On 10th October 2018 this fantastic train started it's journey from Habibganj toward Santragachi. I had planned to travel on the inaugural run from TATA on 11th and had booked ticket of Ispat for traveling to TATA and take the HS ticket for SRC from Current booking. Sadly I couldn't do that as many of you know I was hospitalised on 8th October 2018 due to dengue which I had onboard Jnaneswari while returning from Raipur. I became senseless and it was the ever friendly SER staff of KGP Division at HWH who rang up my home and my uncle came to take me home. I therefore couldn't travel by the inaugural special and after becoming fit my first trip was LHBfication of Viswabharati Pass. It is a long story so let us move to the main part.
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HBJ SRC HS was long due I had planned to travel by it from KGP today after doing some RailFanning. So today after doing some RailFanning in SER with two of my friends. I went to KGP. HBJ SRC Shatabdi arrived at KGP PF 2 with WAP 7 37053 of ET. Thanks to Arpan Pal and Harsh Pathak for giving me the information yesterday. So it arrived at KGP at 16:45 hours which was 2:20 minutes behind schedule. Lot of people deboarding here and surprisingly I saw 14 people from KGP boarded it. As I entered the coach I felt a pleasant environment. Neat and clean even on the last leg of the journey. I was given a fresh Bedroll by the staff. AC was bit chilled but was ok. It is very good to see WCR maintain their HS nicely. The rake was of WR now changed to WCR and is from MCF made in 2018.
So the summary of my experience.
1) Maintenance - Top Class.
2) Rail Fanning - Excellent.
3) Bedrolls - Excellent.
4) Punctuality and Priority - Below Average.
5) Food and E Catering - Good.
6) Staff - Friendly.
7) Humsafar Features - Available and working. Except Coffee Vending Machines and Side Curtains which are absent in most HS.
Overall it is a good train between Bhopal and Kolkata except the Delay.
Some pictures of my short HS trip including today's link. I really like WCR ET P7s just as I like SER TATA P7s. 🙏

🔷Dramatic Capture of ET WAP 7. Read till the end.
⏩Today Rahul and me planned for an RF trip by Gitanjali after knowing the link of it will be ET WAP 7 37064. Till morning we knew it will be the power but after reaching HWH I got a text that BSL P4 will be the link. Got upset. Our main motive was to get ET P7. Still we went towards the loco saw a Red Loco is attached but saw another unusual thing. Gitanjali with Humsafar EOG at CSMT end. Then we hopped in our coach and in the meanwhile 12859 arrived HWH. I was again shocked by seeing the 12859. It was with ET P4 which I knew but...
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the CSMT end EOG was surprising. So now presenting you our Gitanjali Humsafar, Gitanjali Antyodaya and Gitanjali Duronto Express. 😎
⏩After these clicks I was still unsatisfied that couldn't capture ET P7 only saw it lying inside SRC ETS. Suddenly I remembered today is a Thursday and we have HBJ SRC Humsafar arrival at SRC. Regular link of the HS is ET P7. I immediately asked Rahul to check WIMT/NTES. He kept on informing me about the location and I was keeping a watch on all the trains, rakes all over SER before Panskura Rahul informed me that we will be meeting HS at KGP but our luck was not going well that time. We were being trolled by an EMU and the late got added from HWH itself due to ACP. When we were 6 KMs away from KGP Rahul informed that HS had already reached KGP. I was just hoping we had a slow crossing with it. At last when we were entering KGP I saw White Beautiful ITARSI WAP 7 39009 coming out of KGP. Finally I could Capture a ET WAP 7 after so many days. Have a look everyone.
⏩Today one more thing I did. Captured some OTs. We were returning by MDN HWH EMU and were OTed by Faluknuma and DGHA Super AC. A high speed Xing with TATA P7 37029 powered Steel was also recorded by me.