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Uttarbanga Exp: উত্তরের আত্মার আত্মীয় - Avinaba Bose

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Blog Entry# 5458249
Posted: Aug 23 2022 (22:42)

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Aug 23 2022 (22:42)   12622/Tamil Nadu Express (PT) | NDLS/New Delhi (16 PFs)
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Entry# 5458249            Tags   Past Edits
#TAAG_1979
#TamilNaduExpress
#A.P(Telangana)Express
#GrandTrunkExpress
This is the train timetable of 1979.
121/122
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is Tamil Nadu (Tri weekly)
123/124 is Telangana (Bi weekly)
Both TN and Telangana used to run in same slot.
15/16 is Grand Trunk
139/140 is Ganga Kaveri which used to depart from Madras Beach
17/18 is Andaman
137/138 is some train between NZM and BSP, I don't know which current train is this.
Please note that how less halts did TN, GT and TS had.
Most importantly TN took 29:10 hours from NDLS to MAS and TS took 22:45 hours from NDLS to SC. This 1979 schedule can even put MAS and SC Rajdhani to shame.
What is the use of WAP-7, LHB and 130 MPS when WDM-2 with ICF Rake and 110 MPS was far superior ?
Source- Southern Railways Time Table belonging to my Grandfather.

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Aug 24 2022 (15:01)
TheLoneWanderer
TheLoneWanderer   8059 blog posts
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Oh .. I don't know that trains from SC will run empty beyond NDLS sections .... thank you for the info ..
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Aug 24 2022 (15:03)guest
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Beach should be developed as terminal once again as it would prove better than tambaram in terns of location as TMB is in outskirts
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Aug 24 2022 (15:09)
deepak.yerr~
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City is being extended towards south in East coast road, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Tamabaram towards Chengalpattu and Sriperumbudur towards vellore Highway and all these are 25km away from central or beach.
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Aug 24 2022 (15:16)
12YEARSINIRI^~   11515 blog posts
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Chennai Beach is still functional. All the Suburban towards Tambaram and Chengalpattu originates here along with the MRTS netwrok.
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Earlier Navjeevan and Ganga Kaveri were terminated at Madras beach. They were acting as the connecting trains to Meter gauge trains for the benefit of pilgrims bound to Rameshwaram from North. Even the Meter Gauge express was named as Ganga Kaveri Express and departed from MSB matching with the days of operation on which BSB MAS Ganga Kaveri arrives and departs.
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Aug 24 2022 (22:43)
Jordan~
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So initially bpl had a daily cg to bsp. Then when it lost this to delhi, it got daily mahanadi/ amarkantak pair, and finally with the cancellation of mahanadi amarkantak as the solo daily.
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