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Today (10:16)   12130/Azad Hind Express (PT)
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Many SER marked 2024 made Sleeper and GS coaches are added in Azad hind exp rake and old LHB coaches from CR given to SER. Why this behaviour from RB towards SER don't know.
Already maintenance of coaches in SER is very poor specially in KGP Division and on top of that old coaches from CR, ECR, SER, SR, WR is given to SER and new coaches going to other zones.
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Yesterday (18:00)   12636/Vaigai SF Express | TPJ/Tiruchchirappalli Junction (9 PFs)
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The Second Longest Vande Bharat and the Longest Vande Bharat Express of South India Meets Some Legendary Trains at Trichy!!...



20627- Chennai Egmore Nagercoil Vande Bharat at Tiruchirapalli Junction.
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VB arrived at 0850 (5 mins early) and departed on time at 9 AM from PF #4. and meets the legendary 12636, Chennai Egmore bound Vaigai Express arrived simultaneously on PF#3 hauled by an Advertised Erode WAP-7 !! Arrival was on-time and departure was around 5 mins late.

Another Legend, the 22676 Cholan SF Express was on PF#5. It uses the rake of the 12653-Rockfort Express that arrives at around 5AM.

A few pics of the station as well......

Videos are of the parallel arrivals of VB & Vaigai and the departures of each ! (The pics are jumbled because I uploaded via RailCal, sorry for that !)


Captures dated 26/1/25.


Interestingly the national anthem was played at the station around 0930 !!

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The 20 C can go to WR and WR can give its 16C to MAQ-TVC
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WR can convert one MMCT-GNC VB to 20C using the released rake of SC-NGP VB and 20C rake of SR(Rake No-81) should be given to TVC-MAQ VB and 16C rake of MMCT-GNC VB should be given to MAS-MYS VB(20663/20664)
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Feb 14 (17:35)   20932/Indore - Thiruvananthapuram North (Kochuveli) Weekly SF Express | ERN/Ernakulam Town (North) (2 PFs) | BRC/WAP-7/39331
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Customary Link fresh PLW assembled WR BRC WAP 7 39331 skipping ERN with WR 20932 INDB- KCVL Superfast Express Via Alleppey.

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What are your demands in IRTTC 2025?
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NFR's GHY/KYQ CDO's Have Worst reputation in maintaining ICF and LHB Rakes.. WR Should Launch Daily Train from INDB to GHY.
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wr already has launched 1 from indore but it is very slow and have to much slag so i just wanted a new and good TT on this route
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So I want to share my journey experience from Delhi to my hometown, Prayagraj. This is part-1 from Anand Vihar to Kanpur.

Some of you might remember that I had to travel to Dehradun for an important work as I had used the help of this site for planning my journey. So after my work was done in Dehradun I decided to head to Delhi as I thought that since there are much more trains to Prayagraj from Delhi it will be easier for me to find a ticket, and "Damn! I
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So skipping through all my struggles for booking a ticket from Delhi to Prayagraj for four days constantly I'm gonna come down directly to the mystery of finally getting a ticket from Anand Vihar to Kanpur Central in Anand Vihar-Ayodhya Vande Bharat. Actually I had a ticket in Zingbus from Anand Vihar to Prayagraj but considering the situation of huge traffic jams in Prayagraj on Sunday 9th February, I was in no mood of taking that bus and instead cancelled that ticket and booked in Ayodhya Vande Bharat upto Kanpur in Executive Chaircar. Even though there was a 100 waiting in CC class and 20 waiting in EC class, my ticket got confirmed and there were few seats vacant in CC as well, so don't know how exactly ticketing system works in IR.

So now about the journey in Ayodhya Vande Bharat the journey was smooth, the train was clean and punctual and the food was decent as well but unfortunately in the executive class some people can afford the tickets but cannot afford the civic sense, there was a group of six friends traveling together and they were super loud, unhygienic and absolutely crappy with no regards of other's comfort. Even though I ask them to tone down their noises and even asked the TTE to intervene but they would only get silent for 5 minutes and were back to making noise after, therefore I decided instead of spoiling my mood because of them let's focus on the world outside. So about the journey, our Vande Bharat was immediately overtaken by Varanasi Vande Bharat at Sahibabad Jn and after that our train was running pretty smooth at 130 till Etawah Jn, after that it was trolled by AF-LJN Intercity as most of the loop lines were either had empty rakes of a Kumbh Special train or a freight train, so we trailed that Intercity upto Panki Dham station where we finally overtook it (we also overtook Yoga Express at Ghaziabad JN and TDL-GHY Special at Firozabad). Finally we reached on time (or maybe it was 5 mins delayed but it's negligible in IR) and there were many people like me who were doing this journey in parts to Prayagraj. Finally I deboarded at Kanpur Central where there was a decent amount of crowd occupying the platform but I quickly moved to the AC waiting hall at Platform 1 and that waiting room was in terrible condition as like that station. This was my first time stepping foot on Kanpur Central and I realised that both Lucknow Charbagh and Kanpur Central are mesmerizing from outside but terrible from inside and hopefully station redevelopment work happen soon in both these super important stations (although Kanpur Central still has many working facilities, LOL)

So to sum it up the part 1 of my journey, I can say that the ride was smooth, quick and decent if it weren't those six stupid people around me, it would have been great. The fencing work has slowed down a lot but still most of the distance is now completely fenced off, I believe they have changed the sleepers of the rail as well because the ride quality was super smooth it never felt like the train was running at 130 constantly. Also all the loop lines were filled with empty Kumbh Special rakes or a freight train, so NCR is doing tremendous job of running trains back to back.

Now the next part of my journey was in a Special train, so stay tuned for a Special journey in a special train with Special people around me (LOL), it's in a 3rd AC coach so don't keep your hopes high or maybe you can.

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Yeah, that much WL in VBs get confirmed, the day you asked about options, I checked BSB twins and both were nearing REGRET, so didn't suggest. I've booked in current with 100+ AVL while regular bookings had 250+ WL.

I've spent numerous hours in Kanpur AC waiting hall, so I can relate with what you're saying. Before CoVid it only had one split AC for that hall, now there are a bunch more, I think. Although CNB is much, much better than LKO.
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Newer fencing is mostly the aluminum crash barriers they use on highways, like WR did. I think NCR/Grand Chord ride quality is best experienced on upper berths, when you think the train is crawling whereas it's constantly hitting 130kmph.

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