Darjeeling Mail - উত্তরবঙ্গের ঐতিহ্য - Joydeep Roy

And finally the wait is over.. the last part..
Part-5
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Pic starts from Purvanchal Expressway .. Greenfield expressway of Uttar Pradesh built by State govt.. kudos to state govt for so many expressway in a state highest in India i guess..
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Well after it pic of karimuddinpur .. further station ahead..
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I got call from Shanzil & he suggest me to go to AC coaches as it will be in last.. hence i pic up mh bagpack and all the way to 2nd AC..
It was just 10 kms from Ballia.. train was moving slowly and slowly. ..
Some interior pics of 2nd ac..
And then ballia arrival..
Pictures of ballia as well as Bhrigu express..
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RF meetup with 2 people of Ballia at Station..
One is shanzil old frnd of mine... & another one is friend of shanzil and i know him from some RF group..
I forgot his name due to .. too long and difficult to pronounce.. my pronunciation on muslims name is too weak.. 😅

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Well later on we Walk towards ballia bus stand.. had some lassi..
And then another RF arrived.. named Mani from ballia..
Meetup with him then some chai shai.. and it was raining heavily all of sudden.. i boarded bus for my block..
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Enroute we crossed 1stly ballia-phephna mainline then..
Again same one.. and then.. phephna-indara line for several times.

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Now ending this season of bhrigu journey..
Best part i enjoy in journey is RF, less crowd, meetups..
And covered gct-bui section..
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Thanks
#eXplorer_Divyanshu

Presenting Part 4..
After varanasi departure in part 3.. heading towards Ghazipur now and we find the peaceful place in choas of city called Sarnath . ..
Meetup with Sarnath Express before Sarnath... Reached Aurnihar, .. pics of demu shed .. and Mau line doubling work also can be seen in Picture..
Crossed Saidpur bhitri at mps .. the upcoming ELS of...
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Nandganj the goods godam shifted from Ghazipur to here for new pf construction at GCT in view of doubling.. a beautiful click of Ghazipur Washing Line.. built but not in used..
Had meetup with one of my ex best RF friend.. Raj Soni from Ghazipur..
And there were 2 more YouTubers.. dont know the name...
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After departure of Ghazipur.. the work of Y Leg lines for Bridge are under process.. speed of work was in good pace.. as visited regular here from past 6-7 months..
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Crossed Shahbaj Kuli the nearest station from my nani ghar village..
And then Yusufpur ..
Ending of part 4..
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Last part that is 5th one will be end of Bhrigu Express memorable journey pictures clicks..
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And on Sunday there will be Video on Journey compilations..
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#eXplorer_Divyanshu

After 2nd part posting 3rd part..
There will be 5 part for this
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Part 2 was till Jhusi
Now after Jhusi to Varanasi City
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are like this..
Handia Khas, then doubling work
Then gyanpur road.. followed by other stations pictures . ..
Then we arrived at Pf3 of BSBS means Banaras also known as Manduadih earlier..
Bundelkhand Express was at pf1 after departure..
Meetup with Bapudham Superfast parked in front of Coaching Depot ..
Moving further arrived at BSB/Varanasi Cantt station
On pf1..
The new adjacent building finishing work was going on..
After departure from BSB saw a freight train in reverse mode.. it was getting down from DDU Down mainline to UP mainline
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Saw washing pit of BCY a newly constructed one.. not yet commissioned for use.. sooner it will be..
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Ending Part 3 here..
Will post Part 4 in evening
From Sarnath to Ghazipur Ghat and also a meetup with Ghazipur RF known as Raj SoNi...
Thanks..

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#eXplorer_Divyanshu

After Part 1
Posting 2nd part of #Bhrigu Express journey
Part 1 was till kanpur and from kanpur to prayagraj i was on Nap..
Didn't clicks pic due to non stop run and almost early morning time
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pic was after CNB somewhere
Then near by bharwari and later on #Prayagraj junction pf6.. it was raining or say rain showers after complete raining.. we were on pf6.. lots of pax deboarded and few boarded who are reserved one rest unreserved one..
Few locos were parked on other side as it was space for loco parking specially Diesel locos
After departure saw Prayagraj-Jaipur in washing line..
Then we overtook #Godan Express as it was standing in CP after departure..
Then entry to #Rambagh was absolutely awesome..
Perfectly on down line crossing as freight in between and Senani express on UP mainline..
Crossed Daraganj, saw prayag terminal.. and then entered to Famous #Jhusi Bridge.. has restrictions due to Ganga over flow
And we xed with Chauri Chaura Express at Jhusi..
Ending 2nd part here bcoz of too much pictures..
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I guess i have to post it in 4 parts..
Lets c..
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Enjoy morning clicks from Prayagraj via Bhrigu Express
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Part 2
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#eXplorer_Divyanshu

Having more than 150+ picture's from #Bhrigu_Express Trip..
Hence posting in part wise..
This is from Panipat to Kanpur..
As i took shan e punjab express from Panipat to Sabzi Mandi then metro to Anand vihar terminal..
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spotted Onake newly painted ...
Bhrigu express TB & link..
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Train is perfect overnight for Kanpur & prayagraj people but only runs in a week
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Pantry must be added into this due to day time journey ..
Or may be speedup to reduce journey time..
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Travel in this for the 1st time.. PM was quite decent as ANVT PM is literally better in NR..
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Coaches were neat & clean untill few pax ruined it..
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Train was having less occupancy due to demand is from opposite direction..
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Train was more than 50% empty after Prayagraj
Unreserved pax also boarded the train..
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More info in 2nd part with morning clicks from Prayagraj to Varanasi Cantt pictures..
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3rd part will be Cantt to #Ballia...
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More than..
500pics in pending to upload .. chrome takes a lot of time to upload pictures..
FMT has no blogging type feature as given on site via Chrome..
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Part-1
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Thanks
#eXplorer_Divyanshu