तमन्ना जहाज के सफर की... क्यों करूं मैं, दिन भर की खुशियाँ लम्हों मे बर्बाद क्यों करूं मैं। - Amir

Last set of pics from Konkan journey. I had thought that we will get the KYN WDP 3A of Tejas livery but we were hauled by twin Pune WDM 3. Never mind, I like these WDMs too. We were provided with snacks just minutes after departing from KRMI and snacks was good. Kachori was hot and crispy. The passengers who boarded at Kudal also got the snacks. The train was around 50% full at KRMI and by reaching Ratnagiri we were travelling at 100% occupancy. Was nice to see this one travelling with 100% occupancy despite that the cheaper version Janshatabdi was just behind this, though that was full too. Some foreigners were also availing this train, both in EC and CC. The major part of return journey in 22120 was done by reading a novel sitting in the comfy seat of Tejas. We reached Panvel at 2112 hrs, aroung...
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20 min earlier. I hurriedly deboarded to catch a local so that I could reach CST early as I had to collect my bag from cloak room which closed at 2330 hrs. 2114 hrs local departed seconds before I could reach it. Finally caught the 2126 hrs local and I deboarded at CST at 2250 hrs. The arrival board showed scheduled arrival of Tejas at 2325 hrs. So I took a good decision to change to local at Panvel and it paid off.
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