Full Journey Compilation on the Howrah Mumbai Duronto Express: Howrah-Kharagpur

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2024
  • A full journey compilation on the 12262 Howrah Mumbai Duronto Express, a revolutionary train which reduced the rail travel time between Kolkata and Mumbai to 26 hours, beating the existing fastest rail connection in this route, the legendary Gitanjali Express, by a whopping six hours. The Howrah Mumbai Duronto, a sixteen coach fully air-conditioned rake, operated from its very onset with posh LHB coaches, covers the 1,968 kilometres between the eastern and western coasts of India at an average speed of 75 kmph, with a maximum permissible speed of 110 kmph and five technical halts at Tatanagar (Jharkhand), Bilaspur (Chhatisgarh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bhusaval (Maharashtra), and Igatpuri (Maharashtra).
    The first part of this full journey compilation features the Duronto's progress in the 116 kilometres between Howrah and Kharagpur, in West Bengal, covered in one hour and 28 minutes, a duration generally unheard of on the Howrah-Kharagpur section where the gold standard is an hour and forty minutes.
    The video covers the Duronto's exit from Howrah, powered by a Howrah WAP4 and marked with a parallel departure with the 12381 Poorva Express, heading towards New Delhi. The Poorva departs from platform 9, and therefore, has a less torturous exit out of Howrah, as platform 9 is the main line track. The upshot being that the Poorva slips out of Howrah much before us, leaving us in the lurch. In between, a sprightly Tata WAM4 crawls in with the Puri Howrah Srijagannath Express, a favourite of numerous Bengali vacationers to the sea-resort of Puri, including Shri Bappa Pal, the enigmatic rail-enthusiast from Kolkata.
    After Howrah, we cruise past the red-bastion of Santragachhi, replete with its red WAP4s, the only locomotives the shed owns! There are some restrictions over the bridges of the Damodar and Rupnarayan, causing a drop in momentum, which we however gather through Mecheda. At Mecheda, the legendary Steel Express flies past with a Santragachhi WAP4. I was hoping for a Tata WAM4 and was so shocked at seeing the fascism of SRC WAP4s being extended to this that I kept repeating 'Steel with Tata WAM4!'.
    As a sumptuous breakfast is served, We blast through Panskura at our maximum permissible speed of 110 kmph and I start mistaking every possible WAP4 train for the King of SER, Coromondal Express. The elusive search for 'Coro' continues right till Kharagpur, but I am denied a darshan of the Coro for the day, though the splendid assortment of locomotives on the outskirts of Kharagpur partially makes up for the loss. As we crawl past the massive platform number 1 at Kharagpur, the longest in India, we overtake the Shalimar Santaldih Aranyak Express, powered by an Itarsi WAM4.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 53

  • @aparajitaca
    @aparajitaca 5 років тому +1

    Love to hear your conversation. Makes the experience of watching real:)

  • @TheFlyingExperience
    @TheFlyingExperience 11 років тому +1

    YTou videos are great because of the on going conversation you have (along with the footage). Thats what makes your videos stand apart and great

  • @AnshPateriya
    @AnshPateriya 8 років тому +1

    Awesome Video!!!!!!!!

  • @fantastic4duo
    @fantastic4duo 11 років тому +1

    Fine compilation !!! Loved the regular conversation between you and your dad.
    The HWH WAP-4 headed train which you spotted at KGP and which your dad thought as a "parcel express" is none other than the Super Crawler LTT-SHM Express. :)

  • @ritadhishankar
    @ritadhishankar  11 років тому

    Onek dhonnobad!

  • @TrainLoverSKChandra
    @TrainLoverSKChandra 2 роки тому

    Osadharon

  • @anindyasundar2006
    @anindyasundar2006 11 років тому

    Love the videos u upload and the conversation part ! Thanks

  • @HrishikMukherjee
    @HrishikMukherjee 8 років тому +2

    'Tumi jaa jaa bolchho, shob record hochhe'
    Red Bastion @ SRC
    Lol
    Nice Video !!!!!!!!!!

  • @pramitronria
    @pramitronria 11 років тому

    terrific!

  • @Payel5
    @Payel5 7 років тому

    Great compilation!!

  • @nooralamansari9834
    @nooralamansari9834 5 років тому

    Nice video

  • @lahiri2007
    @lahiri2007 10 років тому +1

    Great video. However, just for information, Kharagpur has the 3rd longest railway platform at 1.07 kms. The longest is the one at Gorakhpur, UP at 1.37 kms followed by Kollam Jn at Kerala at 1.18 kms.

  • @pritamkoli
    @pritamkoli 11 років тому

    Nice compilation

  • @ritadhishankar
    @ritadhishankar  11 років тому

    Thanks a lot. And you are right on both cases...my train recognition skills in recent times have become absolutely pathetic! :(

  • @abhishekdas7324
    @abhishekdas7324 6 років тому

    ami kintu kotha barta gulo besh enjoy korlam :D

  • @NilasishKar
    @NilasishKar 9 років тому

    khub valo :D let meh watch more.. :D

  • @ArijitBardhan
    @ArijitBardhan 10 років тому +2

    A nice one. .gr8 info shared by you..thanks a lot. I just want to know that why WAP5 or WAP7 doesn't run on hwh-kgp or rest of s.e. railway

    • @amittrains3736
      @amittrains3736 8 років тому

      I am not sure but I know for a fact that SRC shed do not have proper maintenance for 3 phase engines like the WAP-5 or WAP-7...They are more suitable for WAP-4...

  • @tito2841994
    @tito2841994 11 років тому

    just love your videos.. amio puro train_holic.. :D

  • @indianrailways-thenationsl9608
    @indianrailways-thenationsl9608 10 років тому

    Jini tomar sathe chilen una ke khub chena chena mane holo...Btw nice video (y)

  • @amittrains3736
    @amittrains3736 8 років тому

    jagannath express ta ekebare joghonno...most of the times late kore....timing ta odd bole otay ticket paowa jeto tai otay aste hoto....BTW nice video and enjoyed the conversation....

  • @indianrailways-thenationsl9608
    @indianrailways-thenationsl9608 11 років тому

    nice compilation.....but the train with tata wam 4 and failed wap 4 was adra - hwh shiromani passenger...where the wam 4 was 21204 but the failed wap 4 was not from santragachi but from howrah it was 22506...when u entered kgp the train with hwh wap 4 in lead wud be any of sbc-ghy or tvc- ghy or etc i mean this class of trains which come from south stop at hwh then again reverse away to nfr or ecr as the case may be....

  • @zafarshaikh2050
    @zafarshaikh2050 5 років тому

    Sir one question how we know which train passes crosses us plz answer me

  • @indianrailways-thenationsl9608
    @indianrailways-thenationsl9608 10 років тому

    Wap 4 22264 at SRC !!!! kon train er sathe eschilo kichu jano?

    • @ritadhishankar
      @ritadhishankar  10 років тому

      Na go, kono dharona nei!

    • @parmeshwarsingh5885
      @parmeshwarsingh5885 8 років тому

      y

    • @parmeshwarsingh5885
      @parmeshwarsingh5885 8 років тому

      y

    • @amittrains3736
      @amittrains3736 8 років тому

      Most probably LTT shalimar...ami ek week agei tata theke elam otay.... tokhn ei mumbai duronto k pass korte dekhechilm kharagpure....video o upload korechi otar kintu oi mumbai durontor parta nei...khub brishti porchilo tokhon....

  • @AYUSHKUMAR-gb2sn
    @AYUSHKUMAR-gb2sn 6 років тому +1

    You were travelling in which class

  • @TheFlyingExperience
    @TheFlyingExperience 11 років тому

    What month is this? Summer?

  • @arnabchatterjee3789
    @arnabchatterjee3789 8 років тому +7

    show the interiors man...who is interested in these people's talks?

  • @atulsrmcem
    @atulsrmcem 8 років тому

    nice video..but update your knowledge guys :-) now kharagpur is at no. 2....world's longest platform is of Gorakhpur junction.

    • @FarhanAnsari-te4js
      @FarhanAnsari-te4js 8 років тому

      +Atul Vishwakarma Yes, but the video was uploaded 2 years back :)

  • @arnab1978
    @arnab1978 6 років тому

    On the way to Howrah , brakers are attached and not bankers . Good video nevertheless

  • @theavenger5749
    @theavenger5749 7 років тому

    4:33 Really Santragacchi is a very strange place dada

  • @ritadhishankar
    @ritadhishankar  11 років тому

    Haan, oirom kichhu ekta hobe...

  • @debabratadas3689
    @debabratadas3689 6 років тому

    The santra gachi is not wdp4 it is wap4

  • @maya1787
    @maya1787 10 років тому

    Sorry to say but Food quality was not good at all because When I was travelling from Mumbai to Delhi in Rajdhani Express 17 Aug 2013 in 1st class AC I found Dead fly in my pack food & I immediately reported to Pantry Food Manager & I took a picture of it to report further to Indian railway & I did complain further So next time not a single person would get this kind of steal food & get ill & hospitalised in future. I am from Vadodara Mayur Modi.

  • @nooname1515
    @nooname1515 7 років тому

    Gorakhpur is the longest platform..... not kharaghpur

  • @AbhishekSingh-vz3sx
    @AbhishekSingh-vz3sx 7 років тому +1

    what time does Mumbai howarah leave for mumbai

  • @susantaghosh12
    @susantaghosh12 6 років тому

    সবজান্তা গামছাওয়ালা ভিডিও করেছে না রাজনীতির আখড়া বানিয়েছে!

  •  8 років тому

    West Bangladesh.

  • @mrtoxic1631
    @mrtoxic1631 6 років тому

    video is good but don't talk in between this .Seems as foolishness

  • @seethebluemoon
    @seethebluemoon 3 роки тому

    Pond paka

  • @sankaranarayanan.m.s8295
    @sankaranarayanan.m.s8295 7 років тому

    slow Duronto only 110

  • @niranjanpatel1520
    @niranjanpatel1520 6 років тому

    I r

  • @Subho47
    @Subho47 7 років тому

    u better keep your Mouth Shut during Recording next Time.