Sharing My Journey Experience from Bokaro to Jasidih

I'm sharing one of my worst yet enjoyable journeys (in view of a RF) in the SL berth of an SL class on the 18185 Tatanagar Godda Express in rainy weather with lightning, along with some nighttime photos.

It was 4:30 PM when I was about to leave home for the station to catch my 18185 Tata Godda Express to Jasidih. Suddenly, an SMS came from Indian Railways informing that 18185 was running late by 1 hour 55 minutes. It may cover up. (I was trying to check the NTES app since 2:30 PM when it leaves from Tatanagar). No idea why it was detained at Tata for so long.

I left home around 5:30 PM (yes, at the scheduled time of arrival of the Tata Godda Express at BKSC). I reached the station around 6:15 PM, and as soon as I entered the platform, it started to rain heavily. What luck! At that time, the Tata Godda Express was about to arrive at Muri. While at Bokaro, the Jasidih Vasco-da-Gama Express was departing, and the Ranchi Bokaro passenger was arriving.

*Arrival*
I checked NTES and was surprised to find that 22823 Bhubaneswar Rajdhani was trailing behind the Tata Godda Express. Finally, it arrived at BKSC at 7:15 PM (1 hour 55 minutes late).

Seeing the slack between Bokaro and Dhanbad, I expected to cover up some delay, but it didn't happen as expected.

There wasn't much problem until we arrived at Chandrapura. We were detained at Chandrapura for more than 40 minutes, even though this train does not have a halt at Chandrapura.

I thought we were stopped because 18627 Howrah Ranchi Intercity had entered the single-line section of Jamunia and Chandrapura. Okay, no problem. 18627 arrived and departed. Still, we had to wait. The most unexpected overtake happened. The Bokaro Howrah Fast Passenger had overtaken us at Chandrapura. I couldn't believe what I just witnessed!

*Entering GC*

When my train reached Dhanbad, it was almost 9:30 PM (2 hours 30 minutes late) at night (the time we were supposed to be at Jasidih). We were waiting for the Coalfield Express to arrive and give us the right of way.

In the meantime, I decided to have a nap. Since I had a lower berth, due to my height it created a lot of difficulty, but somehow adjusting my legs I settled down. 😅 (though it was uncomfortable)

"Few minutes later"

I was irritated due to the behavior of my co-passengers. The whole family (I guess more than 10 members) was traveling, but only some had tickets. When I boarded from BKSC, those idiots were occupying our seats; somehow, without quarreling, the matter was settled.
Back to present…
Now two of them forcefully came onto my berth saying, "Are bhai, ghasak jara" (Hey brother, move a bit). I couldn't tolerate it. I don't know where I gathered the courage to reply to a stranger aggressively, "Kyo bhai, mera seat hai, hum kyun ghaske! Hum nahi hatenge yaha se, kya kar lijiyega?" (Why brother, it's my seat, why should I move? I won't move from here, what will you do?). A moment after this, I couldn't believe I really replied.

After this incident, we were looped onto Mugma, where back-to-back there was overtaking. There was again an unexpected overtake! The Maurya Express (the best crawler) overtook us. I still couldn't believe it. I checked NTES to verify, but still can't believe it.

*Entering Jasidih*

We finally had a good run after Mugma, where we only stopped at scheduled stoppages. I later found that this train is now diverted via Deoghar instead of going via Kiul, Bhagalpur. So we had to wait at Jasidih outer because the Rajendranagar Howrah Express was occupying platform number 1 (rake reversal can only be done at platform number 1 of JSME). We reached Jasidih station at 2:10 AM (4 hours 15 minutes late).

Thanks for reading! :)

Bokaro se Jasidih ka mera safar ka anubhav share kar raha hu.

Yeh mera ek sabse bura par fir bhi mazedaar safar tha (ek RF ke nazariye se dekhne pe), SL class ke SL berth mein, 18185 Tatanagar Godda Express mein, barish aur bijli ke saath, raat mein kuch clicks ke saath.

sham ko 4:30 baje main ghar se station jaane wala tha 18185 Tata Godda Express pakadne ke liye Jasidih ke liye. Achanak Indian Railways ka ek SMS aaya, jismein bataya gaya ki 18185, 1:55 ghante late hai. IT MAY COVER UP. (main NTES app pe 2:30 baje se check karne ki koshish kar raha tha jab yeh Tatanagar se chalta hai). Pata nahi kyun itne ghante Tata pe ruk gaya.

main 5:30 baje ghar se chala (haan, TATA GODA ke BKSC pahunchne ke scheduled time pe). main 6:15 baje station pahuncha aur platform pe aate hi tez barish hone lagi. Kitna acha luck tha mera!

us waqt TATA GODA Muri pahunchne wala tha.

Bokaro mein, Jasidih Vasco-da-Gama jaa raha tha aur Ranchi Bokaro passenger aa raha tha.

*Pahunchna*

maine NTES check kiya aur yeh jaan kar hairan hua ki 22823 Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani, TATA GODA ke peeche chal rahi thi. Akhirkar, 7:15 baje BKSC pahuncha (1 ghante 55 minute late).

Bokaro aur Dhanbad ke beech ka gap dekh kar mujhe ummeed thi ki kuch der kam ho jayegi, par aisa nahin hua.

Chandrapura pahunchne tak zyada dikkat nahin hui.

Chandrapura pe hum 40 minute se zyada ruk gaye, haalaanki is train ka Chandrapura pe koi halt nahin hai.

mujhe laga ki hum ruke hain kyunki 18627 Howrah Ranchi Intercity, Jamunia aur Chandrapura ke single line section mein aa gaya tha. Theek hai, koi baat nahin. 18627 aaya aur chala gaya. fir bhi humein wait karna pada. Sabse unexpected overtake hua. Bokaro Howrah Fast Passenger ne humein Chandrapura pe overtake kar diya, mujhe yakeen nahin hua jo maine dekha!!!

*GC mein dakhil*

jab meri train Dhanbad pahunchi, raat ke almost 9:30 baje the (2 ghante 30 minute late) (woh time jab humein Jasidih pahunchna tha).

hum Coalfield Express ke aane aur rasta dene ka intezaar kar rahe the.

is beech, maine sone ka faisla kiya. kyonki mera lower berth tha, meri height ki wajah se bahut dikkat hui, par kahi tarah apne pair adjust karke main settle ho gaya. 😅 (halanki yeh uncomfortable tha)

''kuch minute baad''

main apne saathwale passengers ke behaviour se pareshan ho gaya. pura family (mujhe lagta hai 10 se zyada members) safar kar raha tha, par sirf kuch ke paas ticket tha. jab main BKSC se board hua, woh bewakuf hamare seat pe baithe the, kahi tarah jhagde ke bina baat settle ho gayi.

wapis present mein....

ab unmein se 2 zor se mere berth pe aa gaye aur bole 'are bhai ghasak jara'. main bardasht nahin kar paya. mujhe nahin pata mujhe himmat kaha se mili ek stranger ko aggressive tareeke se jawab dene ki 'kyo bhai mera seat hai, hum kyun ghaske! hum nahin hatenge yaha se, kya kar lijiyega'

is incident ke ek pal baad mujhe yakeen nahin hua ki maine sach mein jawab diya.

is incident ke baad, hum Mugma pe loop ho gaye, jaha pe back to back overtake hua. fir se ek unexpected overtake hua! Maurya Express (sabse zyada slow train) ne humein overtake kar diya. mujhe abhi bhi yakeen nahin ho raha tha. maine NTES check kiya verify karne ke liye, par abhi bhi yakeen nahin ho raha.

*JASIDIH mein dakhil*

Mugma ke baad akhirkar hamare train ki speed achhi rahi jaha pe hum sirf scheduled stops pe ruke.

baad mein mujhe pata chala ki yeh train ab Deoghar se divert ho gayi hai Kiul, Bhagalpur ke bajaye. toh humein Jasidih outer pe wait karna pada kyunki Rajendranagar Howrah Express platform number 1 pe thi (rake reversal sirf JSME ke platform number 1 pe ho sakta hai)

hum 02:10 baje Jasidih station pahunche (4 ghante 15 minute late)

padhne ke liye shukriya! :)