my trip report
travelled in this train on 17th july 2012 to bangalore fr a personal visit. its the 1st time i traveld in tis trail after the chnage of time, rechd centrsl by 7.15am, ws brot to pf no 3 by a tnp loco, my coach ws d5. it depated at 7.55am(5mins late) and ran at arnd 120kmps(wap7 effect) although it ws slowesd down at certain stations,,,bt it ws ontime at all d stations(ajj,kpd,wjr,ab vn,kpn,bwt,kjm), this gave me a litl hopes tat it would reach ahead of schedule at sbc, evrythng ws gud til kjm, bt aftr kjm, it ws stopd fr arnd 20mins at BYPL,ws litl wondering tat it would nt reach b4 schedule at sbc later a twin...
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loco ws seen frm d window, yes, it was overtakn by d dirty looking late running karnataka express, latr d train left at arnd 1.40pm rechd bnc at 1.50pm and again stopd fr arnd 10 mins at bnc, lft at 2pm and rechd sbc at 2.10pm(10mins late)....
overall d time chnage s suitabl fr our chennaites, bt d slack time btwn bwt and sbc could be reduced...................even now sbc-mas lalbagh express runs wid d same speed as f brindavan ,bt it ususlly rechs ahead f schedule to mas...same can be revised to brindavan also...brindavan and lalbagh - lovely chariot between sbc-mas..prides f indian railways, long live queens.....