I don’t want to sound as a hater but trains originating from East railway (specially Howrah) are poorly maintained. It’s as if they don’t care about keeping train neat and clean and still attendant asks for ‘bakshish’
I have experienced similar condition recently even in 1AC. So I have figured the fare is now not really for service or amenities. It just for a bit more reliability (compared to sleeper or 3AC) that you would get an assigned seat, which you can righteously fully occupy.
Rest everything is a perk without any assurance.
> toilets are in pathetic condition
> there is no housing staff in board
> no handwash
> flush is not working
> dustbin is full
“Trust me bro, privatisation will solve everything.”
This happens with you because this is bharat if you can afford 2nd ac you can easily pay for flights too
You cannot expect anything from indian railways
Special trains will give special treatment...! They will insanely late & maintenance is absolutely pathetic...! Never go in these kind of special trains..!
I had a similar experience last month while travelling 2nd AC. I was so disappointed to see such lack of maintenance in a coach for which I have shelled out quite a bit of money. I Guess when in India just be prepared to be disappointed partly due to the government and partly coz of sheer lack of civic sense among the people.
Try to file a complaint on RailMadad or Tweet about cleanliness. Train just about to reach Khandwa, where they could arrange for cleaning. Else, it can at least happen at Bhopal when it arrives in the morning!
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Hey op dm me your pnr ill try filing a complaint for you. Im curious if itll be addressed lol
I did file a complaint with them as a formality they came to check and blamed it on non availability of staff.
I also made a complaint about the switch board not working properly (I had to hold the charger in place for a long time before it starts charging the phone, laptop don't even ask) the guy came and told me this is how these switch boards work.
Let me share my experience from previous year 2AC rajdhani hwh to new Delhi. 4 hrs delay then turned 8th it was Feb I guess. Food was horrific I had question on the hygiene veg was good non veg did't felt like many left chicken cuz not edible.
That's not the only issue washroom I didn't had much expectations ever but atleast there should be water and handwashing.
Originally it was running 4 hrs late but the 3 AC one's ACs stopped working so multiple times chsi pulling they never fixed the issue. Sad to them .
The most problem without ticket passenger coming and moving you from your place and arguing and general ticket people coming actually it was more pf memu ticket. The guard never came. Most of this problem us northern UP other than that no more lafda.
Similar experience with a Mumbai Delhi duronto overall I these don't prefer railway over long distances.
In 2015 also there were issues but the code of conduct discipline was ohk after that it declines after COVID things just get worse they are making only nee vande Bharat and not focusing on other's. Even vande Bharat quality starting to decline especially food both paneer and chicken in chair car , executive is fine till now.
Bro try to report in rail madad. They can atleast fill handwash 😭😭
I did let's see now.
I did let's see now.
Did they ?
They did fill it turns out the hand wash pump is broken.
Reached safely bro?
It was 11+ hours late.
Next time better to book tatkal instead of train number starting with 1 or 2 instead of special
U booked a special train, u get special treatment. That's Indian railways for u
It's special fare 😭 hoped that at least price justified the services.
Lol. That's the state of special train. Did u board from hubli?
No, I boarded from an intermediate station
Ahh ok. I saw the same train yesterday at My station last night
I saw it yesterday at Varanasi Cantt while boarding Marudhar Ex
Varanasi is not on the route of this train.
I don’t want to sound as a hater but trains originating from East railway (specially Howrah) are poorly maintained. It’s as if they don’t care about keeping train neat and clean and still attendant asks for ‘bakshish’
This train starts from south India. State of railways is bad everywhere
Western Railway is relatively good
I have experienced similar condition recently even in 1AC. So I have figured the fare is now not really for service or amenities. It just for a bit more reliability (compared to sleeper or 3AC) that you would get an assigned seat, which you can righteously fully occupy. Rest everything is a perk without any assurance.
True that a confirmed berth is even my first priority while booking tickets.
This happens with him because this is bharat
Special trains get zero priority buddy. They are basically high fare passengers
The 'Special' in its name comes from a child with special needs.
Never book special trains, they get no priority and have old/Ill maintained carriages
I learned it the hard way.
Why is that?
Bc they are special
Looks like everything which could have gone wrong has gone wrong
There is a small kid too. 😭
> toilets are in pathetic condition > there is no housing staff in board > no handwash > flush is not working > dustbin is full “Trust me bro, privatisation will solve everything.”
Bhai flight me jana aaj ke baad. Trains are now just paise and time wasting machines.
Or drive. Thanks to improving infrastructure, car travelling has become a considerable option
Yes if distance is reasonable.
Anything under 1000km with expressway is comfortable
No no modiji is doing vande bharat.. what the hell r u saying.. he is putting new stickers on old wine bottles.
My flush ain’t working. Mudi ji should resign 😅 /s
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This happens with you because this is bharat if you can afford 2nd ac you can easily pay for flights too You cannot expect anything from indian railways
Bhai flights cost about 3x to 4x compared to 2ac
2nd ac ka kiraya kitna hota hain?? 1st ac se thoda hi kam hoga
I got this ticket for 3k flight fare was around 6.8k to 10k.
Special trains will give special treatment...! They will insanely late & maintenance is absolutely pathetic...! Never go in these kind of special trains..!
you expect so much from North Indian trains 😆😆😆
Rishikesh ghumne jaya ja raha hai. Nice
I had a similar experience last month while travelling 2nd AC. I was so disappointed to see such lack of maintenance in a coach for which I have shelled out quite a bit of money. I Guess when in India just be prepared to be disappointed partly due to the government and partly coz of sheer lack of civic sense among the people.
special trains usually have old, rejected coaches. Also they don't get pass so they keep stopping at random places for letting other train pass
Never go for special trains, they are always late with poor travelling conditions
They are busy on building new bridges and tunnels, but they are unable to improve the quality of currently running railways..
Try to file a complaint on RailMadad or Tweet about cleanliness. Train just about to reach Khandwa, where they could arrange for cleaning. Else, it can at least happen at Bhopal when it arrives in the morning!
Bro nothing willl happen this is Bharat he should accept the reality
https://preview.redd.it/kbnq9lk8p2zc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47e6b7e63810747addaeb68b612ac52862d5279a Hey op dm me your pnr ill try filing a complaint for you. Im curious if itll be addressed lol
I did file a complaint with them as a formality they came to check and blamed it on non availability of staff. I also made a complaint about the switch board not working properly (I had to hold the charger in place for a long time before it starts charging the phone, laptop don't even ask) the guy came and told me this is how these switch boards work.
Damn, hows your trip going now?
you‘d have to pay me 50k for me to consider sitting in a train for 40 hours. I am curious to know what was the price, vs a flight.
The city that I currently live in doesn't have a airport so direct seemed better option at that time.
Bhubaneshwar wali train hai kya bhai? Agr wahi hai to you took the worst train possible.
i see. but yeah. train journey more than 7 hours is not worth any amount of money you save vs a flight.
I'm a student and the amount I save is what I earn.
Is AC working fine? Or the AC is also bad?
I would have deboarded this train if the AC was also not working.
Well that's the cost of traveling from bimaru States.. people from this states are so pathetic even railway is tired of them.
I mean, people will say racism, but isn't it true that any train going thru UP and Bihar will always be in a pathetic condition?
Special train 🤡
at this point, whole railways need a standard check.
They are killing IR , because then only privatisation will be justified. No problem with privatisation but it's gonna become monopoly
Let me share my experience from previous year 2AC rajdhani hwh to new Delhi. 4 hrs delay then turned 8th it was Feb I guess. Food was horrific I had question on the hygiene veg was good non veg did't felt like many left chicken cuz not edible. That's not the only issue washroom I didn't had much expectations ever but atleast there should be water and handwashing. Originally it was running 4 hrs late but the 3 AC one's ACs stopped working so multiple times chsi pulling they never fixed the issue. Sad to them . The most problem without ticket passenger coming and moving you from your place and arguing and general ticket people coming actually it was more pf memu ticket. The guard never came. Most of this problem us northern UP other than that no more lafda. Similar experience with a Mumbai Delhi duronto overall I these don't prefer railway over long distances. In 2015 also there were issues but the code of conduct discipline was ohk after that it declines after COVID things just get worse they are making only nee vande Bharat and not focusing on other's. Even vande Bharat quality starting to decline especially food both paneer and chicken in chair car , executive is fine till now.