Finally the day has arrived :)
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It is just another extension,
but........
a red letter day for the people of this region, where rail services are deficient.
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It was worth this long distance trip to be present on this joyous occasion :)
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12 Coach rake. Clean.......
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Garlands , roses decorated. Incense sticks and camphor lit, coconut broken.
People here are simply over joyed especially older gentlemen :)
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Roses, bouquet and sweets given to crew.
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Finally learning that I came from Bengaluru , they gave me a Dharwad Peda too :)
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When did i say to merge or stop siddeswara ?. I said about swapping the slots !
Okay I got brother u saying swapping Siddeshwara to 11140 timing and extend 11140 upto BAY jn with speeding up as end to end SF exp train. This can be possible but both CR and SWR should do good controlling to this train to give it avg speed of 55kmph especially SWR under its territory. As u know UBL GTL already doubled in lot of patches but still not single SF exp train running their and where as in past when single sections of UBL YPR and UBL Miraj Pune and even Miraj Kurudwadi sections have SF trains. SWR should look at BAY UBL and BAY BJP SUR section to run SF speed trains at least one train.
Only one train Amaravati Exp Vasco Howrah is unofficial SF train of this section which is also struggling lot now a days to run OT.Once Haripriya Exp was also good train before but now it's also crawling lot in Dharwad Miraj section.Haripriya never got dedicated rakes before Rayalseema RSA and now CR Mahalaxmi Exp RSA. Rayalseema grown in good way being LHB and SF also but Haripriya still in same condition but always run Full with WL in this section.Needed one more Clone of Haripriya to decongest it.
Amaravati exp UBL BZA is good train with average speed in this section.
Brilliant coverage maga :)
I think Hotgi-Vijayapura has better MPS, observed that few non stop trains cover it at 60Kmph avg.