Mumbai Suburban Trip in One Day Part: - 3.

Mumbai Suburban Trip in One Day Part: - 3.

Train:-6-96111 Thane-Karjat Slow.

Rake:-5333-5335-5336-5334.

From:-KOPR to KJT.

Train:-7-96011 Karjat - Khopoli Shuttle.

Rake:-2129-2131-2132-2130.

From: - KJT to KHPI.

Train:-8-95006 Khopoli-CSMT Fast.

Rake:-2129-2131-2132-2130.

From:-KHPI to KYN.

After getting  on-board 5333A karjat local from kopar, Rajesh was already in the coach from thane itself he was seating near  the track side window , Even Himanshu took the window seat and both started noting down all the timing , meanwhile Parth & Sahil was standing near the door to capture the crossing , I felt hungry, Removed the snacks from my bag  that I carried with me from home,  the FC coach had just 8 people, Reached Thakurli at 11:16, just after we departed from Thakurli, BRC WAP-7 30466 with 14805 Yeshvantpur-Barmer ac express crossed, , 1047/48 as badlapur fast overtook our local at Thakurli outer.  Wag9 31114 with

12188 Mumbai CSMT - Jabalpur Garib Rath Express, (green locomotive & green rake),

1047/48 as badlapur fast overtook our local at Thakurli outer, Mock rake 4501 was also standing at kalyan, halted kalyan at 11:25 there was a huge crowd for second class, few people also boarded fc later after knowing it was a fc they got down and changed the coach, Even few people boarded fc, departed kalyan at 11:28, karjat – csmt f local was entering kyn pf:-7

Reached vithalwadi at 11:28, departed ta 11:29, The Bombardier rake acceleration was so much better & smooth, even the blowers were kept on, and as it is a winter season, the heat didn’t affected, and cold breeze was flowing. After crossing Ulhasnagar Chennai express with kalyan loco crossed, Reached Ambernath at 11:35, half of the fc got empty, Even the second class was getting empty, Kyn wdg3a 13426 with Chennai express crossed, departed Ambernath at 11:37, Achieved top speed of 105 km/hrs within few minute, a superb acceleration, halted at badlapur outer as BUD – Csmt local had departed, Reached badlapur at 11:43, New led indicator were installed at badlapur station, Departed at 11:45,  The old building of Neral is still the same as it was, there were few place dig up , might be for new FOB.  Even the iconic locomotive kept near the entrance of the East side is visible from train now. Reached bhivpuri road at 12:06, the csmt end had been dig and new foundation for new Fob work had started, even the ticket counter on the station had been renovated and new led indicator had been installed, loved to see that station developing. Entered karjat at 12:14 the km mark 99/6. 2 Wcam3 21961 & 21945 bankers were standing idle waiting for their duty  

We had a buffer time of almost  1 hrs for our next time to Khopoli, we decided to have out lunch at karjat itself as we had less buffer time at Khopoli, we was difficult to go out of station buy food and get in the train in time , so we asked a local guy about the restaurant in and around the station, he told us about 2/3 places near the station, after walking towards the karjat end there was a small Refreshment / restaurant type of small cabin, we asked them at the counter whether it was by Irctc or railway ,  The guy told it by central railway . After settling down, we asked for the menu, Himanshu had some chikki & sabudana vada, while Sahil had mendu vada & idly Parth had puri bhaji, I & Rajesh had missal pav, followed by cold soft drink, it was a bit hot climate in karjat. We almost finished our lunch by 12:55 still he had 20 mins left so I went near the karjat end of the pf while others were roaming on the csmt end, Brc wap7 30459 with Pune – Nzm duronto express skip karjat at a 12:57 pm ,  Csmt bound local arrived at pf:-3 it was 2077 Siemens local  which was recently Painted in bombardier livery.

Wag9 31408 with concour rake was entering pf:-1 and going into the karjat yard. Our karjat bound local arrived at pf:-4, it had come from Khopoli and was going back to Khopoli itself, as Karjat – Khopoli local.  27400-27110-27118 had come down from the Ghats for their next duty. 2130 was our next local for Khopoli; the fc coach was completely empty only 5 of us were in the coach. Departed Khopoli at 13:15 sharp, ASN Wag 5H 23635 & 23709 with coil rake was standing in kjt yard waiting for starter towards kyn.

There was this board before the train enter the Ghats, 60 Km/hr speed  for express trains in down direction, & 55 km/hr speed for all vacuum brake trains

Reached Palashdari at 1:23, had entered the branch line for Khopoli, after departing from Khopoli it was a single line, with absolute block signalling system, only 1 train to enter in entire station.  

Reached kelavli at 1:28, these are were remote station, only booking cabin were present.  The station was well developed with the station height near the footboard. Reached dolavli at 1:30 pm & lowjee at 1:34 between dolavli & lowjee got a wonderful view of the Western Ghats, there was a tsr place of 30 km/hr between lowjee & Khopoli.

Reached Khopoli at 1:42, Railfan Pranit Gawand had come to meet us who stays in Khopoli. We had to change our coach also as we had to catch the connecting train from kalyan for kasara, and we had less change over time. So we went to the second fc of csmt end and at 1:48 the local departed, was glad to see the punctuality so accurate in that section. The fc was occupied by the local college boy who got down at dolavli. We were made to wait at Palashdari as we had to join the mainline and bankers were going towards kjt, kyn wdp4d 40347 with 11075 LTT – bidar express crossed at Palashdari entering the Ghats with Wcam3 21961  And 21886 And at karjat station  16631 Csmt – Tvc express with  21945 27400-27110-27118 as bankers was waiting for starter. Departed karjat at 14:15. Siemens rake   1034 empty rake was going towards lnl for pune service

. After departing from Neral Tkd wdg4d 70819 with PQHS crossed.  After that we all took a small nap before getting off the local at kalyan. Rajesh woke us up at Ulhasnagar, the local was packed. After departing vithalwadi we decided to go on the door,  But you never know how much time you have to wait at kalyan home and get the starter to enter the platform, as Kalyan is always a busy station,  but luckily within 30 – 45 sec of halt we were given the single and train departed, making our next changeover which was within 5 min possible. We reached kalyan pf:-6 at 3:05. As soon as train stopped we jumped over and changed our platform and went to pf:-3/4 for our kasara bound local. After changing the platform, buying few snacks for a very long journey 22109 Ltt – NZm ac express arrived kyn.

Dlw wap7 37007 with 22109 Ltt – NZm ac sf express

Next kasara bound journey in next part .