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Blog Entry# 3602030
Posted: Jul 05 2018 (08:46)

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Jul 05 2018 (08:46)  
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Entry# 3602030              
My travelogue of the Vadodara Trip.
FIRST PLAN:
Ranchi - Anand Vihar - 12825 Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Expess, 28/6/SL
Nizamuddin - Vadodara - 12918 Gujarat Sampar Kranti Express, 30/6/SL
Vadodara - Ahmedabad - 19017 Saurashtra
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Janta Express, 2/7/SL
Ahmedabad - Mumbai - 12932 Double Decker, 3/7/CC
Mumbai - Dhanbad - 12322 Kolkata Mail, 3/7/3AC
Dhanbad - Ranchi - Bus
SECOND PLAN
Same till Ahmedabad as per first plan.
Ahmedabad - Mumbai - 12902 Gujarat Mail, 2/7/2AC
Mumbai - Pune - 11027 Chennai Mail, 3/7/SL
Pune - Secundrabad - 12025 Shatabdi,4/7/CC
Secundrabad - Vijaywada - 12776 Cocanada AC , 4/7/3AC
Vijaywada - Visakhapatnam - 22708 Double Decker, 5/7/CC
Visakhapatnam - Hatia - 22838 Dharti Aaba AC, 6/7/3AC
FINAL PLAN
Ranchi - Anand Vihar - 12825 JSK
New Delhi - Vadodara - 09006 NDLS MMCT AC SF SPL, 30/6/2AC
Vadodara - Ahmedabad - 22959 Surat Jamnagar Intercity Express, 1/7/FC
Ahmedabad - Mumbai - 12932 Double Decker, 3/7/CC (Train short terminated at Vasai Road)
Vasai Road - Ahmedabad - 12931 Double Decker, 3/7/CC
Ahmedabad - Delhi - 12915 Ashram Express, 4/7/2AC
Anand Vihar - Hatia - 12874 Jharkhand Express, 6/7/2AC
Why the plans were changed, you will come to know as the travelogue goes on.

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Jul 22 2018 (09:41)
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Kis muhrat me nikle the 😝😝
Acha hua muhrat jayda kharab nhi tha 😂
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Jul 24 2018 (11:25)
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Pics dated 4/7/2018.
1. Karnavati exp non ac Chair car
2. Bikaner Bandra SF exp standing at PF 5, ADI
3. Ahmedabad Mumbai DD TB with its fading livery
4. & 5. Middle and
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Lower deck of Double decker
6. WDS shunter moving towards Ahmedabad ready for starting its duty.

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Jul 24 2018 (12:18)
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Re# 3602030-24               Past Edits
So, stopping the travelogue here only as there is nothing much to write for Delhi - Ranchi part except for the following two instances.
1. After I got the msg of ticket CNFed, it was again an UB, I was waiting for NTES to update the status of 12874. I waited till 5:15 but it showed right time eventhough 12873 was scheduled to arrive at 2030 hrs at that time. Without taking any risk, I left my relative's house in Tihar campus. Came out on the main road and booked an OLA for Tilak Nagar metro station. After reaching Tilak nagar, I got a roll parceled for me and now time was 1740 hrs. I took a token for Anand vihar and
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the moment metro departed from Tilak nagar, I received a msg - 12874 rescheduled to 2300 hrs. Sorry for inconvenience. What the hell it was. Train is about to depart at 1945 hrs and u are informing 2 hrs before that its rescheduled. I was not OK with returning to my relative's house again, so carried on to reach ANVT at 1915 hrs. 12873 came at 2120 hrs and departed as 12874 at 2300 hrs with cleaned AC coaches.
2. We had a fantastic run till Bhaupur with avg around 75 kmph. Some delay was covered but that was all lost after long halt at Bhaupur and Panki. After departing Kanpur, pantry guys started with tea breakfast. I took a non veg one and he quoted 40 rs. Veg was 35 rs. I said price is 35. He kept the breakfast on my berth and waited. I asked him to bring the bill and take the money. First he denied but when he saw that I was in no mood to hear, he went away saying will give the bill of lunch breakfast, dinner all together. I tweeted this to Rail ministry and rail sewa. After about 5 mins he came with a bill of 35 rs. I paid him. After he went, then I saw that the bill was for veg item. I again tweeted with the snap of bill and alleged the pantry of overcharging now. After this incident the pantry guy was looking like miffed with me for which I didn't care. At lunch, he came to take order and said 120 for veg thali. I simply said 50 waala ek. He wrote away and went. My copassenger asked me 50 ka khaana thode aata hai? I told them to check their e ticket, its written there. On checking he said ghatiya khana milega. Then I said food is same, except you dont get paneer subzi in it. He was laughing at this. Travelling in 2ac doesn't mean I should be ashamed of eating 50 rs food. I just need to satisfy my hunger in train. For enjoyment of food there are many hotels outside.

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Jul 24 2018 (12:19)
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Pics to be continued...
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Jul 25 2018 (12:16)
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Pics taken onboard 12932 Double Decker on 3/7/18 near Vadodara. Rake of Vadodara Rewa spl with mahamana rake. Mix and match rake with coaches of SR, SCR, NER, NR.
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