Some pictures from my today concluded trip in 12873 Jharkhand swarnajayanti express from Renukut to Anvt. Though I have travelled enough in 12817, this was my first experience with 12873.

Pic 1,2 - Renukut station pics. Isko dekh kar Dhanbad Gomoh ki keemat samajh mein aati hai. Kya bura haal bnaa k rakha hai ECR ne CIC section railway stations kaa. These stations are lagging by 5-10 years behind India's developed stations. Amritkaal things
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Pic 3,4 - Rush at platform to board the train. 12873 attracts crazy patronage from Renukut. 2 mins halt is very less for huge chunk of people who take this train. One good daily superfast is badly needed to cater to the demand from Singrauli - Sonebhadra belt

Pic 5 - After getting delayed by 45 mins in Renukut, to arriving before time at Chopan

Pic 6 - Ahmedabad Kolkata express standing at Chopan

Pic 7, 8 - After departing on time from Chopan, woke up at 8 AM in shock to see that we were standing at Prayagraj and train was delayed by almost 4 hours, thanks to fog conditions in the route

Pic 9 - Amrapali express Xing before Ghaziabad

Pic 10, 11 - After an excellent run from Kanpur to Delhi, the train arrived at ANVT almost 5 hours delayed. The train was hauled by TATA WAP 7

Some pictures from my today concluded trip in and my first from Singrauli in 22167 Sgrl Nzm Urjadhani Express. It was also my first trip in this train and first experience of this route which seems almost 10 years behind India as far as rail development is concerned.

Pic 1,6, 11 - Singrauli station entry and station board. The rush in the station was due to people who deboarded Bpl Sgrl Urjadhani Express and the ones who were going board Nzm bound Urjadhani
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Pic 2,3,4,5 - Nzm Urjadhani standing on pf no 1 at Sgrl. The train was rescheduled by one hour due to late arrival of BPL Urjadhani. The train had maximum patronage from Sgrl followed by Bargawan. Almost all the seats got occupied at Bargawan. The train was hailed by Etarsi WAP 7

Pic 7,8 - Urjadhani standing at Dubri Kalan. The train was looped for more than 45 mins due to Single line route. The single line route is the reason the train got delayed by one hour more as it reached Katni

Pic 9 - Urjadhani standing at Katni murwara. It's strange that you won't get any food items to buy in the Sgrl - Katni stretch. Vendors started pouring in finally from Katni which was a great relief.

Pic 10 - Standing at Jhansi. After a great run from Katni till Jhansi where the train made up 30 mins of delay, it was halted for almost 1.5 hours at Jhansi thanks to NCR controlling.

Pic 12 - Standing at Faridabad.

Pic 13, 14 - Finally arrived at NZM delayed by almost 3 hours. Mumbai Delhi amrit kalash special parked at NZM.

Overall the train is a great relief for Delhi bound pax from Sgrl and surrounding areas. It would be of great help if the trains frequency is increased and if possible, it should be converted into daily superfast.

Some pictures during my recent visit to Mumbai

Pic 1 - TATA WAP 7 spotted at CSMT outer while I was on board CSMT local from Bandra

Pic 2 - Platforms view of...
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Suburban side of CSMT

Pic 3, 4 - The reason why CSMT is CSMT

Pic 5 - Platform view at Churchgate on Western line while waiting for Borivali slow local heading towards Prabhadevi

Pic 6 - Waiting for goregaon local at Seawoods on harbour line while heading towards Andheri

Pic 7 - Nerul station on harbour line which was my home station when I used to work in Navi Mumbai