Once again SUR division played the spoil sport like they usually do...
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01063 was not received at DD until 20:15 after being at KDG (20 kms away from DD) at 19:28. However, DD did not hold it for long and allowed it to continue ahead immediately at 20:20
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NDLS SBC Karnataka Exp expected at DD from MMR towards SUR at 20:00 was late by close to 4 hrs. So, it remained out of this race.
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Meanwhile, 11019 CSMT BBS Konark Express Departed DD at 21:05 and followed 01063 till SUR. After departing SUR at 01:25 , 11019 OT 01063 before GR and reached WADI RT at 03:50
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Further more, 1 hr late running WR's 19420 ADI MAS Exp which departed SUR at 02:50, OT 16381 between SUR & GR and also chased down 01063 at WADI It was handed over to SCR RT at 04:45 before 01063 who had reached WADI well before 19420.
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So, 01063 departed SUR at 01:20. but reached WADI at 04:30. It was further handed over to SCR after an additional delay of 45 mins, at 05:15 this morning.
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Probably,because its a CR train, SCR further dragged 01063 upto GTL till 09:25. Till then, 16381 CSMT CAPE express chased it down and was allowed to OT 01063 at GTL. So, now 19420 <- 16381 <- 01063
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This is the sorrowful story of almost all holiday special trains and to add insult to injury they are running on special fare or dynamic fare.
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**RACE BLOG ends here **