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Posted: Jun 09 2022 (20:08)
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Last Response: Jul 13 2022 (23:00)
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Last Response: Jul 13 2022 (23:00)
Travelled in Avadh Assam express End to End from Lalgarh to Dibrugarh this month in 2 AC.
This train is filled up pretty much throughout the journey before Guwahati so don't expect to find any empty seats in intermediate trip.
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This train is filled up pretty much throughout the journey before Guwahati so don't expect to find any empty seats in intermediate trip.
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This is only daily non-Rajdhani train between Delhi and Dibrugarh and the tickets are available about 2-3 weeks in advance which is why this is preferred train for many people in spite of a huge number of halts in between. The longer route is only between Bikaner and Delhi and some parts of UP, Bihar and in Assam it obviously goes through longer route if it has to go through Guwahati. The train can be speeded up with same number of halts if some priority can be given to it and the timing can be adjusted so that it gets clear line in its journey.
The crux of the matter is that travelling end-to-end on this train is a headache. The better option would be to break the journey in Delhi and take DBRG Rajdhani.
Understandable, but for those with huge amount of luggage and old people travelling in group from Rajasthan or Punjab to NJP or beyond, this is the only option where tickets are available within 2 weeks - 1 month period. My co-passenger group were travelling from Bikaner to Dimapur in its entirety instead of break journey due to kids and old people in it and they themselves wouldn't have been able to manage all the luggage they were carrying. Even if you do break journey, you save 8 hours but spend 2-3k extra due to dynamic pricing of Rajdhani and extra money spent on coming from bikaner to delhi and other refreshments during layover in Delhi. There is no intercity train from Bikaner to Delhi that leaver Bikaner in early morning and reaches Delhi in Afternoon like it is in Shatabdis.
Yeah, that is there. I just hope IR gives more attention to improving these types of Mail/Express trains rather than purely focusing on premium trains.