First 13301 run log between Dhanbad-Adra after Covid.
Departed Dhanbad at 5:37 am followed by few chain pulls. Manual announcement was already made that the train would leave Sudamdih only at 7:10 am.
Switched tracks at Pradhankhunta at 5:51 am.
Skipped Rakhitpur at 6:02 am.
Instead...
more... of continuing towards Sindri, we moved towards right and then a sharp left curve. In short we took the new bypass line. Subarnarekha went wild for a while between the freights skipping Pathardih yard.
Arrived Sudamdih at 6:15 and exactly as per announcement Subarnarekha took a power nap of almost an hour there.
Departed Sudamdih at 7:18 am.
Skipped Bhojudih at 30 kmph.
Skipped Santaldih at full mps.
Slowly crawled past Rukni to switch to single line.
Flew through Sanka at flat 110 kmph.
Slowly and steadily entered platform no. 2 Adra at 7:50.
Travel time can easily be reduced by 65-70 minutes in this section.