Date of Journey: March 31st, 2014 It was my first journey in a Double Decker train, and i got the platform level window seat, it was a journey i was looking forward to. The only problem was it was the first row, i mean literally the first row of seats facing Bangalore, ahead of my row, came the door, Vestibule, and ahead of that the only other people traveling to Bangalore were the OBHS staff in the EOG and the LP/ALP in the loco ahead of that. Seriously, it was like i was leading the pack, but anyways, coming back to the journey, my alarm rang at 05:00 sharp, i took a quick shower, changed and rushed to the Bus Stop and immediately got a direct bus to Chennai Central station. I reached at 06:37, it took me another 3mins to get my luggage checked and enter the station, and just as i was entering, some WAP7 gave a massive honk and departed from pf1 with the Nizamuddin bound Duronto. And i entered pf3, assuming that DD would either depart from PF2A or pf4, but thats when the rake of Brindavan express was shunted into pf4, immediately after the rake of GT was taken to the yard. And pf2 was occupied by the Coimbatore Shatabdi. Thats when i heard the announcements that DD would depart from pf1 that day, so i took my luggage and trudged towards pf1, but used the trolley path, since i knew that my coach C10, would come somewhere near the North end of the pf. And sure enough, as soon as the power of the CBE Shatabdi, RPM WAP7 30379 came and got itself coupled to the rake on pf2, my train was shunted into pf1 by a TNP WDM7, and our power RPM WAP7 30350, came almost immediately and got itself attached to the rake, and at 07:25 began a dream run from MAS to SBC, a journey that lasted almost 6hrs, it was hectic, but was fun, and am looking forward to my next Double Decker ride, will try a different one this time. I spent most of my time at the door, and the rest of the journey will be explained to you through the video itself. :) Hope you all enjoy it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- About Double Decker express:- ```````````````````````````````````````````` The Double Decker express was first introduced in between the cities of Howrah and Dhanbad, which is being operated by Eastern Railways, this was introduced way back in October 2011, then came the Double Decker between Jaipur and Delhi Sarai Rohilla, which is considered by far the best Double Decker in India, in terms of bookings, it almost runs packed to the core, and moreover it has distinct features to be proud of, it is the onlt DD in IR to be diesel hauled, and is also the only DD to have Executive Chair Car Accommodation, after this came the DD between Mumbai Central and Ahemadabad, being operated by Western Railways, and then this was the fourth Double Decker to be inaugurated, between Chennai and Bangalore. It is being operated by Southern Railways, its regular link is a WAP7 from Royapuram (RPM) shed. The train has 10coaches, each of which can 120 Passengers. ---------------------------------------------------------- 22625 departs MAS at 07:25hrs and reaches SBC at 13:10 22626 departs SBC at 14:40hrs and reaches MAS at 20:45. The overall average speed of this train is 60kmph. It has halts at Perambur (Up direction only), Arakkonam Jn., Katpadi Jn., Ambur, Jolarpettai Jn., Bangarpet, Krishnarajapuram and Bangalore Cantt. For more info on this train, please refer the link:- http://indiarailinfo.com/train/chennai-bangalore-ac-double-decker-express-22625-mas-to-sbc/18678/35/136

• published: 23 Apr 2014
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