Your combo of LKO being Home Stn & KGP being Nearest Stn made it obvious that you were the 'obvious' IRI Member to post some pics from this train Neelanchal Express.
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I remember that our family friends had come from Bhubaneswar to my home and then they were supposed to catch the Himgiri Exp next day to Lucknow. They were telling us that there isn't a Direct Superfast train between BBS and LKO that runs on a Daily basis. Even I...
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I remember that our family friends had come from Bhubaneswar to my home and then they were supposed to catch the Himgiri Exp next day to Lucknow. They were telling us that there isn't a Direct Superfast train between BBS and LKO that runs on a Daily basis. Even I...
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5 Public Posts - Sun Oct 30, 2016