I traveled in this train, 2005, on 08 of August 10.
I have only pleasant surprises to share with you, all.
The external look is contemporary and attractive in light blue color. The glassed looked new and shining.
I got in, at 1645 hours, inside the train, at the originating station of New Delhi. The train was already charged with AC temperature, looked clean and charged with some kind of pleasant smell too.
It appeared to me that the train is welcoming me and my family, WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
I found the luggage keeping, overhead space was ample. There were individual Electrical plug points with each set of 2/3 seats. I did not have any problem of charging my mobile which got drained out in my previous connecting Ranchi Rajdhani Train. Kindly go through this review too. I even connected my laptop here and enjoyed the mobile Internet too.
The mineral water was provided in sealed condition through mobile trolley driven by a well dressed and well behaved waiter.
Then, I was liking the crystal clear voice of a female though the Public Address System. She welcomed all the passengers. She also gave useful information for the foreign travelers.
The Railway Protection Force personnel kept making rounds. One of the personnel was putting security stickers to the luggage after ascertaining the ownership. I liked even the quality and outlook of those stickers.
I saw individual study lamps too. The centralized line illumination of the compartment through the centralized two Rows tube lights was looking too good.
The TTE was also well dressed and very polite. He gave me some additional information on demand.
The process of Refreshment started with Fruit drinks in Tetra packs in Mango flavor.
After a gap of half an hour we got a set of eatables like samosa, sandwich, tea kit and sonpapdi. It included the hot water in Thermos. I promptly got Coffee sachet when demanded without being made to wait a second.
The samosa was so tasty that I ordered two more on payment. I even wanted to have one more sandwich!
The announcements kept coming before each of the main stations. It was a mild caution for the passengers who slept in this great ambiance.
The Train reached on exact time at 2037 hrs at Chandigarh.
I even waved my hand in good bye to the waiter, who assisted me, to off load my heavy luggage.
Good show for this, Indian Railway.