Small trip update in bi-weekly 16579 YPR-SMET ICE between Yesvantpur-Tarikere.
Suddenly planned to have a trip in train, assumed all routes from SBC and finally opted to take new baby 16579, reached ypr at 8:45 took tkt and stepped into train at 8:55am, train left at 9:00am it was moving in speed around 80kmph till soldevanahalli and halted for 5-mins don't know what was reason and started to blast at 100+ till nidvanda again was halted for 5-8mins smet-sbc pass X'ed us again started to blast and reached tumukuru on-time VSG-YPR Bi-weekly was ready to depart from TK, halted for 5mins and left at 10:10am ran non-stop till Ammasandra and there chikkamagalur-Yesvantpur passenger X'ed us, at gubbi smet-sbc ICE was waiting...
more... for our train. Reached tiptur at 11:30 halted for 10mins in came Siddhaganga express, we left 1st and reached Arasikere on time at 12:15 left at 12:20 was running in good speed of 80+kmph till Devanur smet-mys pass X'ed us, left kadur at 13:00 and RRB at 13:10, started to blast for a while and stopped at Sivapur for 5mins and reached Tarikere at 13:45 with 5mins delay overall a gud train for time-pass and RF.
Cleanliness- 4/5
Speed- 3.5/5(he can reach almost an hour early to smet if he don't get unnecessary stops between, almost 30mins was wasted in unnecessary halts for X'ing in double-track route like ypr-tk and ask-rrb)
Catering- 4/5 Don't worry you'll get foods.
Punctuality- 5/5.