TRAVEL REPORT OF 11006 (PDY DR EXPRESS) UBL to KYN
I was recently bestowed with an immediate and surprise chance to travel by this train... Tkts where booked in CK quota..
* Reached well in advance at UBL, wherein announcements where on for SUR UBL ICE, after a short gap, announcement was made that PDY EXP is scheduled to arrive very shortly on PL 01, (ARR 15:10), sharp at 15:23 train made a move.. Enroute the train was doing really well, GIMB Express crossed us on DWR-Kyarkop section, and Haripriya was...
more... waiting at Londa Jn, at Sambre the great Rani Chenamma was made to ply on main line and we where placed on loop line, furhter the same revenge was taken by PDY Exp on CDG-YPR KSK,,
* Reached MRJ at 20.35 unlike all time when it reaches well in advance at around 20:20/20:27...(personal experience)
*Good and fantastic run upto PUNE, through Ghats and almighty Moon and mountains made it wonderfull, really I was very lucky watching train moving inside and outside tunnels in moonlight, curving mountains, the last coach at behind...
* At Pune, we were platformed at 05, whereas KURLA-CBE was on 03, LTT-SC durunto on made its arrival on 04... soon PUNE WDG 3#, got detached and KYN WCAM 3## was attached for further blasters....
*To my surprise, train was not doing well as there was no continous run atleast for 20 min in such a PUNE MUMBAI fast track, due to some prob,, crawled through Khandalas and finnally OTing BJP-CSTM passenger reached KYN at 05:15am....
Thnx for reading :)