Travelled in inaugural commercial run yesterday. Following are the points.
1) Booked in current at 11.30 am after chart prepration. The train was fully booked and not even a single empty seat
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more... The CS of AP govt also travelled and gave a sound byte to tv channels. the press guys were not leaving even till 3.14 pm and GRP had to come and clear all.
3) Started on time but halted at tiruchanur station for a minute or two for clearance. Later saw that MAQ-SRC was ahead as it halted at RU while VB crossed without stopping.
4) Picked up good speed and was doing MPS all throughout. Saw Kavali station being skipped at 130 and was a different experience
5) Snacks were 2 masal wada, 2 salted cashew packets, 1 bhujia packet, 1 chikki, 1 fruit drink and tea. It also had a wet wipe and small puch of sanitiser.
6) Was 5 mins early at NLR and on time at OGL and GNT.
7) Dinner was loaded at GNT and served later. Veg had 2 chapati, dry bhendi-aloo curry, bhendi masala gravy curry, dal, rice, curd, rasagulla and scoops butterscotch icecream. Dinner seemed like overdose of Bhendi.
8) Was 10 mins late at Nalgonda and 15 mins early at SC.
9) City buses to certain major destinations were available at that time from SC rly stn
please wait...Translate to EnglishYo, I was on the first-ever trip yesterday. Here's what happened:
1) Got a seat at 11:30 am after they made the chart. Train was completely packed, didn't see one empty seat.
2) A big-shot from our state government was also on board and she gave a statement to the TV guys. They were harassing her until the cops came and kicked them out.
3) We left on time but had to stop for a couple minutes at Tiruchanur station. Found out later that another train was ahead of us and took longer at Ru while we passed it.
4) We were going real fast, keeping up with the maximum speed limit. Saw Kavali station go by at 130 km/h, was kinda cool.
5) Snacks were good - 2 masala wadas, 2 salted cashew packets, 1 bhujia packet, 1 chikki, 1 fruit drink, and tea. Also came with a sanitizing wipe and a little sanitizer bottle.
6) Reached NLR 5 mins early and was right on time at OGL and GNT.
7) They served dinner at GNT. The veg meal had 2 chapatis, dry okra-potato curry, another okra curry, and...
