Gour Express: আমের শহর মালদা থেকে রোজ যায় শিয়ালদা - Joydeep Roy

A TRIP REPORT :-
Train Name:-12454 NDLS-RNC Rajdhani exp via Daltonganj Garwa road
Date of journey:-27 march 2014 (NDLS-RNC) in B-4,15
I was excited to travel first time in Ranchi rajdhani in new LHB rake.I reached NDLS railway station at 15.05 and seen at the display board and display board was showing that it will depart from PF-14.
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I moved towards Pf-14 and started waiting for my train.After waiting for 30 minutes display board started showing coach position. I moved towads B-4 which was displayed by the LED boards I wet there exactly where LED bord was showing B-4. After 5 minutes train arrived with red hot Gaziabad WAP-4 with CC; LOCO-EOG-H1-A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-PC-B1B2-B3-B4-B5-B6-B7-B8-EOG.
Almost all the coaches were 2013 made except few which were 2012 made.In the mean time Sealdah Rajdhani arrived on PF-13 with Gaziabad WAP-7 and poorva express on PF-16 with also Ghaziabad Wap-7.
I entered into my coach B-4 and went to my seat i.e. 15.few passengers also boarded along side me.I was shocked to see that curtains were removed fromthis train but poova had curtains when I travelled to delhi only few days before. So no curtains were there for privacy.
News paper was there on my seat before entering.i asked to attendant about curtains and they said they are removed permanently.They also served one bottle of mount Kailash water bottle.
Since coaches were new so cleanliness was good and interior was also gaad.Before departure I went to see my name on chart and i seen that this B-4 was only half filled.40 seats were empty in that coach and same story in b-3 as well . attendant told us that train is going with 200 empty seats as it takes the naxal affected route also festival rush is no more.
Train departed bang on time and started crawling..After 15 minutes of departure of train Evening snacks were given..It contained :-Samosa,Bikano chana dal(Rs.5 pack),A sweet and tea kit..No drink.No éclairs,No sandwich were supplied.When i asked they said “Sab band ho gaya hai”..abyahi minu hi kisi se pata kar lijiye.in the meantime trainwas moving with slow speed and it stopped at Ghaziabad outerfor 5 min due to track work.Train crossed Ghaziabad at 16.55 according to my watch.
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.....to be Continued...