Category: Trains

  • Best way to spend the first weekend of the month – Part 1

    I had an exciting first weekend of August ahead for me, which involved a trip to Manthralayam; primarily for the train journey, secondarily for the Tungabhadra river; and lastly for darshan at the famous Swami Raghavendra Temple . I was to take my favourite train 12163 Dadar Chennai Super express , from Dadar to Raichur ; on Friday…

  • Some days are really bad

    Some days are really bad Nothing goes right You have no might At the end, you are glad You try your best Nothing clicks for you It’s a real character test More so, when autist is you Why only results matter? Why not your efforts? Your morale will shatter Breached, is your fort Once work…

  • My first visit to Pandharpur – Part 2

    For those of you who have not yet read Part 1, here is the link: https://ashwinkumar19892021.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/my-first-visit-to-pandharpur-part-1/ . I had darshan at the Vitthal Temple, but could not see the main deity due to the crowd. I then came to my hotel room and slept for 4 hours, as I was tired after walking in the dry heat…

  • My first visit to Pandharpur – Part 1

    My primary purpose of this trip was to explore the Kurduvadi – Pandharpur line (secondary purpose being darshan at the famous Vitthal Temple). I could not get reservation in the direct train to Pandharpur(51027 CSTM-PVR fast passenger) because of the weekend rush, so I instead chose to book a ticket to KWV for Saturday May…

  • Observations at Kurduvadi on a Sunday Night!

    I had my first visit to Pandharpur, reaching Kurduvadi on Sunday May 14th early morning by 22139 CSTM-SUR superfast; from where I took 11309 SUR-Miraj express to PVR. I returned the same evening to KWV by 11310 Miraj-SUR exp, before proceeding to Mumbai by 22140 SUR-CSTM superfast. At KWV, I had about 3 hours to…

  • A short and sweet visit to Chennai

    Yet another trip to the South, barely two weeks since that memorable trip to Trichy. This time it was to Chennai, for the end-of-one-year ritual function of my late paternal grandfather (who had passed away last year in March).It was Friday the 7th of April. My father had already flown to Chennai on Wednesday night from…

  • A tiring but memorable journey by the Super!

    Following my trip to Trichy by 11043 LTT Madurai express to attend my friend’s marriage, I slept my way to Chennai by 16178 Rockfort express; and had a brief stopover at Egmore, before taking 12164 Chennai Dadar ‘Super’ express to Mumbai on March 26th. You can read the report of the journey by 11043 here:https://ashwinkumar19892021.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/two-nights-and-a-day-to-down-south-in-ac-comfort/…

  • Two Nights and a day to down South in AC comfort

    My friend in Trichy was going to get married, and the reception was to take place on the evening of March 25. I was lucky to get a direct connection (and that too in AC 3 Tier) in the form of 11043 LTT Madurai express, a train that has inexplicably remained a weekly since its…

  • A Sunday morning outing to Talegaon

    It was 22nd of January – A Sunday. Pretty unusual to be out of bed by 05 15, and out of the house by 06 15, right ? Nope, not for a railfan 😉 . He who is slow to wake up otherwise 😀 . Anyway, I managed to get an auto to Vikhroli ; where…

  • Starting off 2017 with the Queen

    Yes, I was starting off the new year(to be precise, the 5th day of the new year) with a trip by the famous 12123 Mumbai Pune Deccan Queen. I made my way out of my home by 15 20, and took an auto to Vikhroli; where 11019 Mumbai Bhubaneswar Konark express made its presence behind…