Eh.. that is early by their standards.4 hours late
Sobering write-up, sometimes you do realize that there may be a divine power at play.
Eh.. that is early by their standards.4 hours late
Yes I know. I have been 14 hrs late also but that was few years ago. My point was at this age when we are making big claims of superfast trains coming and bullet train etc. We cant even run normal trains on time.Eh.. that is early by their standards.
true.Sobering write-up, sometimes you do realize that there may be a divine power at play.
My complain is with the maintaining the time atleast . For what we pay the conditions can be accepted and that I still partly understand Govt. point of view.I
I'm not complaining - especially seeing how <s>much</s> little we pay.
according to report last year...one in every 4 train runs late and they are counting short distance trains too in that.I don't think "going 3-4 hrs late on average" is correct.
Things are def improving, I remember what it was like years ago.
e.g. My relative who has a house in Goa would regularly drive down - I would tell him he must be in the Limca Book of Records. These days, after Vande Bharat, he prefers train. Less than 7 hours from Panvel in comfort.
Traveling sleeper has been a eye-opener, for me at least. You meet so many people - then realise some of them would not be able to travel had it not been for the low train fares.
So many other factors like fog in winter. heavy rains in monsoons ; I'm amazed we have a railway system at all. It might be the 4th largest national railway - keep in mind countries like US are actually 4 to 5 times larger than India. If you don't mind I'll quote ChatGPT :
"The national railway with the most number of passenger trains is Indian Railways. As of the latest data, Indian Railways operates over 13,000 passenger trains daily, serving millions of passengers across the country. This makes it the largest railway network in terms of daily passenger train operations in the world. Indian Railways is known for its extensive network and the large volume of passengers it handles, making it a critical part of India's transportation infrastructure."
Got on the train without ticket, did some groping , some verbal abuse to passengers with ticket, still occupied a seat, trashed the place, did some selfies hanging out of the train door , luckily not dead, came in without any money or luggage but when I got off the train I had a few wallets and few luggage.. 10/10 would recommend.
The smell issues and cleanness issues are everywhere in trains, no matter if it is travelling to north or south, but it's little bit horrible in north related trains. Staff does clean every now and then but situation becomes terrible during mornings when everyone is busy going to the washrooms or brushing their teeth wandering all over the coaches.So point is... I wanted to ask people from South-India here or any who regularly travels to those zone on trains ...Is South Indian Trains as bad as North-Indian . I mean bustling issues , cleanness issues etc.
Thanks....Good that you had enjoyable trip, are back safe and sound.
Yes. I feel so lucky but at same time sorry to see such a disaster.Actually was waiting for update on this thread, I remembered commenting here about troubles traveling in rainy season to Kerala.
It was a sad tragedy, extremely draining for locals in that region.Indian Railways Train Journey Discussion.
Hello Guys, I have a trek coming in Kerala Next month. I'm travelling by train . I have experienced North Indian Railway Train journeys many time and it is horrible 60% of the time. I'm sure many of us have seen recent videos and even experienced it...people boarding without tickets and I am...techenclave.com
will go bit ott-How was your visits to beaches, if you had such.
That is because you probably started travel primarily from northern regions of Kerala which made an impression.Food is so rich with clear Arab influence in Keralean Food beside its own rich traditional local food.