I personally travelled on the Duronto which was supposed to depart from NDLS on 24th Dec. First it was rescheduled to 2.15AM but later got rescheduled to 5.00AM on 25th December. The Station Master of NDLS said there were some technical difficulties, hence the inordinate delay.
True enough, the Loco in charge was not the usual GZB/HWH WAP-7. Instead, the loco-in-charge was a HWH WAP-4 22409.
The train finally reached SDAH on 26th Dec at around 7AM, delayed by about 18hrs 30 mins.
The...
more... meals served on board were nothing extra-ordinary, but considering it was extra-ordinarily late, it was good enough.