Maitree Express: মৈত্রী এক্সপ্রেস - দুই বাংলার সংস্কৃতি ও ভাতৃত্বের মেলবন্ধন - Joydeep Roy

I just traveled with my friend from NED to Hubballi. NED departed 10 minutes late, then waited for 15 minutes at Purna and another 15 minutes at Parbhani for freight crossing, and after that had a smooth run until Parli. We reached Parli at 5pm (20 minutes late), and then waited for 1.5 hours for the Bengaluru-NED express to pass through Parli, finally leaving at 6:30pm. We had a quick run until Latur Rd Jn and arrived at 7:40pm, but then had to wait for loco reversal until 8:35pm (with a 55-minute halt at LTRR). We had a 10-minute halt at Latur. We reached Miraj at 3:35am and departed at 4:25am because the Poorna express was departing at 4:05am to Belagavi. We had a crossing at Belagavi KSK in Desur, and another crossing at Gunji. Finally, we reached Hubballi at 10:50am!