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Blog Entry# 1495687
Posted: Jun 01 2015 (20:09)

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Last Response: Jun 02 2015 (17:34)
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Jun 01 2015 (20:09)   12286/Hazrat Nizamuddin - Secunderabad Duronto Express
 
Michael Massey
Michael Massey   23 blog posts
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Posting again as i posted the previous msg in trn trip.
Travelling from nzm to sc: Live blogging :).
Train left 3-4 mins late. AC in 2A was not functioning properly but once the train started moving fast then it got better. I wonder if there is a generator car in this train and is that the reason for it. Or might be due to Delhi's heat and to add to it, the door was opening/closing quite regularly.
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snacks immediately we left nzm. The frooti was warm :(, the water was warm, tea/coffee was pre-made and no flasks were given for it, mithai was nice, the sandwich lacked mayonnaise :).
Crossed mathura on time. Reached agra around 10-15 mins late. Crossed agra and after travelling for half an hour, the train is not stationary for around 30-40 mins. Wonder what might be the cause. Also, the train stopped at agra on a mid line.
Will try to post as we go :).
the train stopped right before a river, i guess the chambal. And later it raced on.
Now again, we are just at trotting speed...after crossing rairu.

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Jun 02 2015 (07:25)
Michael Massey   23 blog posts
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The train got delayed by 2 hours during the night. Crossed nagpur just now. Chennai garib rath which was standing next to the duronto at delhi has been following us till nagpur. The garib rath just reached nagpur as the duronto was pulling out of the station.
The display board was also showing that AP express is expected at 9.40 AM. It is the one which left Delhi the previous night. The duronto lost all it's advantage over the AP express :).
About the food....dinner was not that great. Roti's were horrible, made
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out of maida. Non-veg was not great. Veg was still better. The rice was nice and so was the dal. Dahi was 6 days old, it wasn't bad but not fresh either. Ice cream was quite fresh and nice.
Tea and coffee are a big let down. No flasks with water for self made coffee/tea. It's all pre-made.

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Jun 02 2015 (13:31)
Michael Massey   23 blog posts
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Good afternoon guys...
Train is running late by 1.20 hours. Just reached kazipet. It stopped though at kazipet. A couple of stations back, the nzm-chennai garib rath overtook us. Felt a bit humiliating...duronto being overtaken by garib rath. A quick analysis on indiarailinfo revealed that it's a scheduled overtake. On tuesday, it's the chennai garib rath and on saturday it's the chennai rajdhani.
Breakfast was nice. better than the dinner. Both veg n non-veg were pretty good. The fries were pretty bad. Soup before lunch was amazing and everyone in the enclosure asked
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for a re-fill :).
The train crossed nagpur 2 hours behind the schedule (7.30 am) and now at kazipet it's 1 hour 20 mins behind. So, it covered a good 40 mins from nagpur to kazipet. Let's see how fast we reach sec.

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Jun 02 2015 (17:34)
Kedar Joshi   404 blog posts
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Hey I was in this train too yesterday to SC from NZM.
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