MY TRIP IN 06749 CHENNAI-TIRUNELVELI SUPERFAST SPECIAL
FROM: Chennai Central
TO: Madurai
CLASS: Sleeper
DOJ: Nov 30
TRIP...
more... REPORT:
REACHING CHENNAI CENTRAL:
After a long time I had a chance to travel by train. On 30 Nov 2012 me and my aunt started from my house around 8.00 pm and boarded the train to Chennnai Central from Pallavaram aroung 8.35 pm. As we were getting tickets the 12661 Chennai Egmore-Sengottai SF Podhigai Express zoomed past the station. As we were travelling on the EMU we crossed the 12663 Howrah-Trichy SF Express at Minambakkam, the Chennai Beach- Tirumalpur Fast at Guindy and the 12631 Chennai Egmore- Tirunelveli Nellai SF Exp at Mambalam. The line towards Chennai Egmore was showing yellow signal which notified the arrival of 16128 Guruvayur- Chennai Egmore Exp. We entered Chennai Egmore around 21.15 hours, the 12637 Chennai Egmore- Madurai Pandian SF Exp was ready for its departure from Pf 4. It was jam packed as usual. In another three minutes reached Chennai Park. We soon crossed the road and entered the ever crowded Chennai Central station around 21.30 hours.
OBSERVATIONS AT CHENNAI CENTRAL:
• Chennai Central was over crowded as usual.
• PF 2 – 12008 Mysore- Chennai Shatabdi Exp
• PF 3- 12244 Coimbatore- Chennai Duronto Exp
• PF-4- 13352 Alleppey- Dhanbad/ Tata Exp
• PF 5- 12621 Chennai- New Delhi Tamilnadu SF Exp
• PF 6- 16669 Chennai- Erode Yercaud Exp
• PF 7- 06749 Chennai- Tirunelveli SF Spl ( My train)
• PF 8- 12840 Chennai- Howrah Mail
• PF 9- 12671 Chennai- Mettupalaiyam Nilgiri SF Exp
• PF 10-12673 Chennai- Coimbatore Cheran SF Exp
• PF 11- 16221 Chennai- Mysore Kaveri Exp
On that particular day all trains were departing late. Announcements were made for the Nilgiri Exp to depart late, Kaveri was still being loaded with luggage at 21.40 hours. Even the Mighty Tamilnadu Sf Exp departed at 22.07 hours ( late by 7 minutes) only. It would leave sharp at 22.00 hours. The Duronto from Coimbatore arrived with the RPM WAP-7 at 22.15 hours only. The empty rake of Yercaud Exp was brought into Pf only at 22.25 hours. We departed at 22.35 hours, late by five minutes.
THE TRAIN:
Our beths were 34 and 36 of S8 coach. As an old lady requested I agreed to take her UB and give her my MB. My aunt took the LB. The coach composition was like this:
UR-UR-UR-A1-B1-B2-S1-S10-UR-UR-UR.
The power of my train was a WAG-7 in a WAP 4 shell which was blue in colour. Thhe coaches were little old but the maintenance was good, no insects, clean interiors and the exteriors.
To be continued...
