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Stunning crossing!!! JMP alco BPL Express meets JMP alco BHP Express at high speed!!!
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As the bang on time running 13025 Howrah (HWH)- Bhopal (BPL) Weekly Express came cruising through the up main line of Jhapandanga station on HB Chord enroute at a fairly good speed with an offlink 16056 WDM- 3A of JMP (Jamalpur) shed (ex.NGC shed), it meets its brother...
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16542 WDM- 3A of JMP shed (ex. WDM- 2 of JMP, TKD shed), which comes blasting through the down main line with the 30 minutes behind schedule 12338 Bolpur Shantiniketan (BHP)- Howrah (HWH) Superfast Express. It was a really awesomw ambiance to be at, where I kept standing in the platform, and two alcos with their beautiful honking comes blasting past.
The regular link of Bhopal Weekly Express is HWH WDM- 3A, but has sometimes got offlinks like UDL WDG- 3A "Shakti". But due to the numerous Special trains, which were running on this route during the riots in North- East territories, the sheds HWH and BWN had shortage of alcos. And locos from sheds like UDL (Andal), VTV (Vatva), PTRU (Patratu), MLDT (Malda Town), JMP (Jamalpur), NGC (New Guwahati) etc were pressed into service. The train uses the Bhopal- Bina- Katni Murwara- Chopan- Daltonganj- Barkakana- Dhanbad- Asansol- Howrah route of WCR/ ECR/ ER.
12338 follows the Bolpur Shantiniketan- Guskara- Burdwan- Howrah route of ER, and covers a journey of only 146 kms in 2 hours 30 minutes with 2 halts enroute.
The shortest running Superfast train of India is 12613/ 12614 Mysore (MYS)- Bangalore City (SBC) TIPPU Superfast Express, which covers a journey of 137 kms in 2 hours 30 minutes with 1 halt enroute.