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20607/MGR Chennai Central - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express
एम.जी.आर. चेन्नै सेंट्रल - मैसूरु वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस

MAS/MGR Chennai Central --> SBC/KSR Bengaluru City Junction (Bangalore)

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🔹Train no. 20607/MGR Chennai Central - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express JCO 05/12/2023 will be fully cancelled due to the ongoing Michaung cyclone.
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🔹 Train no. 20607/MGR Chennai Central - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express w.e.f. 15/05/2023 will have revised timings at Katpadi Junction with arrival at 07:13am and departure at 07:15am.
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Tr No. 20607 MGR Chennai Central - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express on 11.04.2023 is diverted via Banaswadi, Yesvantpur, KSR Bengaluru.
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Onboard SWR's Vande Bharat to Bengaluru. First time travelling in a saffron VB.
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Where to Start…..A Much awaited Trip? …. No… A Trip to experience the Modern flange of Indian Railways?? .. No Wait... Let it be Simple yet Classy … A TRIP ONBOARD THE FASTEST TRAINS OF INDIA - THE VANDE BHARAT EXPRESS

It has been many long years since I had penned down a Trip Report. Not because I didn’t want to but all the trips have been monotonous enough except for my April 2019 Trip onboard the then newbie Rajdhani of Indian Railways viz 22221...
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Mumbai CSMT- Hazrat Nizamuddin Push Pull Rajdhani Express. The Vande Bharat Express promised me another exciting but varied journey with lots to look forward to.

So my Trip started to take shape when I had to go to Kodaikanal for some urgent work. I flew to Madurai from Mumbai by an Indigo flight. After I had finished my work there, it was time to look out for options to book my tickets for journey back home in Mumbai. A random search for a Train from Madurai to Mumbai showed big Waitlists with lowest confirmation probabilities and a rough calculation with the available quotas gave me a clue to drop the plan. The flights from Madurai to Mumbai wouldn’t help me either. Seats in Convenient flights were all gone and all was available was in some late evening flight with a costly seat.

A quick check for a flight from Namma Bengaluru to Mumbai gave me the respite and it was then things started falling in place. I knew if it was Bengaluru then I had a chance to travel in a beastie that I was looking forward too viz the newbie Vande Bharat Express which will not only help me reach Bengaluru but also make my long awaited dream to try this Vande Bharat Express to materialize. Now I was quizzing myself with lots of unanswered questions in mind. How to reach Chennai Central from Kodaikanal? Any Train that could drop me off atleast 1 hour prior to departure of Vande Bharat Express? Will I get a confirmed Ticket?

For now I will stop here and will soon be back.

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At the outset, my sincere apologies to keep you waiting for the Travelogue.

PART 3: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

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Sight of the Vande Bharat rake did impress me. Spotlessly clean, shiny white rake was ready to roll off for its next journey. Many passengers from Children to teenage to old men and Women were busy with clicking selfies in front of the rake.

As it was way too early, I strode down the entire rake length from inside admiring its beauty. The front Cab being fag end of platform, didn’t have anyone taking selfies giving me ample time to admire the Beautiful Beastie. The wipers were on, cleaning the lookout glass with water. Needless to say, it was love at first sight.

Newspapers were handed out to passengers or kept on seats yet to be occupied, quite well before the departure time.

It was soon time to depart. The Tri lingual announcements were made informing that the doors were closing. The clock ticked 05:50 but there were no signs of departure. Finally we departed at 05:55 hours, 5 minutes behind schedule.

The Acceleration out of Platform 1, itself promised some high adrenaline runs in this journey. Basin Bridge was skipped sooner than expected and the magic figure of 110 (now the section has been upgraded to 130) for this route reached in a jiffy. Stations after Stations we skipped at flat 110. Despite numerous slowdowns, the average was way above 100. At some stations, we entered at around 40 kmph clearing some cautions but exited at 90 – 100 kmph. The Closed Doors are a dampener for a Rail Enthusiast but full marks for the Safety Aspect here.

My Eyes were glued to next best thing to look out for which is the Speed Monitor wherein the Acceleration/ Deceleration Parameter Scored full points. The sound of TMs whining could be clearly heard for it was a lot quieter jerk free ride.

As soon as we crossed Avadi, we were served Morning Tea comprising of a Tea/ Coffee Premix, one small pack of Oatmeal Biscuits and a sanitizer Sachet. Meanwhile we overtook a BCNA freight with a WAG 7 parallely Tiruvallur and later on at Tiruvalangadu an Arakkonam bound EMU was overtaken. We were now. At Tiruvalangadu we were put on Down Local Line and in under a minute we were back to MPS. We slowed down to negotiate our entry into Arakkonam Jn which was exited at 60 kmph+ as we now took the Katpadi bound route. One route from Arakkonam Jn takes you towards Renigunta Jn, while one from Chengalpattu Jn via Kanchipuram joins here. At Arakkonam Jn, quadruple lines from Chennai ends and the route forward is a Fully Electrified Double line.


Final Part will be posted soon.
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PART 4: THE RUN

No sooner we crossed Arakkonam Jn taking the Katpadi line, we hit MPS. Melpakkam Cabin was dusted at flat 110 kmph. The beast showed no signs of slowing down. We were treated with flat Jerk free smooth MPS skips of Chitteri, Sholinghur, Thalangai and Walajah Road Jn. Sharp Deceleration to 29 Kmph and Acceleration back to MPS at Mukundarayapuram Station for a minor caution was a treat to watch. The delays if any were nullified and as we approached Katpadi Jn, we were...
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We entered Katpadi Station and the Trainset Screeched to a halt at 07:21, dot on time. The Doors closed and we accelerated out of Katpadi Jn sharp at 07:25 hours and in no time attained full MPS. Post Katpadi, we were served Complimentary Breakfast comprising of 2 Idlis, One Medu Vada, Chutney, Sambar, Pineapple Sheera, Apple Juice and a small Snack Cake. The breakfast was piping hot and tasty.

By the time, we finished our Breakfast; our Vande Bharat Express was exiting the Chennai – Salem Main line and was snaking its way through the Turnouts at Jolarpettai Jn to enter Bengaluru bound Rail line. Meanwhile 12028 KSR Bengaluru – Chennai Central Shatabdi with some WAP 7 was negotiating the Turnouts to join the Chennai bound line. The other line from Jolarpettai Jn goes straight towards Salem Jn. One pair of WAG 12 was resting with a CONCOR rake at one of the loops awaiting its clearance.

It was time for second round of Tea or Coffee. This time I opted for Ginger Tea Premix. Our Vande Bharat Express was now entering its another section of its expertise – Ghats. Yes, the section between Jolarpettai Jn and Kuppam is having quite a few gradients where Permanent Speed restrictions are put into Place. Though this section doesn’t necessitate the use of Bankers, Locomotive hauled trains cautiously ascend the gradients using their full power. Our Vande Bharat Beastie nailed it exceptionally well as it smoothly negotiated this section. We were stuck in awe as the mesmerizing view outside from the large windows of the coach and the beautiful interiors of our coach blended into one in this section.

In no time, we entered Kuppam came to an unscheduled halt. No sooner we were cleared from Kuppam, we started negotiating our way through the Bengaluru suburban section with numerous slowdowns. The freight traffic was also considerably more at that times and almost every loop was occupied by freight. However, post Bangarapet, we were cruising at full MPS of 110 kmph. Another acceleration stunt was witnessed from the beastie as we entered Whitefield at 45 kmph but exited at 100 kmph.

We dreaded another halt at Bengaluru outers as we crossed Bengaluru Cantt but thankfully, we were cleared onto PF 7 at KSR Bengaluru and we came to a complete halt full 5 minutes before time. We were once again greeted by selfies and Photos with the VB rake by people on the platform before the doors could open. The alighting crowd at Bengaluru spoke volumes on the most preferred pair of Stations to travel in this Vande Bharat.

No Railfan would want a Rail Trip to End but it always have to . A sweet and Short Trip onboard this sensation of modern Rail Network of India viz Vande Bharat Express came to an end at Bengaluru with beautiful memories to hold on to. Penning this Travelogue itself is an altogether different experience which has given me a chance to cherish my First Journey onboard Vande Bharat Express. Hope have done enough justice to it.

Will soon be back with a new journey, new experience and new memories. Till then Have a Great Year Ahead.

Bye for now !!!
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Very well written travelogue sir, felt like we were traveling with you.
One feedback: The experience would have been even better if it was in a single part just to maintain the continuity and have the readers engrossed.

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Thanks a lot. Will surely try to put the entire Travelogue from my next trip in a single post.
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