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Blog Entry# 3425703
Posted: May 17 2018 (13:32)

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May 17 2018 (13:32)   11140/Hosapete - Mumbai CSMT SF Express | GDG/Gadag Junction (3 PFs) | KYN/WDG-3A/14567R
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Great effort...
Finally the day has arrived :)
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It is just another extension,
but........
a red letter day for the people of this region, where rail services are deficient.
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It was worth this long distance trip to be present on this joyous occasion :)
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12 Coach rake. Clean.......
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Garlands , roses decorated. Incense sticks and camphor lit, coconut broken.
People here are simply over joyed especially older gentlemen :)
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Roses, bouquet and sweets given to crew.
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Finally learning that I came from Bengaluru , they gave me a Dharwad Peda too :)
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Thanks
My charge was down, so couldn't continue. Some more pics.
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CR has done very well to send a clean rake and a clean loco knowing that decorations will be done and pooja will be performed at enroute stations.
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see English small TB, maybe on the other side. I leaned out and took a pic, but couldn't make out.
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The rush in this section is a lot.
1. I first thought that Pass, ICE and this train. So many back to back. So some will be empty. So the chances that ICE may cancel. But I was wrong.
2. A group of people waiting for ICE explained.
- Pass is too crowded as it caters to all small stations.
It was true. Too much rush. See pics 10 - 12. Ignore those seated, just see the crowd that deboarded from last few coaches of the passenger. That's the crowd for this section. Small rake is to be blamed too. MYS is far better in that, in running bigger rakes for passenger than UBL.
- They further explained that - Some prefer ICE as a lot of people just will not spend the Exp ticket. So they will go by Pass and others like me "we prefer Express". And his group and many were waiting at 1:30 itself for the ICE to return - Pic 8. ICE can be seen in PF2 about to leave for UBL. So he told imagine the rush at around 4 pm when it will come back from UBL. When ICE came, I saw the crowd. But since I was uploading pics, I didn't take the pics. It had heavy rush too.
- He was disappointed when I told that this new train wont stop at BSRX. So he continued to wait for ICE. But few who had ticket to BJP, boarded this train. So once the word spreads then this train's 3+2 UR coaches will fill up easily. But still many will take ICE as it stops at many intermediate stations, that this wont.
It is to be seen if ICE will continue or not.
3. The reason so many deboard at GDG is that it is central to go to many places by bus. And also to take a train to Koppal or Hosapete.
4. I learnt that people going to Gangavathi, Koppal by CKBK train use GDG for connection as that train is always late. But today it came before the SUR passenger came.
5. For the new train - just a written display and announcement by staff, not pre-recorded.
6. The few seats that this station got in quota is booked. You can see few passengers who alighted and few who boarded. So the reserved coaches will go empty or may be occupied by GEN passengers till SUR, once they know about this train.

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