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I am having my sbi exam at nagpur on 19th will arrive on 18 afternoon there and will depart by 19th afternoon. i was searching for retiring room for my stay but only non ac dormitory is available. never stayed in a dormitory so i have some questions
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1. does it have a bathroom ?
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how is the cleanliness ?
As for the short stay i am not going for the hotel. any help will be appreciated

"TRIP REPORT OF MY MAIDEN JOURNEY IN DURONTO"
It was monday when my university result was declared and i decided to rush to pune to collect my marksheet and other important documents.
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and then the quest started for the search of available seat from tata to pune within 7-8 days. asusual searched in azad hind but the waitlist was heavy in 3A ....
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called an agent but he was out of town,so left with no other option decided to opt for hwh-pune duronto .
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quickly searched for it , and to my surprise it was only rac 28 . so went to tatanagar reservation counter and booked my ticket in duronto.
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it was Friday just 1 day before my journey,got stuck up at some work so could'nt left for howrah to board my train.
one of my friend told me that he knows the TTE who will be in the charge the next day and he will inform him that i will board from TATA.
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so the very next day i arrived tatanagar station at 11:20, asked a porter and he told that the train will arrive at PF 3.
it was a long waiting when the train finally arrived at 11:45.
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now here was the surprise "around 50-80 passengers boarded from tata" including me .i was surprised as i thought i will be the only one to abide the rule. ( RIP RULES :( )
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entered my coach,found my co-passengers were still sleeping. so decided not to disturb them and sat in the side lower which was empty.
after a halt of 5 mins the train departed. and in very less time it got into action touched 116 km/hr , on an average it was running within 110-118 km/hr.
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after sometime the tte arrived, with no questions he just simply collected the difference amount and left.
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TIME 12:30
lunch arrived
items- 2 parathas,rice,panner,1 mix veg,curd,dal and salad and ice cream
the food was as same compared to azad hind pantry car,nothing different. the train was moving around 85 km/hr.
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TIME 4:00 PM
soup with 1 bread stick and butter was given,the soup was like tomatoes boiled in hot water. Again bad.
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TIME 5:00 PM
tea arrived ,refused.
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TIME 5:30 PM
stopped in akaltara for more than 5 mins, reason unknown.
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TIME 8:30 PM
dinner arrived , it the same as the lunch the only change was it was chapati instead of paratha.
TIME 11:50 PM
speed of the train was 132 km/hr which was the max from tata to pune.
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TIME 6:45 AM
morning tea arrived.
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TIME 8:00 AM
breakfast arrived.
items- two breads with butter and 2 veg cutlets along with ketchup. the bread was good, but the cutlets were horrible ,not properly fried . most of the parts were uncooked. complained the pantry boy but was of no use.
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TIME 10:45 AM
the pantry boys arrived with tray full of cash and some mouth fresheners, collected tip from everyone,moreover they refused to take less than 50 rs.
just after 5 mins the cleaning staff arrived for tip, refused to give a single penny.
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TIME 11:50
arrived pune .
RATINGS
1. SPEED - 10/10 ( average was 75- 90 km/hr , max 132 km/hr )
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2. CLEANLINESS - 10/10 (toilets and coaches were cleaned at regular interval )
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3. FOOD - 2/10 ( the only thing good in food was the ice cream and breads , d'nt know why they take 400 rs as catering charge )
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4. PUNCTUALITY - 10/10 ( arrived at pune almost at time )

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