जिंदगी में शादी के अलावा ट्रेन में RAC ही एक ऐसी स्थिति है,जिसमें दो अजनबी साथ निभाने को मजबूर होते है। - Junaid

The train left MAO at 6 am making the train again behind schedule. By that time the pantry was in full swing selling Tea and Coffee. " INTERESTING THING I NOTICED IN THIS TRAIN WAS TEA WAS ONLY 4 RUPEES" Purchased a tea from the pantry boy and had a nice warm sip and then again curled to my berth for another sleep. My this sleep was broken by the pantry guy who had brought the breakfast for me. I had ordered a Masala Dosa and he brought 2 in a pack. and also he brought 2 cups of tea ( as i ordered) in a flask with 2 paper cups. The breakfast was warm and nice and tasty. Breakfast was served around 9 am. The train was being haulted at small small stations for crossing and finally at 10 am reached Ratnagiri where the mighty Rajdhani to TVC was...
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waiting for the arrival of Netravati Express. With a 10 mins of halt, Netravati express again proceeded towards its destination. Soon the order for the lunch was taken with again back to the previous day menu. This time went for the Veg Meals. Then me and my co passengers had a good debate on the current activities. Started with the Politics in kerala and the railways in kerala and then finally ended in the North with the elections in UP. Really gained a lot of knowledge from the discussion which was ended when the train reached chiplun. The pantry people were busy selling their items up and down the train. and around 12 30 the pantry person again appeared with the hot steaming Lunch.
When the train was about to reach Panvel he came again to collect the amount from all of us. My bill came around 226 and since I had no change i gave him 250 and he gave me a reduction of 6 rupees. The train came to halt at PNVL on Platform 4 ( the one which is on the main line after the MEMU tracks) Some of the co passengers got down at PNVL. Netravati halted at PNVL for 5 mins and then proceeded to Mumbai side ( First time I travel to Mumbai)
The train halted at Diva and then to Thane where it halted for 3 mins and then finally went non stop to LokManya tilak Terminus where I got down and went like a baby in new town....