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Oct 22 2015 (16:09)   22625/MGR Chennai Central - KSR Bengaluru Double Decker Express
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sriguruvenkat   34 blog posts
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Travelled from MAS to KPD on 21st October 2015.seat no ;71,72,73,75
Cleanliness and Comfort; The coach no C8 was a Jan 2013 made one and the cleanliness was top notch.The interiors were very clean and toilets were very clean and dry.There was no water problem and the cooling was very good.
Puntuality;The train departed 5 mins late from MAS and reached KPD on time.The maximum speed achieved was 118 km/hr.
Food;The
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food available in the train is awesome and cheap.The idly vada was rs25 and bread omlet was rs 20.Coffee was rs10 and Tea was rs 7.Vendors came at regular imtervals
Availablity;I booked my ticket on 28th september since i travelled on a holiday.Otherwise the ticket was all time available.The occupancy was 100 % in my coach on the day of journey
Railfanning;RF was excellent since the journey daytime and speed was very good.
Safety;The safety was very good because of LHB rake and daytime journey.RPF were also present

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Oct 15 2015 (23:24)   22625/MGR Chennai Central - KSR Bengaluru Double Decker Express
 
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sriguruvenkat   34 blog posts
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IR can cancel this double decker and LHBifie Brindavan,Lalbagh and sbc mas sbc intercity exp and add the Double Decker CCs to it.It will help in increasing the number of CC seats in these prestigious trains and add more to priority to it
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Sep 23 2015 (20:18)   22649/Yercaud SF Express (PT)
 
sriguruvenkat
sriguruvenkat   34 blog posts
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TRIP REPORT
From Chennai to Erode
Coach: S7
Reached Chennai Central(MAS) by 10 PM. The Rake was placed in PF#6 and went to my coach S7 and deposited my bags in my seat.It was heaven for railfans,the side lower berth and it was on the track side.Then departed MAS by 10:40 PM and met 22807/SRC MAS AC express at BBQ.Then,we stopped in its in
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its first halt PER.Then,after PER,we started blasting.We skipped ABU,AVD and PAB blistering pace.The speed was very high that I fell from my seat.Then,we entered our second halt TRL.After that,we were speeding towards our next halt AJJ.We reached AJJ on time.The halting time at SHU,WJR was really a short one.Then,we reached KPD by 12:50 which was early by 3 minutes.Then we started our rampage run again.The halts at GYM,AB,VN were also very short one.No one boarded or deboarded the train.At VN,we got overtaken by Bengaluru Mail.This delayed our train by 10 minutes.Reached JTJ with a delay of 15 minutes.Then I slept for some time.Then i woke up at SA.We reached SA with a slight delay of 5 minutes.About 40% passengers in my coach deboarded at SA.Then,we proceeded towards SGE with a delay of 10 minutes.Then,we started to proceed to ED at a decent speed.We finally reached ED by 5:40 which was 10 minutes early.
Ratings:
Cleanliness-9/10.The cleanliness in this train was top notch.The exteriors were ok but interiors were excellent.The toilets were clean,dry throughout the journey.
Punctuality-10/10.The train has got very good priority throughout the route and reached all the stations on time or with only slight delay.
Comfort-4/10.There was lot of jerks and two times I fell from my seat.
Safety-10/10.Safety was excellent.Waitlisted passenger weren't allowed in the sleeper coaches and there was RPF all the time.

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Aug 15 2015 (17:21)   22638/West Coast SF Express (PT)
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sriguruvenkat   34 blog posts
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Traveled from Erode to Chennai,the coaches and toilet were clean,the speed was good and punctuality is quite acceptable.
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Aug 15 2015 (17:19)   22638/West Coast SF Express (PT)
 
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sriguruvenkat   34 blog posts
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BE1 is located between B3 and S1
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