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Posted: Aug 30 2011 (12:21)
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Last Response: Aug 30 2011 (19:06)
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Last Response: Aug 30 2011 (19:06)
THE LONGEST TRAIN JOURNEY I UNDERTOOK
Well, my name did not figure in the Guiness Book of Records but I did, probably for more than a decade, hold the dubious distinction of having undertaken the longest train journey in India, in terms of time if not distance. It was in the month of Sept. 1971, when my mother, sister and I boarded a 3-Tier sleeper coach, equivalent to the present day sleeper class minus the cushions on the berths, of the 37 UP Howrah- Madras Janata Express. Sleeper berths in 3-Tier those days were mere wooden planks that tested your back as well as your endurance skills.The train left Howrah at 22.40 hrs on Day1 of its 45 hour-journey to Chennai (then...
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Well, my name did not figure in the Guiness Book of Records but I did, probably for more than a decade, hold the dubious distinction of having undertaken the longest train journey in India, in terms of time if not distance. It was in the month of Sept. 1971, when my mother, sister and I boarded a 3-Tier sleeper coach, equivalent to the present day sleeper class minus the cushions on the berths, of the 37 UP Howrah- Madras Janata Express. Sleeper berths in 3-Tier those days were mere wooden planks that tested your back as well as your endurance skills.The train left Howrah at 22.40 hrs on Day1 of its 45 hour-journey to Chennai (then...
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Another exception..
Lucky, I could save 20/-
Nagavali Express/18310
Type: Express
Avg Moving Speed: 56 km/hr
Food/Catering:...
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Lucky, I could save 20/-
Nagavali Express/18310
Type: Express
Avg Moving Speed: 56 km/hr
Food/Catering:...
more...
will somebody kick me if i ask for photos of that journey!! :)
Those were the days of the steam engine pal. No mobile cameras and the like. And yes you have earned yourself a kick by asking for something akin to the moon.
OMG!!! Respect to the level of patience you got sir.
I would not have had that kind of patience. Reading your story like literally took me to my pre birth era. I would have never know these conditions of IR. Thanks for the detailed story and so very well narrated. I think now i'll think twice before complaining for every small thing about IR. They have developed a lot and probably are one of the best in our sub continent region.
Uffff!!! Had goosebumps reading this horrifying story.
Respect!!!
I would not have had that kind of patience. Reading your story like literally took me to my pre birth era. I would have never know these conditions of IR. Thanks for the detailed story and so very well narrated. I think now i'll think twice before complaining for every small thing about IR. They have developed a lot and probably are one of the best in our sub continent region.
Uffff!!! Had goosebumps reading this horrifying story.
Respect!!!
i agree with the kicking part for that question. lol.
Just kidding. No hard feelings tejas.
Just kidding. No hard feelings tejas.