Gujarat Mail - as good as Undhiyu

next day when i woke up at 6.50,train was standing at mgs.sdah raj was alsostanding beside it. our train left at 7.00 hrs. there was dense fog outside mgs upto bhabhua road. after dat, it suddenly cleared up.morning tea was served. the train , after a couple of hiccups ,one at chandauli majhwar and then bhabhua road, finally picked up mps . gaya was at 9.25 hrs. after gaya, the train crossed the beautiful ghat section at around 70-80kph. breakfast was served with bread butter jam omlette frooti.train was stopped at koderma for 20 mins as the ferozpur dhn exp which was ahead of us got stuck as sparks were seen from is wheels. the sdah raj was also stuck up nd its loco was just 75 m from the tail of 12302 .finally, the problem was solved and we were moving again. parasnath was at 11.30 hrs. another round of...
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tea was given nd tips taken.train crossed gmo after 20 mins and reached dhn at 12.15 hrs. here , a part of our lunch was loaded. left dhn after a 8 min stop. newspaperswere given. train picked up mps . from dhn to asn was an awesome run except the slowdown at sitarampur and the whole stretch was done in 35 mins. on the way, we overtook jat koaa and ajmer kolkata exp andnumerous goods trains. train was stopped for 10mins at asn to load food.after leaving asn, the train again picked up speed and asn dgp was done in 25 mins.dgp just after13.30hrs.after dgp, lunch was served with rice, paneer,dal, sweet.extra bottles of water were given.

however,the train received numerous signals at panagarh, khana etc and finally limped into bwn at 14.25hrs.after bwn it went slow till saktigarh nd then picked up mps.however, it suddenly came to a stop at jaugram at around 15.05 hrs.dn howrah rajdhani 12302 was overtaken by sealdah rajdhani 12314 at jaugram in hb chord at around 3.15 pm. the points in the fast line were damaged and a machine was repairing it.....some stupid controller thought dat the repair work wud be over and put the hwh raj on the fast line .however, the job was not done and the raj was stopped for 15-20 mins and we helplessly watched as the santiniketan exp, sdah raj and a bwn hwh emu overtook us...finally the machine was moved and the train proceeded at 3.30 pm slowly. after jhapandanga, it picked up speed and finally, after another slowdown at dkae , it entered hwh at...
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snails pace at 16.20 hrs , nearly 6.5 hr late
cleanliness -8/10
speed -8/10
food quality-9/10
food quantity-10/10
service-10/10
punctuality-in the hands of god..