Some pictures from my today concluded trip in and my first from Singrauli in 22167 Sgrl Nzm Urjadhani Express. It was also my first trip in this train and first experience of this route which seems almost 10 years behind India as far as rail development is concerned.

Pic 1,6, 11 - Singrauli station entry and station board. The rush in the station was due to people who deboarded Bpl Sgrl Urjadhani Express and the ones who were going board Nzm bound Urjadhani
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Pic 2,3,4,5 - Nzm Urjadhani standing on pf no 1 at Sgrl. The train was rescheduled by one hour due to late arrival of BPL Urjadhani. The train had maximum patronage from Sgrl followed by Bargawan. Almost all the seats got occupied at Bargawan. The train was hailed by Etarsi WAP 7

Pic 7,8 - Urjadhani standing at Dubri Kalan. The train was looped for more than 45 mins due to Single line route. The single line route is the reason the train got delayed by one hour more as it reached Katni

Pic 9 - Urjadhani standing at Katni murwara. It's strange that you won't get any food items to buy in the Sgrl - Katni stretch. Vendors started pouring in finally from Katni which was a great relief.

Pic 10 - Standing at Jhansi. After a great run from Katni till Jhansi where the train made up 30 mins of delay, it was halted for almost 1.5 hours at Jhansi thanks to NCR controlling.

Pic 12 - Standing at Faridabad.

Pic 13, 14 - Finally arrived at NZM delayed by almost 3 hours. Mumbai Delhi amrit kalash special parked at NZM.

Overall the train is a great relief for Delhi bound pax from Sgrl and surrounding areas. It would be of great help if the trains frequency is increased and if possible, it should be converted into daily superfast.

Some pictures during my recent visit to Mumbai

Pic 1 - TATA WAP 7 spotted at CSMT outer while I was on board CSMT local from Bandra

Pic 2 - Platforms view of...
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Suburban side of CSMT

Pic 3, 4 - The reason why CSMT is CSMT

Pic 5 - Platform view at Churchgate on Western line while waiting for Borivali slow local heading towards Prabhadevi

Pic 6 - Waiting for goregaon local at Seawoods on harbour line while heading towards Andheri

Pic 7 - Nerul station on harbour line which was my home station when I used to work in Navi Mumbai

Some railfanning pictures in my today completed trip in 20817 from Mughalsarai to NDLS. I was lucky enough to get a chance to travel in newly introduced Tejas Rakes or BBS Rajdhani. Unlike Mumbai tejas Rajdhani, I didn't find display monitors withing the coach which displays next stop and remaining distance

Pic 1,2,3 - DDU station building and foot overbridge
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Pic 4 - 12274 NDLS HWH duronto standing at Pf no 2 at DDU

Pic 5 - Barauni Yeshwantpur special express entering DDU

Pic 6,7,8,9,10 - Bhubaneswar Tejas Rajdhani led by offline CNB WAP 7 entering platform no 6 at DDU express

Pic 11,12 - 20 mins delayed arrival at NDLS platform no 11. Many ghaziabad and surrounding areas passengers were left disappointed since due to automated doors, they couldn't get down when the train was halted at Ghaziabad outer

Railfanning during my trip from Prayagraj to Anpara in 15076 Tanakpur - Shakti Nagar Triveni Express. Though it arrived 20 mins late, it left PRYJ almost 2.5 hours delayed somewhere around 12:40 am. The train attracted good patronage from PRYJ with most pax bound for Sonebhadra, Chopan and Shakti Nagar

Pic 1 - Triveni crowd waiting at pf no 10
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Pic 2 - 01027 Dadar GKP special standing at Pf no 9

Pic 3, 4 - LGD Wap 7 hauling 20 mins delayed Triveni exp in Pf No 10 at PRYJ

Pic 5 - Train board of Triveni as it enters the platform

Pic 6,7 - Standing at Anpara delayed by almost an hour. The train did LR at PRYJ and some WAG class loco was given for its journey from PRYJ till Shakti Nagar

Pic 8,9, 10 - Some pictures of Anpara station. One of the most weirdest station of Dhanbad railway division that I have visited. It's sad to see that we still have stations in Indian where even basic amenities like platform overbridge are not constructed. Railway calls crossing tracks on foot illegal and then forces the passengers to do so in the so called Amritkaal times of Indian