Travel without ticket ...a habit that has to tackled on an urgent basis.
It is observed that starting from Odisha, people from the north very rarely purchase railway tickets. Even Reserved compartments are not safe from these ticketless travellers. Travelling by 3 tier to North India can be a pain and dangerous at times. It is worth mentioning that South Indians very rarely travel without tickets. more
This could have been a comment in how to generate more revenues for railways. But to an extent this is a fact, because of the penalty mechanism that is implemented in southern railways are far stringent. Even if you don't buy a ticket for a single station travel in local train and if you are caught, you won't be let off till you pay 500 rs. fine. But mostly in north people can overpower the toothless TTE and they are left with no choice but to allow the passengers travel ticketless more
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I actually thought it would work the other way — reducing tout activity! This is what happens when we book on the very first day of the 120-day advance booking window: waitlists st...
Whatever railway research say that when 120 days was there for advance booking people didn't cancel the ticket and other people didn't get the chance to travel. First Railways get advance payment...
Rail travel in India, esp during festivals, continues to be painful. The wait is endless, first for tickets, then for trains. Some delayed more than 10 hrs. Fancy VandeBharat 2 hrs late so far! No ...
Message from a friend Trains are late by 8-10 hours. I booked a train to go home for the festival, and the night before, I found out that the train was going to be 8 hours late. So, I c...
By Sneha Goyal
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