Best of Indian Railways

Enjoy highlights from a full journey undertaken in September last year from Mumbai to Howrah aboard the Mumbai Howrah Duronto Express. Relive a fast run through Mumbai's central suburbs, negotiating the forested ghat section between Dongargarh and Gondia, shrouded in monsoon mist, a 470 km non-stop run between Bilaspur and Tatanagar, the heavily forested section between Raigarh and Jharsuguda along the border of Orissa and Chhattisgarh, and the Saranda forests and the Koel river between Rourkela and Chakradharpur, as we slip into Jharkhand. The journey ends with a 130 kmph burst between Tatanagar and Howrah, as the train races past the Chhota Nagpur Hills, across the Subarnarekha, and sal forests of western West Bengal, amidst a lovely sunset.

Major station skips include fast skips of Nasik, Manmad and Chakradharpur, along with more sedate skips of Jalgaon, Durg, Champa, Raigarh, Jharsuguda, Rourkela and Kharagpur. Enjoy crossings with the Madgaon LTT Double Decker, Pushpak Express, Tulsi Express, Hansdeo Express, Raigarh Gondia Jan Shatabdi, Jnaneswari Express, Azad Hind Express Ahmedabad Howrah Express, Howrah Mumbai Duronto, Kalinga Utkal Express, Gitanjali Express, Howrah Mumbai Superfast, Neelachal Express,