Knowing the Indian Train |
| View Poll Results: Which class you would prefer in Indian train? | |||
| Second Class (Unreserved) |     | 41 | 3.93% |
| Sleeper Class |    | 311 | 29.82% |
| AC 3-Tier sleeper |    | 209 | 20.04% |
| AC 2-Tier sleeper |    | 358 | 34.32% |
| AC First Class |    | 210 | 20.13% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 1043. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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Dec 1st, 2003, 19:21
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| Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India !
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|  Knowing the Indian Train EDITOR'S NOTE: This post has been promoted to the Articles section. You can read the article in its entirety here: Getting to know the India Railways and the Indian Train Last edited by nadreg; Mar 28th, 2008 at 05:19.. | |
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Dec 1st, 2003, 19:52
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Southampton UK
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| beach Excellent and informative post on Indian Railways. It's all true - the swapping of berths, magazines doing the rounds and the questions! Also there are answers to some queries posted on this forum recently about ticket reservation.
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Dec 2nd, 2003, 14:33
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia
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| Thnaks beach... yet more tips make it into my LP. It's slowly being stuffed full of post-it notes and printouts  | |
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Dec 2nd, 2003, 20:36
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| Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India !
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|  Too few votes with so many readers !! ?? Too few votes with so many readers !! ?? | |
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Dec 3rd, 2003, 05:53
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Zealander in Bangkok
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Dec 3rd, 2003, 08:32
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia
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| Whoops, didn't even notice the poll at the top (...or forgot about it by the time I'd read the whole post!) Voted. | |
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Dec 3rd, 2003, 09:10
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: New Zealander in Bangkok
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| I think it means one person has chosen 2 options. | |
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Dec 3rd, 2003, 12:40
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| Lord of Kalinjar  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: the real surf city
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 | it doesn't have MY favorite coach- 1nonAC but then, few trains do anymore 
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Dec 5th, 2003, 14:51
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| Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India !
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|  Fare Chart This is a supplementary to my first JUMBO write-up Knowing the Indian Train . I did a small ‘research work’ with the massive rail fare data and made a chart like this one! I always wondered why the railways haven’t made something like this or do they already have one? The graphs can help you to plan your travel budget visually by looking at the cost and compare among various classes. All the standard costs like reservation fees, supplementary charges, Safety fee etc are shown in the chart, which needs to be added to your basic fare as per the schedule. The only catch is you need to know the approximate distance between the places you are planning. Use a map (?) Don’t ask me what are all these titles? I’ll land up in explaining a lot of political recipes in India! All I can say is the ‘Rich’ Indian travel by 1A and the ‘Poor’ by the Sleeper. So the Sleeper is highly subsidized at the cost of 1A. That is what is Socialism is all about! | |
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Dec 5th, 2003, 14:54
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| Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India !
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| reservation fee schedule Add this (res. fee+ Supp. charge+ safety charge) to the basic fare Last edited by beach; Dec 5th, 2003 at 18:06.. | |
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Dec 16th, 2003, 12:54
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| Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India !
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| VIGYAN RAIL Indian Railways has flagged off a 12-coach exhibition train yesterday. The marigold-decorated train has been a joint project of the Science & Technology and Railway ministry. This exhibition on wheels will travel criss -cross the country as per the itinerary and schedule published. A newspaper clipping of the train published in 'The Hindu' A superb Indian railways map is put at the site. Click on "CLICK TO VIEW THE RAILWAY MAP" at the site. A lot of pictures of the 'under construction train' also is put at the railway site. PS: ''Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'' printed on the train belly means Hats off to the Soldier and hats off to the farmer, a legendry Indian national slogan | |
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Dec 16th, 2003, 17:50
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| A magnificent resource, Beach - congratulations! Just one point to add - take care when paying by credit card, if you may want to cancel. We did this and were told we could only do it either at the station where we bought the ticket (long passed) or in Mumbai! Went to the office in Mumbai on a Saturday - it was closed and we flew home that night! We filled in forms which stated that the money would be refunded onto our credit acrd, but it wasn't. So we lost about £30. | |
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Dec 17th, 2003, 00:57
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Pai, Mae Hong Son, Thailand
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| Using $US is very convenient for Americans on this site but the to the rest of us its a foreign currency! I find myself looking up the US-Rs rate, so I can get some idea of the costs in a currency I understand. Stick to Rupees, we all understand them... Congratulations beach on your graphics, it must have taken you ages to generate the graph, submit it to Indian Railways, they might engage you in a professional capacity!! | |
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Dec 18th, 2003, 11:54
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| Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India !
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| EDITOR'S NOTE: This post has been promoted to the Articles section. You can read the article in its entirety here: Getting to know the India Railways and the Indian Train Added later on: The latest railway budget (2004) abolished the TDR regime. Even the cancellations of unused reserved tickets after the travel date can me done at the regular reservation/cancellation counters. If my understanding is right you can claim the refund 3 hours after the train has reached your designated arrival station. Last edited by nadreg; Mar 28th, 2008 at 05:20.. | |
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Jan 14th, 2004, 22:36
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| newbie-wallah Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MI - USA
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| Thank you for your explanations. Very useful indeed. Sure would be nice if indianrail.gov.in thought to include some of this stuff on their site. Anyway, I wonder if you happen to know what "REGRET" means in terms of availability? For example, I see trains labelled "REGRET/WL1" or "REGRET/WL3". | |
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