हम उस देश के वासी हैं, जिस देश में Shiv Ganga दौड़ती है

Very dirty and unclean sleeper coaches. Always overcrowded (i.e, no of passengers greater than berths) due to boarding of Waitlisted passengers. Be careful of RAC/WL passengers who will always try to take your empty birth for a nap.

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Excellent punctuality. Mostly reach big stations like MDU, TPJ, MS, BZA, VSKP, BBS, HWH on or before time.

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Punctuality has been drastically reduced of this train now-a-days. It is stopped several times in between Balasore-Bhubaneshwar, Visakhapattanam-Vijaywada stretch (obvious due to several unnecessary halts). Undergoes good run in Brahmapur-Visakhapattanam & Vijaywada-Chennai stretch.

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Food quality ok type. Veg thali Rs.65 , Egg thali Rs.80 , Fish thali Rs.100.

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Water filling stations are Trichi, Chennai Egmore, Visakhapattanam & Khurda Road. If train gets late, water tank gets empty in the 2nd day late night and 3rd Day morning.

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