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HYB/Hyderabad Deccan Nampally --> SHM/Shalimar (Kolkata)

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Jan 06 2019 (19:12)   18046/East Coast Express (PT)
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In 2 AC: dirty bedsheets.
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Jan 27 2016 (21:37)   18046/East Coast Express (PT)
Manish
Manish   9236 blog posts
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For those those who want to travel upto Bhubaneswar but unable to get confirmed ticket, book till Cuttack as CTC comes in GNWL quota while BBS comes in PQWL quota.
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Jan 04 2016 (19:38)   18046/East Coast Express (PT)
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Suri~   7920 blog posts
Entry# 1701487            Tags   Past Edits
Food idea for those who travel in this train from Hyderabad/Secunderabad to howrah.
1st day:
For lunch- Parcel good cheap food from Hyderabad/Secunderabad before boarding the train. Snacks and cold drinks are available throughout the route.
For evening snacks- Alight at BZA and buy some bananas or snacks from station. Train halts here for long time as it arrives sometimes before time.
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dinner, the orders are taken between BZA-EE by a guy wearing irctc catering t-shirt and food is loaded from RJY. It contains three options-Biryani, roti-sabji and idli-sambhar. All of three are cold.
Instead purchase the same food from platform which will bit cheaper and hot. The train halts at RJY for about nearly 7-10 min which is enough to purchase food from pf.
2nd day:
For Breakfast- Buy food from KUR and fill your tummy or else wait. Here after KUR, a person with meals-on-wheel t-shirt comes and asks for breakfast order. Option are-Idli sambhar and bread cutlet. Only Veg available. Food is given either after BBS or after CTC. Food is good and in ample quantity.
For lunch- After BLS a person comes and asks for lunch order. Food is loaded at KGP. If not interested in heavy lunch, then at KGP quickly deboard and buy hot poori-bhaji. But be careful. Train hardly halts for 2-3 min (personal experience).
Through out the journey local vendors board and sell food items.
Like between KUR-HWH, "jhaalmoori" and "garam bhoobni" and many other things are sold which are yes, unhygienic and tasty.
PS: I am telling this all for 2A and 3A class. For SL, i have no idea.

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Dec 19 2016 (00:36)
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East Coast Express needs Pantry Car.
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Dec 19 2016 (13:29)
Suri~
Suri~   7920 blog posts
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Yes ..It badly needed one.
SER can provide PC for East coast exp and then let the Closed-Non functional PC to run overnight with same Rake as Kriya Yoga express.
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Jan 16 2014 (15:24)   18046/East Coast Express (PT)
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Dirtiest !
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Jan 21 2014 (23:36)
karthikpervela   987 blog posts
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I anamolously found a gen bogie neat one day..i cud travel in that..
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Jan 23 2014 (12:29)
Suri~
Suri~   7920 blog posts
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east coast is not the dirtiest train of SER..the dirtiest train of SER is coromandal/chennai mail...East coast is much better than these two trains in regards of cleanliness and hygiene.......
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Jan 23 2014 (13:38)
karthikpervela   987 blog posts
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All three r equal..bt my vote still for east coast..
N i find trains to ghy little dirty.
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Jan 23 2014 (20:32)
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Ghy trains are little dirty...?? they are the dirtiest specially which are going to ghy and coming from south states......
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Jan 23 2014 (20:47)
karthikpervela   987 blog posts
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I didnt want to offend ghy ppl..so said a little
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Jan 25 2014 (18:24)
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Suri~   7920 blog posts
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ghy people knows that how NFR ghy div takes care of its trains...just like we odisha people know how SER takes care of its train....you will never find any SER train with new or medium aged rake...always it gives rusty,old and torn out rakes to its train...
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Feb 04 2014 (20:09)
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Gen bogie neat in east coast great
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Feb 05 2015 (00:15)
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gvvnjr   558 blog posts
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worst and dirtiest trains in the route. no doubt about that
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Jan 28 2016 (19:00)   18046/East Coast Express (PT)
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Suri~   7920 blog posts
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Some of the 3rd AC coaches are newly made (Post 2010 but still maintenance wise very poor) , so even on aisle side charging sockets are present.
But its all your luck because not all the 3A coaches are new. Old ones still don't have charging sockets on aisle side.
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Jan 28 2016 (23:34)
Pran22^~   55140 blog posts
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spotted some days back with 14 made 3A coach
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Jan 29 2016 (00:33)
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Suri~   7920 blog posts
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Mine was Feb 2010 made. The interiors were extremely good furnished as compared to exterior but maintenance was very very poor. AC vent was broken and seats were dusty as if from decades its been not used.
SER gets new coaches sometimes but don't know what happens to them when it comes to cleanliness and maintenance.
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