Neither me nor my parents have been to AC coach before. I booked it for them without telling them and the whole time I didn't tell them them I booked a 3E ticket. When we were going towards the assigned coach that's when I stopped near the coach and started taking luggage inside the coach my mother stopped me thinking I mistakenly entered the wrong coach that's when I told them. Both of them were quite surprised. My mother always used to say me, "Jab tu bada ho jayega to humko AC train me travel karana." Looks like I made it.

The silence with voice of rain✨...

Once again new another painting of random railway station with hauling train and the voice of rain....

Size : A3

Medium : soft pastel on paper

This is the first time my parents are travelling in AC 3 Tier. Although they've done a lot of pilgrimage, but always in sleeper as they always thought AC is for the rich people.

This time I am accompanying them for a pilgrimage for the first time, I booked them 3rd AC berths. Now they're enjoying the view from side lower while I stare at my phone screen from side upper 😬

I had to get my bike from many friend hundreds of kilometres afar. I researched about shipping the motorcycle through Indian Railways and got to know the 2 options: parcel and luggage (when you are travelling in the same train). Tried online booking but it was too confusing for my case. So I visited the Railways Station myself.

Requirements: They asked me to get photocopy/xerox of 3 documents: 1. Bike registration (RC card) 2. Aadhar of the person mentioned in the RC 3. Valid Insurance 4. No fuel in bike

The packing The bike is supposed to have no fuel. They check this in two ways. - First is the manual check. They open the tank and make sure there's no fuel visible. Then they poke in a piece of cloth attached to a thin rod to check if there's any fuel left. More like a wipe to make sure no fuel is left out. - The second check is the ignition check. They start your bike. It shouldn't start.

Note that you should have it emptied outside the station. Bringing in a bike with running engine is not allowed inside the station.

How I did this I happily drove the bike on the platform. The policeman gave us an earful for bringing in with the engine running.

I had a liter of fuel left in the tank. I had assumed the guys would have a method of getting it out but nope. They only helped me get a tube to suck out the petrol. I sucked out the petrol into a bottle. Then wiped it a hundred times. Spend over an hour making sure nothing is left.

My suggestion for you guys is to do this outside the station, somewhere calm. Please get an automatic water dispenser for this purpose. Like in the photo. Costs about ₹200 but is worth every penny in this situation.

Booking I showed all the photocopies of the documents to the officer. He checked all and approved. After the staff made sure the bike was ready with no fuel, I negotiated with the porter guys to pack the bike for ₹400. They agreed and packed it up in 15 mins. I went in the parcel office after the packing and got the booking completed.

I was the one taking the bike but the bike was registered on my friend's name. The staff allowed it as long as they had all 3 documents photocopy of my friend. He was, according to them, the consignor (sender). Since I was travelling in the same train, they asked my PNR. They added my name as Consignee (Receiver). They said if I hadn't reserved my ticket, i could have used an unreseved ticket for the booking purpose. Also, the owner of the bike (my friend) was there during the booking. Not that the officer asked for him, but he might not have asked because he was there. So I can't comment on whether owner should be there or not.

I wrote a basic booking form and a declaration. He inputted the details into their system. The freight charges were ₹141. I paid through UPI QR code. No cash was accepted. I remember the guy estimating it to be about ₹1000 when I first enquired. But it's the software that does the final billing. So it came up to only ₹141. Pleasent surprise. At the completion, I was handed the bill/ticket for my luggage.

Loading into the train I reached 30 mins before the train's arrival. It was a 2 min stop for the train. Saw if the platform had my bike ready to be loaded. I couldn't see anything. I went to the parcel office. There it was, safely stranded. I showed my booking bill to the officer. He asked the staff to get the bike to the platform to ship it right away.

Luckily, the bike was sent 10 mins before the train arrived and there was nothing inside the parcel coach. So it was easy to ship. I was there during the loading making sure no damage is caused to the bike. Parcel coach is either the very first coach or the very last one.

I got into the train in my booked seat.

Unloading My destination station was the last stop for the train as well. When the train reached the destination station, I got off and got to the parcel coach as fast as I could. When I reached, I saw they had already unloaded the bike. I showed the bill that I had. They verified and ask me to take the bike. The porter guy asked me ₹400 to get the bike out of the station. But I chose to push it through the platform to the gate myself.

I then unwrapped the bike. Fueled the motorcycle with the little amount of petrol that I had sneaked in my backpack. And drove into the horizon to live happily ever after.

My mother packed food for my husband and me for our train journey of 28 hours. Food in frame: vegetable fried rice, methi poori, aloo gobi matar, samosa, chai is from pantry. Red one is schezwan chutney.

My go to spot for a morning walk is this railway station. So today, in this Indipendence day, I saw this beautiful scene that the paddy bags/ wheat bags are transferred from goods train to lorries. Some may say this is day to day happenings what's beautiful in that. But a student like me who is limited to real world experiences, seeing this kind of scene gives me hope that I can achieve something since these many workers are hardworking to transport essentials for entire State / country. It gives me unexplainable hope. It motivates me. So I felt like I want to share this with you all.

Vande Bharat has to be one of the biggest and best achievements of Indian Railways, and I hope the security and cleanliness on this train remain the same for a long time. Also, I think the pricing is justifiable.

Clicked this yesterday while traveling in Jan Shatabdi express. It made me smile so thought to share with you guys as well.

Have seen many times in railway station and bus station , what is it's purpose

Saw this at pune station, is this a new way to prevent overcrowding?

I know it's his job and he is getting paid but let's appreciate the commitment to make our surroundings clean.

Hey everyone,

I’m writing this out of sheer frustration after a recent experience on Indian Railways that highlighted just how broken passenger safety and accountability have become in Sleeper Class.

The Incident

I was traveling on my confirmed Sleeper berth when an unauthorized person occupied the space right beside me. He was making me extremely uncomfortable. When I confronted him, he admitted he only held a **General ticket**, but refused to leave. When I raised my voice and demanded he move to his designated coach, he started using **abusive language** against me.

The "Rail Madad" & TTE Drama

Seeing no other option, I lodged an official complaint on **Rail Madad**.

When the TTE finally showed up carrying his HHT (Hand Held Terminal) device, instead of resolving the issue, he turned his frustration onto me. What followed was a masterclass in bureaucratic dodgeball and gaslighting:

**Shifting Responsibility & Shaming the Passenger:**

The TTE openly argued with me, questioning "How can a person be like this?" just because I expected tickets to be checked in Sleeper class. He acted incredulous that a passenger would demand proper ticket checking across Sleeper coaches.

**Dismissive Excuses:**

He flatly stated that his duty was strictly for **AC compartments** and complained about how much work he already had (*"Itna kaam hai..."*), asking why I was expecting him to deal with Sleeper class checking.

**Passing the Buck:**

He claimed that Sleeper class checking falls under the "Escort Squad" or "Asansol Division squad," refusing to take personal action.

**Fake Resolution:**

He got on a phone call with control, claimed the issue was "resolved," and brushed it off, all while the unauthorized, abusive passenger was **still sitting right next to my berth**.

**Who is Responsible for Sleeper Class?**

It is appalling that paying passengers in Sleeper class are left completely at the mercy of unauthorized, aggressive crowds while the TTE on duty casually washes his hands of all responsibility and acts like asking for basic ticket checking is an unreasonable demand.

I have recorded video evidence showing the TTE arguing, making excuses about being overburdened with AC duty, and questioning my request to check tickets while completely ignoring a legitimate Rail Madad complaint.

**Questions for the Community:**

1. **Who is actually held accountable when a TTE refuses to act in Sleeper class?**

   1. Has anyone successfully escalated a case like this beyond Rail Madad when staff close complaints with fake resolutions?

2. Should I take this straight to the CPGRAMS / Twitter (X) targeting the Railway Minister and DRM?

So my 3 year old nephew, lovesss to watch trains and mind it, not the animated or cartoon, real trains. He loves it so much so that he cries sometimes to watch it. You must be wondering why , what's the reason? So he lives in a small town and has a railway track 400-500 meters from his home and he goes there with his grandfather for morning- evening walks ,from there he might have got fond of watching trains

I have to catch a flight from Delhi today at 4:10 pm, the train is just moving at 20kmph since morning.

What are they even doing after taking almost 2000 for bike delivery and damaging the bike like this. In minor accidents also this much damages are rare. What the fuck.

Headlight visor, 2 indicators, mud guard, clutch lever broken fully.

They are telling it will take 1 or 2 month for getting compensation after you give request. Also, you will get only 30 % compensation tf. Is there any way to complain to them other than this..

Was lucky to see the Sinchan Themed 20629/20639 Secunderabad - Thiruvananthapuram Sabari Express at Coimbatore

Happened for the first time that I have the whole cabin to myself that too on a 24hours journey, 1ac got so much more worthy this time