Vishwamitri - Pratapnagar NG trip

For the trivia. Vishwamitri station has platforms at different levels. The NG platform is right under the BG platforms. Look at the train stopped on the BG platform

The NG platform at Vishwamitri station.

The BG platform. Mumbai-Porbandar Saurashtra Express is pulling into the station behind BRC WAM 4 20473. The station is actually a halt for Vadodara Jn

View of the NG platforms from BG platforms

Stolen from the days of the Raj. NG platforms once had an office attatched to it. Look at the luggage trolley

Enterance to the NG station

The unused ticket booking area on the NG side. Time tables show timings for the BG trains too. Nowadays, tickets are issued from a small booth on the BG platforms

Train no. 036, Jambusar-Pratapnagar-Dabhoi Fast passenger pulling into Vishwamitri behind ZDM 5 No. 531

The train at Vishwamitri. Note that it has four carriages and all the four are of different shapes. All are second class

The first carriage happens to be built in 1999. Pointsman at the station said it was an FC saloon earlier but was converted to second when FC was discontinued in the section

Strangely indeed the interiors of the coaches looked very clean. This is the converted FC saloon. During it's FC days, it had large windows. Maybe the big brothers at BG yards should learn cleanliness from thier lesser known NG sibilings

Interior of another coach. Since this train is a Fast passenger, all of it's coaches have padded seats. Shatabdi of NG? Note the doors in the middle

The coach also has side berth type seats. These are for vendors but is usually used by elders to take rest

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