Apr 25 2022 (17:17) Loco Tag: HWH/WAP-5/35009 added by Pandian SF Express/1567316
Rare visitor and Huge offlink from Howrah Electric shed to deep south in Tamilnadu. Howrah WAP5 locomotive hauling 16351 Mumbai - Nagercoil Balaji express crossing it's pairing train 16352 Nagercoil - Mumbai Balaji express at North Panakudi between Valliyur and Aralvaymozhi in Tirunelveli - Nagercoil section. One of the India's powerful locomotive WAP5. Do watch and enjoy the scenic background of North panakudi station and the show.
This train is always Jam packed (especially the one via AJJ, CJ) . I see a heavy number of rush always in this train end to end and getting out at CJ. I think this should be 4 days a week and the other train should be 3 days a week. This train should run via Guntakal, DMM, Pakala, Tirupathy (like old balaji express) and RU (Loco attached at the front) and runs till AJJ with two engine (front and back) and at AJJ (remove a engine - loco reversal ) to NCJ .
other train CSMT-NCJ should be changed thrice a week and should run via GTL, HX, RU, Tirupathy (like old balaji) , Pakala, KPD , SA to NCJ via karur. That should make more sense.
It carries a lot of pax on Kancheepuram/ajj area . 16351 is running with good patronage that route cant be changed. Maybe for the pakala train you can consider but namakkal people already claimed the train. Tiruvannamali already have chalukya
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