nice one

Posted by Raj Upadhyay on 2010 Sep 14 06:44:14 +0000

Thanks for uploading the group photo. Couldn't attend DQ birthday on 01JUN since it was a weekday, but the journey is one and the same and great too 365 days in a year. 100kms (CST - KJT) was done in 90 minutes at average speed of 67kph that day.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2010 Sep 14 07:20:48 +0000

Which means DQ was late by 7 minutes to reach KJT - As per TT on indianrail.gov.in, the scheduled arrival is 18:33 and dep is 18:35

Posted by Abhishek Risbud on 2010 Sep 14 08:51:19 +0000

Correct Abhishek. We came to a halt at KJT at 18:40hrs due to TSR's at Mulund, Parsik Tunnel, Kopar, Dombivli, Vithalwadi and Neral Jn too.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2010 Sep 14 09:59:22 +0000

Arzan in addition- PSRs of 65 each at VVH and VK, PSR of 80 at TNA, and 25 through KYN!

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2010 Sep 14 13:31:36 +0000

@Abhishek :- Deccan Queen has a heavy slack from Lonavala to Shivajinagar in down direction. So even if Deccan Queen leaves Karjat at or around 18:50 hrs i.e. 17 mins late , it reaches Shivajinagar on time or before time in some cases.

Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2010 Sep 16 12:07:21 +0000

@ Ranjeet :- You left out PSR's of 60 kmph from Sandhurst to Byculla and also a PSR of 80 kmph at Parel , PSR of Ambernath 95 kmph and the PSR of Badlapur 85 and 90 kmph respectively.

Posted by Chaitanya Gokhale on 2010 Sep 16 12:09:39 +0000

If a train reaches late, PSR's are not to be included. A time table is made considering amount of PSR's on the Mumbai - Pune route. It is the amount of TSR's which affect the running schedule. Also the 17:00hrs Ambarnath double fast emu is a mrvc mow and we received green signal right till Karjat. We must also appreciate the manner in which 2127 Intercity express express manages to cover a more difficult schedule of 100kms in 90 minutes with additional halts of Dadar and Thane too.

Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2010 Sep 16 15:10:25 +0000