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Dehradun-New Delhi Shatabdi/12018
Hi
AS SUGGESTED BY forum, My train was on Plt 16(ajmeri gate side) and as per scheduled time. We started of from Gurgaon at 5:00am and reached station in 40 Min.
Parking was Easy to find , "BEST THING ABOUT THIS TRAIN IS : This train comes and go from same platform and this platform 16 has gate which opens directly...
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to parking area.
As Usual metal detectors and luggage Xray machine were not working at the entrance of NEW DELHI Railway station.
We Faced heavy fog during our journey till Muzzafarnagar. Train was late by almost 1 Hr till we reachedSaharanpur.
Which was a dent to Shatabdi image.Food served was Hygenic, good and hot. Washroom were not good.
Seats of Coach C-5 were pathetic dirty and had broken foot rest, broken and unclean windows. even wash room didn't had locks.
We returned from the same train but this time we had our seats in Coach C-2, This coach Coach C-2 Was in comparison looked like first class to C-5.Good cushion seats ,ample legroom,footrest and clean windows
Dinner served was again good(Both Non veg and veg ).
Again Train was late for almost 30 Min we reached at 11:20pm and expected time for this train is 10:50pm .
One thing which you may like and dislike is Journey end. we had to face 15-20 jam in parking its almosta mess everyone trying to sneak out of parking and attendant there are just helpless expect that they charge heavy Its.
Rs 60 for FIRST 2 HRS AND THEN rS 40/hr
So we end up paying Rs 640.
Ideally it's advisable to take taxi, because atleast Rs 500 goes for fuel expense as well. Total comes out to be 1100 and taxi to n fro takes about same price may be less.
All in all Good journey with mix bag of feeling for this train .
Dehradun-New Delhi Shatabdi/12018
Thanks
ash
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