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12859/Gitanjali Express (PT)
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▪️ Departure from CSMT on 07.08.24, 09.08.24, 13.08.24 & 14.08.24 is cancelled
Sat Aug 03, 2024 (12:10PM)
News History
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 30.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Nuagaon - Hatia - Bokaro - Adra - Medinipur - Kharagpur ▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Hatia - Purulia - Tatanagar
Tue Jul 30, 2024 (03:29PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Hatia - Purulia - Tatanagar
Tue Jul 30, 2024 (11:15AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 28.07.24 will be diverted via Rourkela - Hatia - Purulia - Tatanagar
Tue Jul 30, 2024 (09:52AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT from 26.06.24 - 01.07.24 is diverted via Raipur - Titlagarh - Jharsuguda
Sat Jun 15, 2024 (12:27AM)
🔹Due to Pre-NI & NI work at Mumbai CSMT & YARD for Extension of Platform 10 & 11 & for provision of Electronic Interlocking, Train no. 12859/Gitanjali Express (PT) JCO 01/06/2024 and 02/06/2024 will be partially cancelled between Mumbai CSMT - Dadar, thereby short originating from Dadar Ctrl.
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▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.10.23 is diverted via Rourkela - Nuagaon - Hatia - Muri - Kothsila - Purulia - Chandil - Tatanagar
Mon Oct 30, 2023 (01:29PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 20.09.23 which was earlier announced as diverted will run in its normal path
Thu Sep 21, 2023 (09:40AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 19.09.23 is cancelled
Mon Sep 18, 2023 (09:53PM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave CSMT at 09.00 hrs instead of 06.00 hrs on 13.08.23
Wed Aug 09, 2023 (07:21PM)
▪️ Rescheduled to leave CSMT at 12.00 hrs instead of 06.00 hrs on 04.05.23
Thu May 04, 2023 (02:05PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 29.04.23 is diverted via IB - Jharsuguda Road - Sambalpur City - Kalpilas - Bhadrak - Kharagpur
Sun Apr 30, 2023 (11:23AM)
Cancelled on 08/04/23 and 09/04/23.
Sat Apr 08, 2023 (05:25PM)
JCO 06/04/23 - Short terminated at TATA. JCO 07/04/23 and 08/04/23 are Cancelled.
Fri Apr 07, 2023 (02:37PM)
JCO 06/04/2023 short terminated at TATA.
Fri Apr 07, 2023 (02:30PM)
JCO 05.04.2023 is diverted via Tatanagar-Chandil-Purulia-Bokaro Steel City-Talgaria-Adra-Medinipur-Kharagpur JCO 07.04.2023 is cancelled
Thu Apr 06, 2023 (08:54PM)
JCO 04.04.2023 is diverted via Rourkela-Ranchi-Bokaro Steel City-Adra-Kharagpur JCO 05.04.2023 is diverted via Tatanagar-Chandil-Purulia-Bokaro Steel City-Talgaria-Adra-Medinipur-Kharagpur
Wed Apr 05, 2023 (12:08PM)
JCO 04.04.2023 is diverted via Rourkela-Ranchi-Bokaro Steel City-Adra-Kharagpur
Tue Apr 04, 2023 (06:24PM)
▪️One Rake has Sleeper towards the front end.▪️ Departure from CSMT on 21.02.23 is diverted via Jharsuguda - Sambalpur -Angul - Kapilas Road - Bhadrak - Kharagpur
Wed Feb 22, 2023 (10:06AM)
▪️One Rake has Sleeper towards the front end.
Sun Jan 01, 2023 (02:31PM)
Trains will leave from Dadar o­n 20.11.2022 (Cancelled Between CSMT & Dadar).
Fri Nov 11, 2022 (02:39PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 15.11.22 & 16.11.22 will be diverted via Raipur - Lakholi - Titlagarh - Sambalpur - Jharsuguda
Fri Nov 11, 2022 (02:11AM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT from 21.09.22 - 28.09.22 is cancelled
Wed Sep 21, 2022 (09:08PM)
▪️ Departure from CSMT on 19.09.22 diverted via Chandil - Muri - Bokaro Steel City - Bhojudih - Adra - Kharagpur
Tue Sep 20, 2022 (07:35PM)
▪️ Restoration of Unreserved Booking in this Train will start W.E.F 29/06/2022
Fri Jun 10, 2022 (03:26PM)
12859 Mumbai- Howrah Gitanjali Express leaving Mumbai on May 21 will run on a diverted route via Chakradharpur-Sini-Chandil-Asansol.
Sun May 15, 2022 (08:23AM)
AC 3 Economy will be available from 04/06/2022. Bookings will commence shortly.
Mon Feb 07, 2022 (10:34AM)
AC 3 Economy will be available from 02/06/2022. Bookings will commence shortly.
Mon Feb 07, 2022 (09:05AM)
Will be regulated at Mhasavad from 11:55 hrs to 14:45 hrs for JCO 12.01.2022
Wed Jan 12, 2022 (10:04AM)
JCO 31.07.2021 will be short terminated at Santragachi
Sun Aug 01, 2021 (03:35AM)
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NGP, G (Gondia), RJN, DURG, R (Raipur), TATA, KGP, SRC & HWH.; ➡️Veg, Egg and Chicken Meal available for Lunch & Dinner. Standard Breakfast, Soup, Tea, Coffee & variety of snacks are available.
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Oct 27 2019 (01:06)   12871/Howrah - Titlagarh Ispat Express | HWH/Howrah Junction (23 PFs) | SRC/WAP-7/37010
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Blog for the week is here.
Birthday Special Week of 20th October 2019 to 26th October 2019.
3 back to back days of RailFanning.
Day 1 :- 24th October 2019. Journey to TATA from HWH and back to SRC. (Pictures 1 to 27).
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2 :- On my birthday (25th October 2019) near my house at Bondel Gate. (between PQS and BLN). (Pictures 28 and 29).
Day 3 :- 26th October 2019 at Dasnagar and Howrah. (Pictures 30 to 53). Pictures 51 to 53 is available in reply 1.
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Picture 1 :- SRC WAP 7 37010 in lead of 12871 Ispat Express at PF 23. This was my first LHB Ride of Ispat. Trip was like a gift to myself. 😅
Pictures 2 to 6 :- Various TBs of 12871/2 Ispat Express. By looking at the EOG we can call it as Ispat Humsafar Express. 🤣🤣
Pictures 7 and 8 :- Vegetable Breakfast of ₹30. Nicely presented by the Catering Staffs.
Picture 9 :- Approaching KGP.
Picture 10 :- At KGP ETS stands two stallions of SER. Both are with their original shed now.
37121 Original TATA and always of TATA.
37152 Original SRC and now SRC but once was homed at TATA so both the locos are sporting TATA ELS logo. 😃
Picture 11 :- Skipping Kalaikunda.
Picture 12 :- Large SB of Chakulia.
Picture 13 :- All Blue. Blue Passenger train crossing Blue Freight at TATA outer.
Picture 14 :- TATA WAG 9Hi 31561and BNDM WAG 9HC 32500 at TATA ETS with TATA WAP 7 30754 peeping between the gap of the two freight haulers. It was raining so heavily at that time. Later captured some close ups with 30754.
Picture 15 :- TATA front entrance.
Picture 16 :- 2nd FOB stairs. Inaugurated few days back.
Pictures 17 and 20 :- GZB WAP 7 30756 with 12443 HLZ ANVT Express.
Picture 18 :- TATA WAP 7 30740 with 18182 CPR TATA Express.
Picture 19 :- TATA large SB with 12443 HLZ ANVT Weekly on one side and 18182 CPR TATA on the other.
Picture 21 :- GMO WAP 7 37071 with 13301 Swarnrekha Express.
Pictures 22 and 23 :- The last working WAM 4 doing Mainline Duties, TATA WAM 4 21397 with 58142 HTE TATA Passenger.
Pictures 24 to 27 :- ET WAP 7 37056 the link of 22169 HBJ SRC Humsafar. My coach was just after the EOG (S4) so had a nice run behind the ET. B14 of Humsafar is recently attached.
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Pictures 28 and 29 :- A nice birthday capture near my house. HWH WDM 3D 11572 with BCNA Rake standing at Bondel Gate signal.
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Picture 30 :- A rough shot. SRC WAP 7 37108 and dead SRC WAP 4 22855 lead 58016 Shiromani Fast Passenger.
Picture 31 :- NKJ WAG 9Hi 32078 standing light at HWH PF 23 siding.
Picture 32 :- 12814 TATA Steel Express entering HWH with SRC WAP 7 37109.
Picture 33 :- EMU actions at DSNR outer
Picture 34 to 36 :- 18410 Shri Jagganath Express being taken out from DSNR PF 3 and link of 18410 was TATA WAP 7 37076.
Picture 37 :- SRC WAP 7 37162 with TATA markings still hauling 12847 HWH DGHA Super AC.
Picture 38 :- KGP WDM 3A 16316 shunting the rake of 20889 HWH TPTY Humsafar Express.
Pictures 39 and 40 :- 22804 Sambalpur Weekly with it's link SRC WAP 4 22639.
Picture 41 :- 18645 East Coast with VSKP WAP 7 30741.
Picture 42 :- 12074 BBS Janshatabdi with VSKP WAP 7 37082.
Picture 43 :- TATA WAP 7 37209 attached with 12860 Gitanjali Express being shunted.
Picture 44 :- MGS WAG 7 27509 with Freight skipping DSNR.
Picture 45 :- SRC WAP 7 30633 powering up 20889 HWH TPTY Humsafar.
Picture 46 :- TATA Steel Liveried TATA WAP 7 37026 with 12278 PURI HWH Shatabdi.
Picture 47 :- 12859/60 Gitanjali Express large TB.
Picture 48 :- The crossing of Gitanjalis at DSNR.
12859 CSMT HWH Gitanjali with Mega Offlink RPM WAP 7 30420 and 12860 HWH CSMT Gitanjali with Away Link TATA WAP 7 37209.
Picture 49 :- Red Royal Royapuram WAP 7 30420.
Picture 50 :- HWH WAP 7 37185 with a rake of ER's LHB InterCity gang.
Pictures 51 to 53 in reply 1.
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May 06 (19:15)   12859/Gitanjali Express (PT) | TATA/Tatanagar Junction (6 PFs) | AJNI/WAP-7/37629
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Gitanjali 12859 railing it's journey towards HWH with a delay of about 2 hrs at TATA .... AJNI P7 in Lead.
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Venad Exp liveried LOG all the way from SR...
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Antyodya Livery Bro
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Also deemed as paintless Antyodaya but to uniquely distinguish it was coined venad Livery bcoz SR first time used it for that train
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This EOG used to linger with one of the rakes of Ispat Express about a year back
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Aug 11 (21:44)   12859/Gitanjali Express (PT) | AK/Akola Junction (6 PFs)
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Back in May 8th 2024, during my trip at Akola I had some railfanning session so here's my small collection:

From Pic 1 to 8: Hr panto fitted BL(Valsad) WAG-9 pulling out NMG rake from Akola Jn. & heading towards Badnera side.

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Pic 9 to 14: GY(Gooty) WDG-4 roaming lightly at Akola Jn. Outskirts. A freight train can be observed afar to in the 14th pic.

From Pic 15 to 23: Far from it's home station, BKSC(Bokaro Steel City) WAG-9 twins shows up with BOXN-HL rake slowly arriving at Akola from Badnera side.

From Pic 24 to 26: To give the light Gooty WDG-4 a company, another light Gimb(Gandhidham) WDG-4G arrives at Akola from Shivni Shivapur side.

From Pic 27 to 39: Ajni WAP-7 with 12859/Csmt-Hwh Gitanjali express departs from Akola & makes it's way towards Badnera jn.

From Pic 40 to 50: NKJ(New Katni) WAG-7 arrives with another BOXN-HL & moves towards Akola Jn.

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Gitanjali Express   Masjid  
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@MSD: Masjid &11 km/h $WAP-7+TATA 37269 with #12859: Gitanjali Express
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SER Heavyweights in this poll. Which is the most Heavyweight Train of SER?
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