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Yesterday (23:22)   05355/Nanpara - Mailani MG Express Special (UnReserved) | NNP/Nanpara Junction (2 PFs)
AyushBijnor
AyushBijnor   41 blog posts
Entry# 6105961            Tags   Past Edits
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Meter Gauge Chronicles. A journey in one of the last remaining mainline MG routes.

1. BRK-MLN MG Express being shunted on PF-1 of Bahraich. Meanwhile GD-BRK DEMU in background in background preparing for it's return journey.

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Machine, man and nature. Our train departing from the laidback settings of Manjhara Poorab.

3. Daily life and the daily commuters of the train. Most of the travellers boarded to reach their daily jobs in Risiya. Teachers, shopkeepers, nurses, policeman, peons, everyone on the train seemed to know each other.

4. A curious child looking out of the window. He kept asking his father about everything he saw. That's how I became a railfan, too.

5. Lines meeting and going deep into the Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary.

6, 7. Traversing through the Dudhwa national park.

8. Approaching the mighty Ghaghra barrage. It was quite scary sitting on the gate and recording while the river churned below.

9. A semaphore signal and a railway employee returning after setting the signal to Stop.

10. That one's obvious. The little devil snatched my samosa and hid below the train.

11. Our pairing train going back to Bahraich, running back into the Katarniaghat sanctuary after emerging from Dudhwa.

12. A busy Nanpara Junction bustling with activity. Train halted here for almost an hour. You can go out and buy things to eat. Or you can buy bread-pakoras or samosas being freshly made on the PF. The huge old tree gives the feels of old times and may remind you of Malgudi Days.

13. The said bread-pakora. Along with the samosa it was quite delicious, although a bit oily to my liking.

14. A IZN YDM-4 stands tall at it's base, Mailani.

15. The MG yard of Mailani. You can spot a wide variety of YDM-4s, GS and Vistadome tourist coaches here. Along with a few freight vans and brake vans.

16. Located a few meters away from the station, beyond the yard is the loco maintenance shed of Mailani, most probably managed by IZN.

17. Mailani yard with all the MG coaches and locos with the coaching depot visible in the background.

18. Where MG meets electrified BG. BRK-MLN MG Express on PF-3 while my next connecting train MLN-GKP Express standing on PF-1.

I did this journey on 31/06/2022. And except LKO-GD, the entire LKO-MLN-LJN journey was on a station bought general ticket. The train was clean, washrooms were clean and were fully functional. Although same can't be said for the electrical elements.

I was also quite surprised that people boarding the train from the stations mid-jungle, too traveled with valid tickets. They were helpful and interacting with them, learning about their slow lives in remote areas was an experience in itself.

Kumud.

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Yesterday (23:52)
Gurjar
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Bachpan guzar gaya mavli marwar route pr.
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Railfan_NF^~   742 blog posts
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Which section will remain permanently mg in this region.?
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Today (00:42)
AyushBijnor
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Probably, the Mailani-Nanpara section, because technically they can't convert it, as it passes through a wildlife sanctuary and a national park.

Or if they're only concerned with running tourist specials like other MG sections, they may even trim it short to end at Bichhia in Dudhwa, the current tourist special runs till there only.
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Railfan_NF^~   742 blog posts
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So suppose if we are planning to take a ride on this mg train. Where do we need to go mailani or nanpara? If I am not wrong we should go mailani take tickets and board train till the stop it goes.? Or is there system of advance reservation as well.?
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AyushBijnor
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Useful:Thank you for the information 😊
Earlier, the Gonda-05371-05355-Mailani-15010-Lucknow used to be the most effective chain, with all the trains in sync and wait times less than half an hour.

Now, with the gauge conversion, it's quite hectic. You should either reach Gonda, take a UP Roadways or auto to Nanpara, and then continue further using the same chain.

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reach Mailani by some early morning train, take the train to Nanpara, deboard there, take a UP roadways or auto to Bahraich. Take the evening DEMU to Gonda and carry on further.

Or, just take the Tourist special to Bichhia, do a round trip back to Mailani, and take the 15010 to LJN. But this won't take you through the whole route and will be full of unmannered 'tourists'.

Please keep in mind that the journey is slow, and after the initial excitement wears off, it gets boring after the jungle ends if you're traveling solo. There is no network in the national park areas. And except for Nanpara I couldn't find anything to eat.

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Jun 20 (13:12)   14034/Jammu Mail | ALJN/Aligarh Junction (7 PFs)
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_/\_ Useful Great Useful Great Great Great Useful Great Useful Disagree:legacy ruined _/\_ Disagree:Delhi lost another :'( Disagree:Bina kuchh soche liya gaya decision
Jammu Mail extended to Prayagraj via ALJN ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Now direct connection to SVDK from ALJN, PRYJ
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Yesterday (23:52)
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Agree to every world,in name of VB DLI CDO ruined their 70 year old train
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Yesterday (23:54)
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What is "ha" ?
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Yesterday (23:58)
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NR aise proposal bhopal ke liye kyu nahi bhejta 🤔😅 bhej de toh bhala ho jaye
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Today (00:02)
Gurjar
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Bhopal kyun seedha VT karwa do 🤣
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Today (00:32)
tedybeas   76 blog posts
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Hai to itni saari PRYJ to DLI trains to kyu is train ke saath aisa Kiya NR ne. Iske sleeper aur AC dono hi Delhi se bhar jaate hai. Jo seat ni Bharti vo DLI to UMB section wale station bhar dete hai. Ab issue ye hai SNP, PNP, KUN, KKDE k paas ek bhi train ni bachi jisme seat mil jayegi.

SNP, PNP, KUN, KKDE should now be provided VB halt. Its very ridiculous that NR did this with a dedicated 7 sleeper train. Delhi ko Khaali karne ke liye Matlab
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kuchh bhi karenge.

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Yesterday (20:55)   13413/Farakka Express (via Sultanpur) (PT) | BLGT/Balurghat (2 PFs)
WAP7NFRMLDT~
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😭😭😭😭😭😭😰😰😵‍💫😣
2nd Azad Hind Express in the making😭😭😭😭
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Yesterday (23:39)
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WAP7NFRMLDT~   994 blog posts
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That CDO will never be functional. All these things are done by NFR so that Sukanta majumdar can win Elections. NFR made that pitline only for showoff
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Yesterday (23:46)
AyushBijnor
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Buddy, even NFR is a puppet to them in power. There's nothing they can do. Politically extended trains in general get destroyed, hope Farakka doesn't face the same fate.

But soon they'll learn only extending trains and talking in air doesn't make you win elections. My state is the perfect example of this. Rest be assured, MLDT will get better trains.
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Yesterday (23:51)
Gurjar
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Thoda foggy season aane do Azad Hind ka record tod degi.
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Yesterday (23:59)
WAP7NFRMLDT~
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Sukanta is a Malda hater . He wrote letter to Rm for extending Farakka express . Rm gave responsibility to NFR , then NFR without any discussion with ER sent proposal to extend it near Bangladesh Border & RM approved it because this train was started by Congress. Now using this Balurghat people are claiming their own copyright in this train & whenever someone tackles then they give very abusive response to us . Now we can see clearly how they are handling their own copyrighted train. Now in every speech he is saying that he will start a South bound train from Bangladesh Border. So 13434 is heavily in Danger now
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Today (00:13)
AyushBijnor
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I've told you something a few days back, and I'll repeat it again. Trains get extended all the time. You can't do anything. Leave Malda, I'm from the PM's constituency, and our trains get extended frequently. The train named 'Kashi' doesn't originate from here.

A few days ago, a guy from Ballia was doing the same to BSB, what BLGT people do to you. But will that change anything? Will that change bookings from BSB? Will that change what BSB has and deserves? No! Same for Malda.
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Late running will take some time to adjust, but it's better for Malda if patronage is low from Balurghat. And about trolls and everything else, remember this timeless dialogue, 'छोटा आदमी गुंडई करना चाहता है, करने दो', and have a peace of mind.

Trains aren't life. Being a fan is okay. But making it life is not good.

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Yesterday (18:54)   09010/Amritsar - Mumbai Central Special Fare Summer Special | NRW/Narwana Junction (4 PFs)
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गाड़ी संख्या:-09009/09010 मुंबई-अमृतसर साप्ताहिक एक्स्प्रेस वाया जींद रेवाड़ी अहमदाबाद
09009 MMCT-ASR exp 27/06/2024
09010 ASR-MMCT exp 29/06/2024
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tedybeas   76 blog posts
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This train's booking has not even started yet(with only one day to go when this train starts) and then they say occupancy is less. Its wastage of resources.
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VIVEKEXPRESS^~
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Lhb rake allotment kb tk hoga ?.
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