Date: - Tuesday March 07 2017
After a long trip of Ujjain, Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi, Indore. I came back to Bikaner and after completing my work I decided to go back home , as always I opened the Irctc website to see the tickets availability for trains bound to Mumbai , I always preferred Ranakpur express but this time tickets weren’t available so I tried to see the tickets in other train , even Bikaner – bandra sf express was full , then I saw humsafar express , I booked the ticket in humsafar express although the timing were very odd it departed from Bikaner was 6 am that means I had to wake up at 4 get ready and leave by...
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5 as I was 15 km away from Bikaner jn . And its vasai arriving timing was morning 3:40 am
14715 Sri Ganganagar - Tiruchchirappalli HumSafar Express FROM BIKANER (BIKANER ) – TO VASAI ROAD ( BSR ) , First commercial RUN FROM SRI GANGANAGAR towards Tiruchchirappalli
I arrived Bikaner station at 5:30 am and was very much excited about travelling in humsafar express and returning to Mumbai , I saw maharaja express standing at platform :- 2 hauled by ldh wdm 3a 16122 towards jaisalmer
maharaja express standing at platform: - 2
After clicking the pic I went to the enquiry desk to ask as on which platform the train will arrive after The person on the desk informed me that train will arrive on platform:- 1 and at 5:50 on time train arrived at Bikaner station and Siliguri wdg4 12930 was hauling the train
Siliguri wdg4 12930 Humsafer express at Bikaner
Train Departed from Bikaner station at 6:25 , 5 min late of its actuall departure time from bikner , the massive 4500 hp wdg-4 had picked up the speed just after leaving the Bikaner jn , It was doing mps ( maximun permissible speed ) until it reached Palana at 6:50 where it was looped for 16587 , Yesvantpur - Bikaner Express which was hauled by KJM WDM-3A 14083 , we were kept waiting for 10 mins at loop line till the train had passed , because the whole North western railway is single line . after the train passed, starter was given and then, joined the main line again and started doing mps of 95 km/hr. which was maximum allowed by any wdg-4 , just before nokha train slowed done to 50 km/hr following the maximum permissible speed allowed for skipping station , skip nokha at 7:30 the train was running late by 7 mins by that time , had slowed down after 2 km from Nokha as tsr was placed between it for changing the sleeper , Train gained speed just 5 kms before chilo and then again achieved the mps, made unscheduled halt at nagaur at 8:05, 8 mins before time , 12301 Howrah – Bikaner link superfast express Xing us after 25 min which was hauled by abr wdm 3A 16810r , Departed from nagaur at 8:35 which made my train delayed by 30 mins, Here are few pic clicked at nagaur junction
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ABR WDM 3A 16810R WITH 12301 Howrah – Bikaner link superfast express
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14715 Sri Ganganagar - tiruchchirappalli HumSafar Express at nagaur platform: - 1
After departure from nagaur tea seller came , pantry fare isn’t include in the ticket so I had to pay to the Tea seller 10 rupees , which tasted more or less just like flavoured water and order for breakfast were taken, but even that wasn’t proper cutlet with bread were served and peanuts inside it weren’t proper cooked, even the crust of cutlet was half burned, below is the pic of the cutlet, there after I ordered food online for my lunch and dinner ….
Passed merta road at 9:39 which was 30 min late of its actual arriving time which is 9:09 and between nagaur and merta road train was doing mps …. And before merta there a curve which is almost 180 degree curve here the pic of it:-
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Had an unscheduled halt at merta road junction of 10 min which made it late by 40 mins and then after departure from merta raod at 9:37 and after that train picked and 4500 hp wdg-4 was over speeding going above its permissible speed of 95 km/hr.
after entering into merta – jodhpur section the train almost picked mps and was first time time running stop for more than 83 kms between merta road and jodhpur junction at giving a avg of 79 kms/hr. Bgkt wdp4d 40098 with 14708 Ranakpur express was looped at banar ,And military rake was at jodhpur
Reached jodhpur at 11:17 just a minute late then its actual arriving time at jodhpur ..!!! it has a lot of slack between Bikaner – jodhpur being late by more than 30 min then to it came few a min late … as I had ordered food from online because of not proper catering available on board
I had Chole bature for 99 rupees from irctc catering online
After having lunch I nearly slept for few hrs. I woke up just few mins before marwar junction, arrived marwar junction at 12:49. 11 mins before of it actual time of arriving at marwar junction
Entering marwar junction double stack and petrol tank waiting for starter
Departed from marwar junction at 13:02
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TKD WDM 3A 18854 with massive double stack rake.
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52076 Mavli - Marwar MG Passenger (Unreserved) only few MG Train left and this is one of last mg which was in service till 06/06/17 and after the gauge conversation of it has been approved by the railway board
After departing from marwar train was going on a good speed till Bhinwaliya at 13:29 where it was loop for 19707 BANDRA TERMINUS ( Bdts ) – JAIPUR ( Jp ) ARAVALI express
Offlink abr wdg4d 70582 with 19707 BANDRA TERMINUS ( Bdts ) – JAIPUR ( Jp ) ARAVALI express
After dep from Bhinwaliya train was again looped at somesar (13:32) for 19403/Ahmedabad - Sultanpur Express hauled by vtva 14876R wdm 3A
AFTER DEPARTING FROM SOMEASAR WAS PRETTY MUCH DOING MPS skipping JAWLI AND RANI stations between somesar till Khimel , was looped again at khimel (14:02) FOR 16534/KSR Bengaluru - Bhagat Ki Kothi Jodhpur Express (Via Guntakal)
16534/KSR Bengaluru - Bhagat Ki Kothi Jodhpur Express (Via Guntakal) hauled by wdg-4 12121
TRAIN WAS JUST LATE BY 5 MINS , AFTER DEPARTING FROM KhimeL IT AS DOING MPS TILL Jawai Bandh WHERE CAUTION ORDER OF 25 KM/HR SPEED LIMT WERE KEPT FOR REPLACEMET OF THE TRACKS
AFTER FOOLLOWING CAUTION ORDERS FOR 2 KM, TRAIN AGAIN PICKUP THE SPEED UP AND NOW THIS TIME WAS DOING THE MPS, IT CROSSED MORI BERA AT 14:46 WHERE ADI – AJMER INTERCIRY WAS WAITING TO JOIN THE MAIN LINE AS DOUBLING PATCH WAS ONLY TILL MORI BERA FROM Swarupganj
ABR WDM 3A 16321 WITH 19411/Ahmedabad - Ajmer InterCity Express
AFTER DEPARTING FROM MORI BERA IT WAS DOING NON STOP MPS SKIPPING ATLEST 8 STATION BACK TO BACK AND TRAIN WAS RUNNING PERFECT ON TIME UNTILL MORTHALA WERE IT WAS HALTED FOR MORE THEN 15 MINS FOR 19223/Ahmedabad - Jammu Tawi Express
ABR WDM 3A 14121 WITH 19223/Ahmedabad - Jammu Tawi Express
WHILE IT LOOP FOR 15 MINS AT MORTHALA I HAD TAKEN FEW PIC OF THE RAKE STANDING AT THE STATION
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B4 MADE OF WR 16137/C
NEW SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR THE NEW LHB COACHES NEXT MAINTAINCE DATE IS 8/2019
CAOCH LWACCN NEW COUPLING SYSTEM FOR HUMSAFARA RAKE FOR LESS JERK
AFTER XING WITH ADI – JAT DEPARTED AT 16:00 FOR ITS NEXT HALT AT ABU ROAD , REACHED ABU ROAD PLATFORM :-2 AT 16:11 , 11 MINS LATE BOTH shed sbi wdg-4 and bgkt wdg-4 were standing at pit line with freight ,
LHF BGKT WDG4 WITH DOUBLE STACK AND SHF WDG-4 WITH MILITARY TRAIN
MILITARY TRAIN AT ABU ROAD
ABU ROAD STATION BOARD, AND Jodhpur - Ahmedabad Passenger STANDING BEHIND IT
ABR WDM3A 16276 WITH 54803 Jodhpur - Ahmedabad Passenger
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DEPARTED FROM ABU ROAD AT 16:15 DELAYED BY 13 MINS , OVERTOOK
54803/Jodhpur - Ahmedabad Passenger AT ABU ROAD WHICH WAS STANDING AT PLATFORM:-3
AFTER DEPARTING FROM ABU , TRAIN WAS DOING MPS AGAIN , THE ABU ROAD CREW WAS VERY HARD ON THE throttle OF THE WDG-4 it and THEN THE FOR 20 MINS I HAD A SMALL NAP , THEN I GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF MY FRND SAYING “ WHAT ARE YOU DOING “ , I REPLIED “ I AM HAIVNG A SMALL NAP “ HE WAS LIKE DUDE YOU ARE VISITING NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY IN DAY TIME JUST CLICK THE PICTURE OF DOUBLING WORK AND ALSO THE ELECTRIFICATION WORK GOING ON IN NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY BETWEEN ABU ROAD AND PALANPUR WHERE THE TWO ZONES MEET NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY AND WR
SO I WENT NEAR THE DOOR AND STARTED TAKING VIDEO AND PICS OF THE ELECTRIFICATION AND DOUBLING
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REACHED Palanpur Junction (16:55) on time, 3 FRIEGHTS WHERE WAITING FOR THE SATRTER TOWARDS ABU ROAD, AFTER HALT OF 6 MINS AT PALANPUR JUNCTION DEPARTED AR 17:01 AND NOW THE JOURNEY IN WESTERN RAILWAY (WR) STARTS
AFTER DEPARTING FROM PALANPUR IT WASN’T MORE THE 8 KM, THE TRAIN WAS AGAIN LOOPED AT Umardashi, IT TOOK MORE THEN 10 MINS FOR THE FRIEGHTS FOR WHICH THE TRAIN WAS LOOPED COME, MAKING THE ON GAOING 14715 GET AGAIN DELAY BY 10 MINS . HERE ARE FEW PIC OF THE FREIGHT IN THE LOOP AND EVEN THE DS HIGHTED POLE
DEAD VTVA WDG 3A 13486 WITH SBI WDG 4 12554 IN LHF WITH CONCOUR AT LOOP , SEE THE DOUBLE HIEGHT POLE AT Umardashi
AFTER DEPARTING FROM THE LOOP THE TRAIN WAS DOING MPS UNLESS IT REACH UNJHA THE HOME SIGNAL WAS RED AND TRAIN HAD SLOWED DOWN BUT BEFORE IT WAS STOPPED THE SIGNAL TURNED GREEN AND THE PIC PICKED UP THE SPEED , ADI – ABU ROAD DEMU WAS AT UNJHA FOR WHICH THE TRAIN WAS SLOWED ….. PIC OF THE UNJHA STATION BOARD AND THE DEMU AT UNJHA
AFTER DEPARTING UNJHA THE TRAIN PICKED UP THE SPEED AND AS USAUAL I WAS STANDING AT DOOR NOTICING THE CHANGED THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN UNJHA – ADI AS I HAD VISITED JUST 6 MONTHS BACK ONLY AND I NOTICED A GREAT CHANGED IN IT …
1) ELECTRIFICATION HAD INCREASED 2 TIMES IT NORMAL SPEED OF WHICH IT WAS
2) THE TRAIN MPS AT CRUVES HAD ALSO IINCREASED BY 10 KM/HR WHERE PSR WERE KEPT
3) AND MOST IMP THE DIESEL SECTION WAS NOW UNDER WIRE
CURVE WHERE THE SPEED HAS BEEN INCREASED AND DOUBLE HIEGHT ELECTRIC POLE WITH THE WIRE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COACH AND THE OHW WHOLE SECTION UDER WIRE
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LAND CLEARED POST UNJHA FOR DFC
BETWEEN UNJHA – MAHESANA TRAIN HAD HALTED AT Bhandu MotidauFOR 5 MINS BECOUSE STARTER WASN’T GIVEN
REACHED MAHESANA AT 18:16 ( 15 MINS LATE OF ITS ACTUAL TIME OF ARRIVING ) BEFORE ENTERING MSH I SAW THESE MG TRAINS THE HERITAGE OF THE INDAIN RAILWAY READY
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SBI YDM 6280 ON A MILITRY FALT BED WIH WHEEL BASED ROMOVED FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE
& CRANE AFTER LIFTIING THE MG MEMU ON THE FLATBED AND WORKER FINISHING THEIR JOB
14715 ENTRed MEHASANA PLATFORM:- 3
SHF WDP4 20089 HAULING 12548 Ahmedabad - Agra Fort SUPERFAST Express WAITING AT MEHASANA PLATFORM :-2
departed Mahesana 15m late AT 18:18
After departing from mahesana it now time to do mps again till Ambliyasan where the train was again looped for the RAJDHANI EXRPRESS
VTVA WDM-3D 11494 WITH 12957/Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express
AFTER DEPARTING FROM AMBLiysan at 18:450 got a message from a friend the theirs a derailment at shaplahe , around 3-4 goods wagon had been derailed causing blockage to trains to go and come out of Mumbai ……
Wagaons derialed bcoz of swtich been thrown ealry by the sah station master
After getting this message and pic, I was like what .!! returing to mumbai after months and a derailment which is going to welcome me ……..
After recovering from that sudden shock I thought of having a cup of tea and refresh the mind , as a cup of tea is a best way to refresh from all the mood ... as I had got side lower berth which is the best seat for a person who is travelling alone or the upper berth as more then half the train was running empty it was easy to get any seat which is there after having a chat with tte
Train reached Ahmedabad Junction at 19:40 just 5 mins late of its actuall timing , as it had loco change and a halt of 20 mins I decided to walk down 13 coaches to see which loco is been given for the first commercial run … and it was a wap 5 30076
Loco pic
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After watching the loco, I ran back 13 coaches to b4 where my seat was … I reach to coach in time and order my dinner at brc … through travel khana...
Train departed from Adi at 20:10 (15 mins) late, after departing from maninagar the train started acceleration it reached 110 km/hr. Post vtva
TRAIN DOING MPS WITH WAP5
Reached nadiad at 20:46 and brc p5 with karnavati departed from nadiad and brc p5 with dd arrived and humsafar departed from nadiad at 20:48, 5 mins late of its actual time
REACHED BRC AT ONTIME AT 21:43 AND MY dinner was here from dominos
14715 arrived brc platform:- 1 and bdts – nzm gr arrived brc platform :-2 with tkd wap7 30377 and because of the derailment 12951 was late that day ,
HUMSAFAR DEPRATED FROM Brc at 21:48 right on time .. 14708 Bdts – Bikaner Ranakpur express arrived brc on time with brc p7 30459 in lead after I finished my dinner I thought to take a nap as I was going to DE board the train at vasai road which was going to come at morning 03:35
My sleep woke up suddenly as I heard a train honking as I had a side lower berth near the track side.. . i saw and it was 1:00 and saw train standing at the loop line of Vedchha , with few co passenger awake I asked them since how long it has been waiting they answered and I was shock to hear that it was been halted since 30 mins and 3 frights had overtook it already , I asked them did it reach Bharuch and surat on time they told yes with minor delayed cross both and when I called my friend to tell him that I have been looped since 30-40 mins he answered did u forget about the derailment .. then within few sec a wap4 honking overtook us … we weren’t given starter and was about 1h 50m late that means we were looped for 1 hr. 10 mins we left at 02:37 and the after covering a distance of less than 10 km again we were looped at Amalsad and delay was about 1h 54m late till then when while on down line 22351 with Saurashtra mail and departed from Amalsad at 3:06 almost 2 hrs.’ 33 mins late , even when we didn’t covered more than 5 km it was looped at BIM/Bilimora Junction at 3:23 and now again Tkd twin wag5 with boxn loaded with Coal overtook us at Bilimora …after that I knew it the train won’t reach vasai atlest till 8 in the morning and as I didn’t had proper sleep I again went back to my seat and I slept and this time I woke up at 6:00 as my mobile battery went dead as of continues us I kept it for charging , after I kept for charging I saw out of the window and saw that train is still at valsad and I got know that one train also ot while I was sleeping and that was the tvc raj which overtook us at Bilimora also ….right from 6 am it was standing at valsad platform till my mobile got 70% charge at 7am I open and called my family to inform them and then I got to know that train is now delayed by more than 6 hrs. 21 mins late.. That’s some serious delay and that to in western railway …. Finally accouncent went at the platform of valsad that 14715 humsafar express is ready to depart and we departed at 7:33 and after departing from valsad there was a line-up of down trains at valsad
AFTER DEPARTING FROM VALSAD
3 trains xing back to back BDTS – UDZ SUPERFAST EXPRESS , BCT – BRC SUPERFAST EXPRESS , BRC 30104 WITH DADAR – BHUJ EXPRESS
THE TRAIN WAS LOOPED AT Udvada (7:45) the train was almost late by 7 hrs. and the effect of derailment was been showed up …
After being looped for more than 15 mins I thought of having a walk so I walked down the locomotive once again walked 13 coaches took the pic of the loco and the eog
14715 with brc p5 standing at Udvada loop Loco 30076 with humsafar SGNR – TPJ HUMSAFAR EXPRESS
And for now the unexpected for the expected the Rajdhani express and the garib rath overtakes the humsafar express and ahead of it was the surat – virar passenger , which was also surprising overtake ……
THE KING OF WR 12952 NDLS – BCT RAJDHANI EXPRESS
12215 DEE – BDTS GARIB RATH EXPRESS
AFTER 15 MINS OF OVERTAKE, FINALLY WE DEPART FROM Udvada AT 8:56 are, being late by more than 7 hrs. 20 mins …..
After departing from Udvada the train hated at vapi at 9:00 bcoz starter wasn’t given . And on down line the accident relief van with ratlam wdm3a towards Surat
Skipped Umargam Road at 9:33 and overtook surat – virar shuttle And finally the train was back on mps from Umargam to kelve . after kelve the train was crawling at the speed of 30-40 km/hr speed . and then halted at sah outer ..waiting for the garib rath to clear the line and Brc superfast is behind my train … now its time to approach the accident spot
ex Rtm now Bdts wds6a with the accident reilfe van the flat bed for the reconstruction of the tracks
The derailed vagaon and the reparing work going while the service were on and speed restriction of 10km/hr was kept
After the train passed from the caution spot the train started to do mps again after 6 hrs again the train started to do the mps … Garibh rath was ahead if us , the train did mps till the naigaon where after that the train slowed down and was approaching my halt at vasai road …
Train reached vasai raod at ‎08 ‎March ‎2017, ‏‎13:41:56 , train was delayed by almost more then 7 hrs 45 min … after humsafar departed from vasai road at 13:50
THANKS FOR READING MY travel BLOG .!!!!!
UDIT MEHTA

The full trip video
March 07 2017 , The first commercial run of 14715 SGNR - TPJ humsafar . I was on-board from bkn to bsr. Was glad to see maharaja express standing at platform :- 2 , offlink Siliguri wdg4 12930 was hauling the train , Train getting delayed from 8 mins before time running to 38 mins late , the new humsafar coaches with curtains , train being almost more then half empty. MARWAR - ADI IN day time . xing with adi raj during evening time , the whole nwr getting electrified and also doubled. reaching surat before time , and then getting delayed by 8 hrs , getting overtaken by light wap4 , mumbai...
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rajdhani , garib rath. due to the derailment in sah yard .