There are 4 classes of accommodation on the train namely 2 and 3 tier AC, sleeper and unreserved. There is also a pantry car with a kitchen, and various luggage and specialty cars, plus an electric locomotive.
Photographer "Ed Hanley" captured some great pictures while on this magnificent journey. Here are a few of them.
1. The map of the entire journey!
2. The train offers a lot of shopping opportunity.
3. Lots of little joys in little cups of chai.
4. And how can the biscuit guy stay far behind?
5. Then there are the vendors, who sell anything from nail clippers and peanuts, to tea and everything else!
6. A tiny kid binges on chips.
7. While a bunch of lads discuss politics over tea.
8. There's enough time to watch movies.
9. And you can tick the books off your bucket list!
10. The views are anything but disappointing.
11. Hanging out and watching the world go by is an experience in itself.
12. The morning sun at Asansol, West Bengal.
13. The sun's not far behind at Trivandrum either.
14. The feeling when a tiny boy asks for money is sad beyond measure.
15. Someone's about to catch a nap!
16. An RPF officer guards the door outside Diphu, Assam.
17. An hour before Kanyakumari!
18. At the end of the line!
Watch his journey in a time lapse video here-
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