I had travelled 9 - 10 years ago in this train . One time from Pune to Goa and one time Pune to Nizamuddin. But it's a request don't feel bad if I say something little bit about this train , because when I travelled by this train I noticed these some things while travelling by this train . This is a good train from Pune to Goa but not good train from Pune to Delhi . Because when I travelled in this train last time we had to do Tatkaal booking since me and my family decided to travel by train from Pune to Delhi. Almost the booking was full , The route covered by this train from Pune to Delhi is very long , also LR requires at DD . In case of food , food of this train was not so good was OK . I didn't face...
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any problems while travelling by this train , but one more thing I observed by travelling by this train is the arrival time at Pune is too much early at Midnight almost @ 3 :55 too much earlier than Darshan Express so according to me no one can afford much this train due to timings , services etc . If suppose if a passenger is travelling by this train from Pune to Delhi so he would need to take Ola / Uber cabs to Pune Station since here because at this time Rickshaw , Busses are not availabIe . I recommend you all people who are coming to Pune plz don't travel by this train much. If you want to come to Pune from Delhi pls take 12263/64 NZM - PUNE Duronto Express or take flight from Delhi to Pune , these two opinions would be better. Also this train would be good to pune passengers to visit Shirdi , by transfering via Daund , Ahmednagar , Belapur.

How to reach nashik faster from pune in 5:30 hours
At present there is only one train between pune and nashik but in the morning there is no train between pune and nashik that's why here are tips for reaching nashik in less time
1.take 11010 Sinhagad Express from pune at 6:10 AM
2.Get down at Kalyan Junction 8:45 AM
3.buffer...
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time 28 minutes
4.take 12534 Pushpak Express from kalyan 9:13 AM
5.get down at nashik road 11:40 AM !! Only 5 hours 30 minutes!!

General coaches are a hell. Gets fill up to the brim (but still lesser crowd than Indrayani exp) from Pune itself. Worst even on Weekends or Festive time.
So if you wish to travel between Pune-Mumbai/Dadar , then book a 2S seat. The tickets are generally available even at morning on the journey date. But do book in advance if its weekend or Festive time like Shiv jayanti or Ganpati.
CC are generally available all the time and its CC has good cancellation rate.
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If you have to go from Pune-Mumbai CST/Dadar , then don't opt afternoon Deccan. Instead Take this train as Deccan take hell 1hr excess to cover Pune-dadar stretch and gets heavily crowded in reserved coaches also.

One of the most important station of Central railways.From here,you can get buses of pmpml to different parts of pune city.Also,for going towards mumbai,Volvo and scania buses of MSRTC are available near pune railway station,walkable distance of 2 mins.Taxi is also avaible but they charge high.
Swargate bus stand is little bit far away but pmpml buses/auto are avaible.Swargate is one of the busiest and important bus station as from here many routes are avaible to go towards like kolhapur,nashik,nagpur,baramati,solapur etc.
Strict 5-6 TCs will be there for checking the ticket at pune...
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station.
From pune station,two different routes gets diverged:- One towards miraj and one towards daund.
One of the best place for railfanning,though regularly guarded by rpfs so be careful.
Local EMU services for lonavala are avaible at pune.
Washrooms Restaurants are avaible at platform no 1.
Disclaimer:-This is my first station tip.Any correction to be made is highly welcomed

Bike Parcel in Train from Habibganj to Pune(if you are traveling by the same train)
▪️Documents Required▪️
-ID Proof
- RC
- Insurance
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Tariff - 1350(packing not included)+ 1% of Vehicle value + 7% GST
*Parcel Office timings
PF 5 side - 6am to 2pm
PF 1 side - 2pm to 10pm.
- Ensure that the fuel tank is empty.
- Reach the railway station 3-4 Hours before the departure of the train..
Note - From Habibganj to Pune only 2 trains are available for Parcel
1 - 01664 Habibganj - Dharwad Special (Friday)
2 - 22172 Habibganj Pune Humsafar ( Saturday)