Patna - Secunderabad Express left nearly 2 hours before my train, but it goes via Varanasi - Gyanpur Road - Allahabad and then towards Jabalpur, so it got stuck due to the stampede at ALD. My train, Rajendranagar - CSTM Express takes the direct route...

Patna - Secunderabad Express left nearly 2 hours before my train, but it goes via Varanasi - Gyanpur Road - Allahabad and then towards Jabalpur, so it got stuck due to the stampede at ALD. My train, Rajendranagar - CSTM Express takes the direct route via Mirzapur and the Chheoki bypass. Therefor we were able to escape the traffic jam. Next morning, we were at Itarsi, and VSP was still near ALD.

I was running from the front end of the PF to catch VSP before the train left, but since the starter had already been given, we could manage only a hurried wave.