Delhi bahut door hai (A nightmare journey) Part 2
Date : 26/05/2015
Journey from LKO
All the ALD trains were scattered in between SLN-LKO.
(Still hoping to catch my train 12877 at LKO or...
more...

somewhere)
But NTES and MNTES had failed completely showing updates for Depated from NEWC and MGS for all diverted trains.
Before reaching LKO at Dilkusha cabin (3 km before where FD line meets SLN ,PBH line), I saw 13151 (waiting since 30 mins) halted. (Well done 13151 40kms extra plus 15 halts still b4 my train, but 12369 wins)
I reached LKO at 5 pm
On PF 7 I could see two trains (via ALD) which were going to CNB. Still the day had been hot (terribly hot) lack of water
People who have traveled on the route may know better. Still 12369 departed LKO at 5:10. From there started a quick ride
The train flew past Kakori, Sandila, Balamau.
The train was stopped at Hardoi and Shahjahanpur (thanks to chain pulling by Daily passengers)
Before bareily TTE showed up. I told him of my situation I had rquested for at ticket to him LKO but he said board and we will see then.
He requested Rs 400.(250 fine +150 exta reservation charge).
He thought I came up from LKO (since my general ticket was via PBH- Amethi) so I told him that I had requested for ticket at LKO which he delayed so now no penalty please.
I paid Rs 100 enjoy.
I reached MB at 10 PM.
12369 click here
Hungry since day (LKO platform food was so miserable,I had thrown it away, I did not have guts to buy same at BE chola-puri-chawal)
I had only seen Moradabad at night a divisional railway station.
But to my dismay apart form PF no1 which is really good, the rest of it let say no comments.
For food I went outside found a dhaba (with AC). Without even looking into menu.
I had saved Rs 250 in TTE penalty been hungry all day long, some no compromise.
I never eat thali so Simply ordered chapatis,dal, paneer, dal tadka, (All full, no half measures)
Plus chilled mineral water that too 2 litres.
The food was the best I have eaten to date.
The quantity was voluptuous (8 chappatis plus full plate rice )
For bill I paid Rs 230 (Cheap considering the full items, quality and quantity)
I said to myself Indian Railways and IRCTC start delivering food on trains form the these dhabas near stations.
they are far way better than your miserable pantries.
For MB-DLI-GGN my bro booked a ticket in 25014 Ranikhet express which has two sections one from Kathgodam (15014) and other from Ramnagar (25014) joined together at Moradabad to go to Jaiselmer.
After dinner, I was stopped from entering MB AC waiting hall (Possibly I was looking like a typical dacoit, Bihari, ticketless traveller, whatever)
Showing them the smartphone was enough to clear doubts though. I waited for 45 mins.
My coach was AB1 Side upper.
As it was my first experience in a AB type (2A+3A), I entered the wrong side in 2A section found my berth as Upper berth.
Wait a minute my ticket said SU while here it is upper. I also noticed it had no middle berth.
What nonsense
I realized I was in wrong section, I moved to correct one avoided making an idiot of myself.
The AC was cool and I slept without witnessing any coach and rack shifts.
At 4AM I reached Delhi, was woken up by passengers movement plus Mummy's call (I had already told her to do that fearing oversleeping)
15014: click here
Still I kept on resting.
I debarded at Gurgaon GGN at 5:30am (Yes Gurgaon has a railway station folks) Pic1
I decided lets see how the trains perofrmed on CNB NLDS route
12273 HD: click here
12301 HR: click here
12877 RNC GR: click here
RNC GR (traitor) arrived NDLS at 3 am I reached Dli at 4 AM so not bad performance given I took the long path via MB-GJL.
So a journey that should have been 4Pm-11AM (19 hours) was made 4PM-5:30AM (37.5 hours)
The only thing I wished at the end
If only we were allowed to board Duronto (12273,12259) at Dhanbad technical halt I would not have suffered this much as I have had done today.
We say God hears your prayers once in a day, and yes mine was heard and answered.
As three months later we had this news and blog coming up.
News: click here
Blog plenty but I read first here: /blog/post/1572431
So trust me the people are sad and happy for Duronto tech halts, but I have been one of the happiest since this news.