WAM 4 - Father of the Nation for RailFans - Vikas Kumar

Travelled in 22630 - Tirunelveli - Dadar SF Express (via Konkan) from Tirunelveli to Panvel in Jan 2020. Class 2A
Train was on platform number 3 of TEN with a GOC WDP 4D. The 2A LHB coach and the washrooms were very very clean.
Train departed on time from TEN. Only about 10 passengers, and about 5 to 6 railway staff till MDU. First halt for crossing was at MEJ for Ananthapuri Express.
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MDU on time. Bought some lemon rice and curd rice packets here, for lunch as well as dinner. We halted at MDU for about one and a half hours, as there was some track works going on at Kudal Nagar as per TTE.
After a frustrating wait, we finally departed at 11:30 hrs. The number of passengers slowly kept on increasing with boardings at MDU, KRR, ED. Reached CBE at about 16:00 hrs, late by about 50 mins. The coach became full here.
MAJN arrival was at 23:00 hrs. LTT bound Netravati Express was at the adjacent platform. Some people got off here, and there were some empty berths. I then went to sleep.
Sleep got disturbed at MAO.About 10 to 12 passengers got down. Number of empty berths increased.
Woke up in the morning at Adavali where we were looped for a crossing of Konkan Kanya Express. Reached RN at about 9:00 hrs, approximately 1 hour late. Had ordered medu vada sambhar from TravelKhana (tried it for the first time), and it was delivered right at my seat. It was tasty. Some people boarded at RN.
Reached PNVL about 10 minutes early at 13:20 hrs.
Overall a very good journey with respect to travel time, and cleanliness.The 2A coach that day was actually full only between CBE and MAJN; otherwise atleast about 5 to 6 vacant seats could be spotted at any time( though not the same 5 or 6 seats; every seat had a different set of intermediate station travellers).