We are organising a charity event for independent travelers. The idea is to ride round the perimeter of the Indian rail network (near as damn it) starting at Mumbai and touching Dwarka, Udhapmpur, Ledo and Kannyakumari at the extreme west, north, east and southern points of the network. We'll be going flat out in an effort to nail it in 2 weeks and a few hours. We've got 20 on the train so far and we're going in February 2011, so you've no excuses.

We are raising money for the charity Railway Children .

If you ever wanted to do something like this, but wanted some mates to do it with, this is your chance. We've got a bunch of people with immense India and Indian Railway experience in the gang already, but we are all independent travelers, so you sign up at your own risk

As I've said twice already, this is a charitable venture, there are no agents or tour operators involved, so please view my posting sympathetically.

We will be building up a huge blog here http://gcirc.wordpress.com, You can get more information and follow the projects development on there prior to the event itself.

Please message me or respond to this thread if you'd like more info. And apologies to the admins if I've broken all the rules ;).

Blagodaria Sofia', I'm, just about to leave town for a few weeks, back in the new year, I'll get back to you then.
Happy Christmas.

I can only imagine that the above is some kind of spam post.

Anyhow, you'll have to follow the links and show some initiative if you've stumbled across this and are interested as we're filling up.
http://gcirc.wordpress.com

How many of my threads are you going to spam ?, that's 2 in 2 minutes!

rule 1. there are no rules, certainly no nationality bar. though you may be made fun of if you are an American (only joking, yanks).
The route as it stands is as follows, but if you are seriously interested please go to the the blog. Without wishing to put you off, I suspect that this isnt quite the kind of trip that would suit you.

Start Mumbai Central Station, Friday Evening, February 18th, 2011

Friday dep Mumbai 20:25 9005 Saurashtra Mail (961km)

Saturay arr Dwarka 15:07, taxi/coach to Porbander, dep Porbander 20:25 (or Jamnagar 23:15) 9216 Saurashtra Express (464km)

Sunday arr Ahmedabad 06:00, dep Ahmedabad 11:10, 9223 Ahmedabad-Jammu Tawi Express (1184km)

Monday arr Jalandhar 12:45, dep Jalandhar 15:10  1057 Amritsar Express arr Amritsar 16:30 (theres loads later if the ADI-JAT is late, alternatively  Makhu 11:03 and taxi to Amritsar for 13:00) Golden Temple at night

Tuesday dep Amritsar 01:10 am, 9225 Bhatinda Jammu Tawi Express (206km) arr Jammu 07:00 . dep Jammu 11:25, 4033 Jammu Mail (54km) Arr Udhampur 11:40, Luncheon, dep Udhampur 19:05  2446 Uttar Sampark Kranti (630km)

Wednesday arr New Delhi 06:25, dep New Delhi 14:00 2424 New Delhi-Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani (2396km)

Thursday on Board

Friday arr New Tinsukia 03:35, dep New Tinsukia 08:40 905NFR Dibrugarh-Ledo Passenger (57km) arr Ledo 10:45, Tipong Colliery, chartered bus to Dibrugarh

Saturday taxi to Bogibeel, the ferry stuff, bus/4×4 to Dhemaji, dep Dhemaji 18:38 5814 Arunachal Express (366km)

Sunday arr Rangiya 05:05, dep Rangiya 07:27 2510 Guwahati-Bangalore City Express (361km) arr New Jalpaiguri 14:05 (several later trains if we are late), taxi to Darjeeling

Monday dep Darjeeling 09:15 2D Darjeeling-New Jalpairguri Narrow Gauge (88km) arr New Jalpaiguri 16:50, dep New Jalpaiguri 20:00 2344 Darjeeling Mail (602km)

Tuesday Arrive Sealdah 06:00, tram and ferry to Howrah,  dep Howrah 14:50 2841 Coromandal Express (1662km)

Wednesday arr Chennai Central 17:15, dep Chennai Egmore 19:55 6101 Rameswaram Express (600km)

Thursday arr Rameswaram 08:35 dep Rameswaram 17:30 2789 Rameswaram Cape Express (407km)

Friday Arr Kanniyakumari 04:05, Dep  Kanniyakumari 10:30 6525 Bangalore Express (67km) arr Trivandrum 12:45 , Coffee Break dep Trivandrum 19:15 2431 Rajdhani Express (1752km)

Saturday arr Panvel 18:05,  metro to Mumbai CST (69km).

End Mumbai “VT”  Station, Saturday Evening, March 5th, 2011