If you have to take connecting train from DDU by using this MEMU then NEVER EVER do this mistake..!!!!
This MEMU is denied entry by DDU Division at DDU before 4am.
Due to it's RSA Partner 03384 DDU-GAYA MEMU Departs at 4am.. so to avoid ECR to be parked at PF or somewhere, DDU receives this train around 4am so that after 10-15min halt it can depart as 03384 Gaya MEMU.
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to reach DDU, take any express train and not this MEMU, it reaches DDU 4-5 hours late daily

The AC coaches were cleaned couple of times last I traveled but the same can't be said for SL coaches. They were in below average condition. Most of the crowd is from Ayodhya Jn. Orders for food are taken by vendors on the train but the quality isn't good. Sometimes, [ especially in Bengal side ], folks selling idli come onto the train which is much better.

Tickets are relatively easy to get in this train because of the comparatively smaller origin and terminal stations. Speed is pitiable both due to slack...
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and loco reversals but the latter offers a good option for railfanning.

Cleanliness --- Sleeper & General Coaches are in a pathetic shape. No idea about the interior if you get a freshly POHed one.

Punctuality -- Nowadays gets delayed in SER itself.

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-- Dinner orders will be taken post KGP. Order then and there or you can order via E-Catering or take food from KGP, TATA, ROU. Local Hawkers keep coming up to sell snacks and Tea

UR pax capture the seats near to the door in Sleeper Coaches.

Catering services details availed during the journey (Pantry services food information)
Pic 1: Fish thali meal ₹.150 (1st day dinner)
Pic 2: Fish thali meal ₹.150 + 50 for chicken curry (2nd day lunch)
Pic 3: Chicken pakoda ₹.60 (2nd day evening snacks)
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4: Egg Chowmin ₹.50 (2nd day evening snacks)
Pic 5: Egg biryani ₹.100 (2nd day dinner)

Pic courtesy: Sahil Kosireddy

To be read in consonance with : /blog/post/2801842
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R. K. Narayan's house is about 3 Kms from MYS station. You can take autos from the station and ask for Yadavagiri. The drivers wont know his house, so ask them to take you to New Dasprakash Hotel (Hotel Paradise), from there its just few houses away.
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place is open from 10 am to 5 pm. Tuesdays holiday. Entrance is free.
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A very well maintained heritage building - museum, whose restoration and collection of items were all done by Karnataka Govt. It cost them 2.4 crore to buy and some 35 lakhs to restore it.
There are 2 floors to view. Ground and first floor. Some 6 rooms have his personal belongings, pics and awards. The best room is in first floor where he just sat and contemplated and wrote. That room has a 180 degree view.
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Note: I have posted many pics of the place, so that people who are his fans (members or visitors of IRI) can have a look, as they may not be able to go to Mysuru.