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Is anyone up for doing 11,500 km of Indian trains in 2 weeks flat with about 30 other people you've never met ?. We're going from Mumbai to Mumbai, via the western, northern, eastern and southern sections of the network, virtually flat out. You can do it in any class you like, we've got people in 1st, but real nutters will be going in SL class. It should cost you between £150 and £300 depending on how comfy you want to be. You buy your own ticket direct from IR, I've got folks who can show you how to do all that. There's a place in eastern Assam that we're going to have to give advance warning to , but the other places we'll be staying (there's only 3) we'll just hit on spec.
There will be a few things like the golden temple, the sun temple, a few small steam railways, and a ride across the Brahmaputra in eastern Assam, that you'll be able to stick on your travel CV, but the general idea is trains, trains and more trains. So you might think of just doing a section. We've got quite a few ladies on board so if you need some buddies so you don't get too freaked out by all the staring you're coming in for, this is a fab chance.
The whole project is developing into a kind of anarchic social networking experiment, I've got somewhere between 25 and 40 people, non of who have met each other, daft enough to say they will turn up at Mumbai Central on February 19th 2011 and go for this (that's right, you've got 12 months to work out how you're going to do this).
We've also just noticed there's the cricket world cup going on at the same time, so you could stir that into your equation if you want to say join us for the calcutta to channai section.
Anyhow, here's the rough itinerary we've got so far :-
Start Mumbai Central Station, Saturday Evening, February 19th, 2011
Saturday dep Mumbai 20:25
Sunday arr Dwarka 15:07, dep Porbander 20:25 (or Jamnagar 23:15)
Monday arr Ahmedabad 06:00, dep Ahmedabad 11:10 (we'll be gong via amritsar now)
Tuesday arr Jammu 19:25
Wednesday maybe go do the Baramulla to Qazigund and the Udhampur to Jammu sections, then depart Jammu 19:45 (Rajdhani)
(2446 departing Udhampur 19:00, arr NDLS 06:05 could be considered)
Thursday, arr New Delhi 04:55, dep New Delhi 09:30
Friday, arr New Jalpaiguri 10:55, maybe taxis to Darjeeling and trip on ‘Joy train’ (DJ to Ghum and back)
Saturday, dep NJP 06:35 (or 08:40), arr Rangiya 14:05 (or 15:15) depart Rangiya 19:15
Sunday, arr Dhemaji 05:51, cross Brahmaputra and get train from Dibrugarh to Ledo (or maybe train the following morning)
Bus to tippong and the colliery, night at the guesthouse.
Monday dep Ledo 15:40, arr Tinsukia 17:19. dep Tinsukia 21:20,
Tuesday arr NJP 12:55, dep NJP 14:15 (safe connection)
Wednesday Arr Bhubaneswar 07:40 Dep 12:00 (er, but only on Thursday or Tuesday, so to do this we might stick a lag day in somewhere and do something else as well)
Thursday arr Chennai 09:05 , dep Chennai 17:30
Friday Arr Kanyakumari 06:50, dep Cape 14:05 (on Himsagar Exp, or get earlier train), arr Trivandrum 15:55, dep Trivandrum 19:15
Saturday arr Panvel 22:55, metro to VT.
End Mumbai VT Station, Saturday Evening, March 5th, 2011
The Great Circular Indian Railway Challenge
gcirc.wordpress.com
Is anyone up for doing 11,500 km of Indian trains in 2 weeks flat with about 30 other people you've never met ?. We're going from Mumbai to Mumbai, via the western, northern, eastern and southern sections of the network, virtually flat out. You can do it in any class you like, we've got people in 1st, but real nutters will be going in SL class. It should cost you between £150 and £300 depending on how comfy you want to be. You buy your own ticket direct from IR, I've got folks who can show you how to do all that. There's a place in eastern Assam that we're going to have to give advance warning to , but the other places we'll be staying (there's only 3) we'll just hit on spec.
There will be a few things like the golden temple, the sun temple, a few small steam railways, and a ride across the Brahmaputra in eastern Assam, that you'll be able to stick on your travel CV, but the general idea is trains, trains and more trains. So you might think of just doing a section. We've got quite a few ladies on board so if you need some buddies so you don't get too freaked out by all the staring you're coming in for, this is a fab chance.
The whole project is developing into a kind of anarchic social networking experiment, I've got somewhere between 25 and 40 people, non of who have met each other, daft enough to say they will turn up at Mumbai Central on February 19th 2011 and go for this (that's right, you've got 12 months to work out how you're going to do this).
We've also just noticed there's the cricket world cup going on at the same time, so you could stir that into your equation if you want to say join us for the calcutta to channai section.
Anyhow, here's the rough itinerary we've got so far :-
Start Mumbai Central Station, Saturday Evening, February 19th, 2011
Saturday dep Mumbai 20:25
Sunday arr Dwarka 15:07, dep Porbander 20:25 (or Jamnagar 23:15)
Monday arr Ahmedabad 06:00, dep Ahmedabad 11:10 (we'll be gong via amritsar now)
Tuesday arr Jammu 19:25
Wednesday maybe go do the Baramulla to Qazigund and the Udhampur to Jammu sections, then depart Jammu 19:45 (Rajdhani)
(2446 departing Udhampur 19:00, arr NDLS 06:05 could be considered)
Thursday, arr New Delhi 04:55, dep New Delhi 09:30
Friday, arr New Jalpaiguri 10:55, maybe taxis to Darjeeling and trip on ‘Joy train’ (DJ to Ghum and back)
Saturday, dep NJP 06:35 (or 08:40), arr Rangiya 14:05 (or 15:15) depart Rangiya 19:15
Sunday, arr Dhemaji 05:51, cross Brahmaputra and get train from Dibrugarh to Ledo (or maybe train the following morning)
Bus to tippong and the colliery, night at the guesthouse.
Monday dep Ledo 15:40, arr Tinsukia 17:19. dep Tinsukia 21:20,
Tuesday arr NJP 12:55, dep NJP 14:15 (safe connection)
Wednesday Arr Bhubaneswar 07:40 Dep 12:00 (er, but only on Thursday or Tuesday, so to do this we might stick a lag day in somewhere and do something else as well)
Thursday arr Chennai 09:05 , dep Chennai 17:30
Friday Arr Kanyakumari 06:50, dep Cape 14:05 (on Himsagar Exp, or get earlier train), arr Trivandrum 15:55, dep Trivandrum 19:15
Saturday arr Panvel 22:55, metro to VT.
End Mumbai VT Station, Saturday Evening, March 5th, 2011
The Great Circular Indian Railway Challenge
gcirc.wordpress.com
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