Sleeper carriages for female travellers

Hello All,

I will be tarvelling to India at the end of the year and will be travelling alone (I am a young single female.) I have been before and did a few long journeys on the trains but I was not travelling alone at the time.

From the journeys I had I remember being stared at a lot (tyoical of India!) but feeling very thankful for the fact that I was not travelling alone on the sleeper carriage (especially when it came to the actual sleeping part!) In addition I had 2 other people to keep an eye on my backpack when I needed the loo or to stretch my legs etc.

Obviously it would be great if I could find others to share my travels with but I don't want to have to rely on others before taking the train.

Does anyone have any thoughts on wether sleep carriages are safe for women travelling alone?

I don't expect to have the funds to go first class and, in fact, I really liked travelling in sleeper!

Thanks,

Mel

When you say 'sleeper carriage', do you mean Sleeper Class? I don't like Sleeper Class and prefer A2 or A3 (air-con), which is in my view much more comfortable than Sleeper Class but quite affordable, i.e. not nearly as expensive as First Class.

I know women, though, who don't mind travelling alone in Sleeper Class. I don't think it's a safety issue but it does happen that more people sit on a bench than there are beds, and quite often those people won't move and make room for you to lie down. This can be a problem if you have the lower berth.