IRCTC plate is very costly....one leg of Murga and 100 gm rice is Rs 150 in Chennai Mail yesterday. To be served plates are stacked between the stinking bathrooms....they do not have trolley. Rice is made of R 2/Kg grains given to poors. who proved Nasta in the early morning forgot to return the change. there is no bill for the money taken. while going to Kolkata on Suvidha Express it was a total chaos. i saw the pantry is full of stock but they could not serve the meal till 1 am in the night. PC didn't provide more than 2*200 ml bottle of water. we cancelled the 2ac tkt of HWH EXP to go to kolkata 9 hours early. we could reach only 6 hours early. they did not provide water and food even on payment. last the served tea without biscuit or biscuit without tea. there was IVRS 'call' from IRCTC. After BSNL.....IRCTC Jai Ho !!!!! yesterday lilen given are not washed for last one year. IRCTC should stamp the date of washing somewhere. otherwise IR will give birth of patients. Ladies bathroom should be specially cleaned with steam and all.
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the name of the IRCTC suggest that they are in the catering services. they are in the tkting business now. the hardy bother about the Food and catering. They do not hire Caterer with Hotel Managers in the pay roll. they float the tender probably on the basis. who will be giving them the highest amount as commission.And they loose on Service front. they are profit motive and and they have no Service attitude.
Dear Team, I am very sorry to write you that last month i was travelling through YPR-JP Premium Special train to Jaipur. It was horrible experience with food. in between my Journey from Pune to Jaipur I was serve food twice on the way but both the time it was taste less and not even in warm condition even though the train has with two pantry coaches to serve the food in the journey. When I was inquire about that than I came to know that the food was arrange by indian railwayr from outside ( Not from the train Pantry) First time the food was supply from Vasai Road station (Lunch) and the dinner was supply to the train pantry from Vadodara station. In spite of two pantry coached the food was arranged by outside and that too horrible. I think there must be vigilance audit should be there to avoid such kind of activities. Also, I came to know that RIce part was served by pantry as they prepared once in the Journey. it was prepared at first day of Journey as the total journey take 03 days from Yesvantpur to Jaipur. Also, the Indian railways is charging INR 400/- for catering charge for A/C passenger to provide this kind of food. Really it was a horrible experience in Premium Train like this.
Duronto express Secunderabad.to LTT Kurla starts at 2305 hrs Water provided at 2355 hrs.linen provided at 2350 hrs handtowel is not provided.cool drink provided at 0030 hrs on29 Sept 2015 Breakfast provided dry buttered bread, for others waiting for Upma never came. Service is not OK
Trains have to be designed for maximum comfort with minimum maintenance required so that the service shall remain good thru the life of the train coach .Modt of the coaches be designed got Aircindutioning they Solar as well as captive power usages and the stoppages be staggered between trains to maximum the run of about 2 hours at a stretch .this can also distiributecthe passengers better and trains would be loaded better .
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Udyan Express 2nd AC coach was from NE railway probably shunted from there. Did not have sprinkler nor mug in WC western style .No place to keep your soap box, tooth brush and other toiletries. No hand rail to keep napkin or to hold .Travelled on 30th Sept. in A-3 coach from Sai P Nilayam to mumbai. Small cockroaches also seen in WC.
After Mr.Suresh Prabhu took over the reigns, the state of Indian railway platform has become fantastic. Earlier we used to see/get dirty things(and even dirty smell of toilet(i.e., urine smell)) on the platforms/walkovers. Now, there are cleaners standing alert in these areas and maintaining it pretty clean. I observed this especially in Bangalore and Mantralaya railway stations. Also there are many services like 'destination station alert' and dedicated telephone numbers for different services etc.,
Kudos to Mr. Suresh Prabhu and his team for the great work which was not observed for many years earlier. This is the best example to highlight that 'IF ONE WANTS TO DO THE WORK/SERVICE, HE/SHE CAN DO IT AT ANY COST IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION'.
I had a terrible experience of travelling on Howrah-Pune Duranto Exp started on 3rd Nov-18 from Howrah. It commenced by 1 and half hrs late and arrived Pune by 9 hrs late on 4th Nov. Food supply stopped after lunch hour and it did not halt on stations but at odd places, from where you could get no foods and beverages. Nowadays they charge variable fares and I paid @ Rs.3500 each while booking my tickets. And this train was getting the least priority while all other trains were being allowed to go ahead of it. All this at a cost equal to airfare! Who is going to travel by Duranto, a so-called premium train? This is the reason why half my compartment was empty and still they foods were also being served late, e.g. breakfast on 3rd was served a12 noon, lunch at 4 pm and dinner at 11 pm and so on.
They paste the identity details provided by the passenger in front of the compartment. When PAN number is given as ID by a passenger, the information pasted on the compartment is copied by some fraudulent antisocial people. The PAN no. and other details of the passenger are used to purchase gold above 2lakh Rupees, where PAN no. is warranted. This will attract the attention of tax department towards a person, who has not purchased, and is being victimised.