Udaipur Odyssey

Images from a trip to Udaipur on the Metre Guage Ahmedabad-Udaipur Express with an accompanying trip report.

Date: 2005-11-07
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 21 items
ABR_WDM2_UDZ.jpg

A blue-white ABR WDM-2 has just brought in the Jaipur-Udaipur Superfast Express into Udaipur City. The Udaipur-Mavli-Chittaurgarh route has been recently converted to BG.

UDZ_station.jpg

A view of the Udaipur City station from the FOB. The platforms on the right serve BG whereas the solitary platform on the left serves MG.

16788_COR_passenger.jpg

A cream-red ABR WDM-2B #16788 brings in the five coach Chittaurgarh-Udaipur passenger.

ABR_WDM2_shunting.jpg

ABR WDM-2 shunting the rake of the Nizamuddin-Udaipur Superfast Express. There are no shunters here and the mainline diesels do all the shunting.

MG_2A_bay.jpg

A four berth "cabin" in the MG 2nd AC coach. This coach still features the push button style green/red light switches found in older 2nd AC coaches.

UDZ_Exp_Zawar.jpg

The Ahmedabad Udaipur Express halts at Zawar at the break of dawn. This is the start of a picturesque Zawar-Udaipur ghat section.