As at:0100Z- 2004-06-11
Barry is due to lift at 0130Z from Bareilly en-route to Gorakhpur. Communications are not good where Barry is at present so as soon as we have confirmation of his lift time we will post it up here.
As at:0140Z- 2004-06-11
Barry contacted Pete using the Sat phone to let him know all was well and that he should be lifting in 20 minutes.
Just so you know;
Gorakhpur is the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway Zone having computerised reservation facility since 1st Jan. 1990 . The first railway line linking Gorakhpur was opened between Sonepur to Mankapur on 15th January,1885. Since then, the railway lines have increased manifold. Today Gorakhpur stands linked directly with long distance trains to the states' capitals of the country - Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai, Chennai, Bhopal, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthpuram, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and Jammu. The most important train is 'Buddha Parikrama Express', linking Buddha's holy places of Kushinagar, Sarnath, Rajgir and Bodhgaya.
Global Eagle, please check PMs.