High Speed Station Skips on board the sizzling Surat Bandra Intercity Express
1,379 views · Published 11 April 2018 · 4:37 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Rishad Ghiara · 2018 · Autos & Vehicles
A ROCKET OUTSIDE MUMBAI A BULLOCK CART IN MUMBAI That is the description I would use for the run I did on the Surat Bandra Intercity Express from Vapi to Andheri. Luckily I got an emergency window seat so could easily record some of the station skips. The train left Vapi at 5:41 pm, late by 11 minutes. What followed was a brilliant high speed run. Except for Umargam Road, which has a restriction of 90 kmph, the driver maintained a flat 100-110 kmph speed throughout. The skips of Sanjan and Dahanu can be seen in the video. Dahanu was really amazing, passing a major town at such speed. We halted at Boisar and departed at 6:27 pm, now only 6 minutes late. The train has a very tight schedule so inspite of doing full speed continuously, time is made up very gradually. The skips of Palghar and Saphale can be seen in the video. By the time we passed Saphale it was 6:44 pm. Vapi to Saphale which is 96.3 km was done in 63 minutes. This makes it an average speed of 91 kmph, with the halt at Boisar as well. This was really commendable. However after that we slowed down due to a speed restriction on the Vaitarna bridge. Clearance to Virar was also not given immediately. However we still managed to reach Virar one minute early and leave on time at 7:05 pm. Nallasopara was again blown away at 100 kmph and can be seen in the video, but after that it was a crawl all the way to Borivali, delaying the train. Borivali to Andheri was also very slow, causing a total delay of more than 15 minutes. However the train is given half an hour of slack between Andheri and Bandra Terminus, this enabled it to reach Bandra by 8:24 pm, one minute before time. But still that is no respite for the horrible run in Mumbai. But the run outside Mumbai from Vapi to Virar more than made up for it, really an amazing ride. The locomotive was Vadodara (BRC) WAP-5 in Amul livery numbered 30044. The locopilot also seemed very experienced with quick acceleration and braking. Date of video: 8th April, 2018
