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12261/Mumbai CSMT - Howrah AC Duronto Express
मुंबई छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज टर्मिनस - हावड़ा वातानुकूलित दूरन्तो एक्सप्रेस

CSMT/Mumbai CSM Terminus --> HWH/Howrah Junction

Updated: Apr 09 (23:19) by PiyushSrivastava^~
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Oct 22 2018 (12:15)   12261/Mumbai CSMT - Howrah AC Duronto Express | HWH/Howrah Junction (23 PFs)
subhradeepmitra
subhradeepmitra   1 blog posts
Entry# 3926716            Tags   Past Edits
I boarded the train on 14/10/2018 at CSMT. Train was running on time throughout. Train was late by 1 hour at Tatanagar Jn. After Mecheda, the train stopped at every station. Was stuck at Santragachi for 35 minutes. Finally reached Howrah at 2300hrs, late by more than 3 hours. But the RailYatri app shows that train reached at 2108hrs.
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May 28 2015 (01:13)   12261/Mumbai CSMT - Howrah AC Duronto Express
Abhijit
Abhijit   20 blog posts
Entry# 1488296            Tags  
Services are slowly deteriorating on this train. Traveled numerous times on this train, the food, the quality of service, it is nothing of year 2010 standards. Now please add, the on-board robberies that are happening on this train. So guys, please be careful of your stuff, particularly at Nagpur.
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Mar 08 2018 (23:13)   12261/Mumbai CSMT - Howrah AC Duronto Express
pratikp07~
pratikp07~   4 blog posts
Entry# 3184910            Tags  
Travelled from CSTM to HWH on 27 Feb 2018
Cleanliness - 5/5
Food - 4.5/5
Punctuality - 2.5/5
bedroll - 5/5
Day
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more...
1 -
Bottle just after departure and ask for preference Veg/Nonveg
Evening snacks served near kalyan at 6 pm - Sandwich , kachori , Sweet , Juice , Peanuts packet , Tea
Dinner after Igatpuri - 8pm - tomato soup with bread sticks and butter ,
8.30 - 8.45 PM - Rice , Dal , Chicken Curry/Egg Curry/ Mutter Panner, 2 Chapati , Curd ,Pickle
9.30 PM - Vanila Icecream
Day 2 -
Morning Tea and Newspaper at 7
Breakfast - 08.30 - 9.00 AM 2 pieces of Bread , Veg Cutlet / Omlette , boiled Peas , Butter , jam , Sauce , tea
One more bottle before Lunch at 12 pm
Lunch - 12.45 - 1 PM - tomato soup with bread sticks and butter,
1.30 PM - Rice , Dal , Chicken Curry/Egg Curry/ Mutter Panner, 2 Chapati , Curd ,Pickle, Gulab Jamun
Evening Snacks - After tatanagar- Sandwich , kachori , Sweet , Juice , Peanuts packet , Tea
Food was good and tasty
Cleaning was done after every Meal / Snacks
i must say punctuality was poor. being a Duranto reached Howrah 2 hours late . I had to catch 12321 at 22.00 hrs from HWH which I thought would miss but anyway boarded 12321 at 21.50 hrs.
Duronto was almost 30 mins late at Nagpur , 1 hour late at Bilaspur and after it moved very slowly, made many unscheduled halts . I thought it would show some duronto like run after it enters South Eastern territory(being the most important train of SE Railway) after jharsuguda , but there also stopped at almost 7 stations between Jharsuguda and Rourkela , seemed like it was running behind a goods train.
I had to tweet regarding this and got a reply within 30 mins and after that from Rourkela onwards the train showed action and covered the rest of journey without any unscheduled halt.
The train runs more or less like an express train for most part of its journey.

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Feb 14 2014 (01:57)   12261/Mumbai CSMT - Howrah AC Duronto Express
Kumar R~
Kumar R~   137 blog posts
Entry# 994940            Tags  
All AC 2-Tier coaches have two power sockets within each 2x2 compartment (see photo taken in coach A2). Most seem to work but travellers with a 2-pin plug must be mindful that some sockets are a bit wobbly and the power connection keeps getting interrupted.
If you have a laptop with a 3-pin plug, use a USB cable to charge your phone (if USB charging is supported)
Oddly enough the Side Upper/Lower berths have *no* power sockets which is extremely disappointing!
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Feb 14 2014 (21:08)
moderator^~   16789 blog posts
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Elaborate and useful tip. Especially because of pic illustration.
Thanks.
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Jul 10 2016 (13:04)   12261/Mumbai CSMT - Howrah AC Duronto Express
Pranav Chiplunkar~
Pranav Chiplunkar~   104 blog posts
Entry# 1924813            Tags  
This train is the best to travel on the Mumbai - Howrah route.
The pantry food is good too and the quantity is sufficient as well. Shortly before Kalyan evening snacks are served, which consist of a sandwich, frooti, roasted peanuts and a sweet. Then at igatpuri, soup and breadsticks are served and finally dinner is served at around manmad; and ice cream is given after a while. This trip was limited upto nagpur so can only give those updates. Posting some pics herewith
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