NTES is the salt of Railfanning. IRI is the sugar. - Kirti Solanki

Sharing some of my personal experience with this train when i travelled in it in march.
I stay nearly 15km away from pune station. So it's a very terrible & tough idea of even getting to pune jn before 5.30a.m. Those who hav personal vehicles,its great,bt those who rely on bus or auto,i suggest them to pre book a dial-cab one night advance. I had to spend my 400 bucks to stay in lodge for one night near pune jn. as it was impossible to reach jn from my home, in the early morning.
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was average bt service standard was good. Patronage was nearly 60-70% frm pune itself. The speed is mindblowing as per seeing the pitiful conditions of CR tracks b/w daund and gulbarga. Loco link was a brand new emd wdp4d. Coaches looked new from outside bt inside its average. But still neat & clean. Majority of time it arrives secundrabad nearly around 2p.m. I think one of the most punctual train of CR.
But The main problem here is with the Seats as these are not that cushioned as are in LHB coaches.