Travelled by 20702 on 22/2/24. booked in EC class in current reservation at 1.00 pm . 5 seats were available.

Booked no food option as got dinner packed from outside. departed bang on time from TPTY at 3.15. Was slightly delayed at NLR & OGL but was BT at GNT.

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expecting BT arrival at SC but was stopped twice for 5 minutes each between Bibinagar and SC. Finally arrived 5 mins late at SC on PF 1 (surprisingly). As informed earlier numerous buses on routes 10H, 49M & 219 routes were available right outside platform 1.

Travelled in inaugural commercial run yesterday. Following are the points.

1) Booked in current at 11.30 am after chart prepration. The train was fully booked and not even a single empty seat

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The CS of AP govt also travelled and gave a sound byte to tv channels. the press guys were not leaving even till 3.14 pm and GRP had to come and clear all.
3) Started on time but halted at tiruchanur station for a minute or two for clearance. Later saw that MAQ-SRC was ahead as it halted at RU while VB crossed without stopping.
4) Picked up good speed and was doing MPS all throughout. Saw Kavali station being skipped at 130 and was a different experience
5) Snacks were 2 masal wada, 2 salted cashew packets, 1 bhujia packet, 1 chikki, 1 fruit drink and tea. It also had a wet wipe and small puch of sanitiser.
6) Was 5 mins early at NLR and on time at OGL and GNT.
7) Dinner was loaded at GNT and served later. Veg had 2 chapati, dry bhendi-aloo curry, bhendi masala gravy curry, dal, rice, curd, rasagulla and scoops butterscotch icecream. Dinner seemed like overdose of Bhendi.
8) Was 10 mins late at Nalgonda and 15 mins early at SC.
9) City buses to certain major destinations were available at that time from SC rly stn