Gatimaan Express: Raftaar meri Pehchaan - Sajid Akhtar

Some pictures from my today concluded trip in and my first from Singrauli in 22167 Sgrl Nzm Urjadhani Express. It was also my first trip in this train and first experience of this route which seems almost 10 years behind India as far as rail development is concerned.

Pic 1,6, 11 - Singrauli station entry and station board. The rush in the station was due to people who deboarded Bpl Sgrl Urjadhani Express and the ones who were going board Nzm bound Urjadhani
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Pic 2,3,4,5 - Nzm Urjadhani standing on pf no 1 at Sgrl. The train was rescheduled by one hour due to late arrival of BPL Urjadhani. The train had maximum patronage from Sgrl followed by Bargawan. Almost all the seats got occupied at Bargawan. The train was hailed by Etarsi WAP 7

Pic 7,8 - Urjadhani standing at Dubri Kalan. The train was looped for more than 45 mins due to Single line route. The single line route is the reason the train got delayed by one hour more as it reached Katni

Pic 9 - Urjadhani standing at Katni murwara. It's strange that you won't get any food items to buy in the Sgrl - Katni stretch. Vendors started pouring in finally from Katni which was a great relief.

Pic 10 - Standing at Jhansi. After a great run from Katni till Jhansi where the train made up 30 mins of delay, it was halted for almost 1.5 hours at Jhansi thanks to NCR controlling.

Pic 12 - Standing at Faridabad.

Pic 13, 14 - Finally arrived at NZM delayed by almost 3 hours. Mumbai Delhi amrit kalash special parked at NZM.

Overall the train is a great relief for Delhi bound pax from Sgrl and surrounding areas. It would be of great help if the trains frequency is increased and if possible, it should be converted into daily superfast.