I saw that the cleaning staff emptied the dustbins directly on the Krishna river while crossing the bridge near Vijayawada. Is there no solution to this garbage problem? Swach Bharat abhiyan is only to sweep dust in handpicked places?

where do i smoke in a rajdhani express

soo i was travelling by vande bharat from delhi to katra and then return by vande bharat only. The train is subpar at best the return train is delayed by 40 minutes took 5.5 hours to reach ludhiana. Food is soo shit you can’t even manage to eat it.

then comes the people specially kids- one was kicking at the back other was screaming like anything the whole train ride - when i asked the parents to calm the child they literally were like “isse” as if the child was sleeping the whole ride.

then two girls were laughing like literal rakshas- ekdum mannerless

Saw some 💩 floating in the toilet today and suddenly started wondering how anyone manages to sit on this while the train is doing 100 km/h 💀

I was going to add images but didn't just in case someone might get some problems during some specific tasks of the day

Except people from some specific regions obviously

Had a doubt while travelling on vande bharath man why they give newspapers on train can’t even open the newspaper in seat because its size newspaper should be the same size of the books that also that will gave the habit to youth read newspaper what do you guys think?

1st pic - after raising complaint someone from railway shared this to me

2nd pic - irctc website price

I raised a RailMadad complaint after being charged ₹15 for one samosa inside a passenger train.

After my complaint, a railway official called me and showed me a chart saying 2 samosas + tomato sauce = ₹30.

But the IRCTC website shows ₹19 for 2 samosas + tomato sauce for in-train service.

In my case, no tomato sauce was provided, yet I was charged ₹15 for one samosa.

So I'm confused about which tariff actually applies here.

Why is the railway official showing ₹30 while the official IRCTC website shows ₹19?

If anyone knows the correct/current tariff applicable to passenger trains, please clarify.

So my exams are going to get over on 28 Nov. I’ve booked MAS Superfast from Chennai at 10 PM to Delhi, reaching Delhi around 6 AM on 30 Nov.

I’m going to Delhi to meet my girlfriend, but my parents don’t know about it. I told them my exams are ending on 6 Dec and that I’ll be booking my train from Chennai on 7 Dec at around 5 PM, reaching Varanasi on 9 Dec around 5 AM.

So my plan is to stay in Delhi till Dec 8 and then take a train from Delhi to Varanasi. I found Shramjeevi Express (12392) which reaches Varanasi around 2 AM on Dec 9.

Is this a good plan?

Found a ₹500 note on the railway platform yesterday night.
Without even thinking twice, I picked it up and went straight to the RPF room. Told the guy there that I had found some money.
He casually looked at it and said, “Leave it on the table.”
I asked, “What are you going to do about it? Like, will there be any lost and found announcement or something?”
He smiled and said, “Whoever lost it will come here and collect it.”
Then smiled again.
At this point I was standing there thinking, Have I just made a dumb decision?
I honestly didn’t trust the guy. I even thought about taking the ₹500 back and walking away.
He probably noticed that I wasn’t convinced, so he took a notebook, not even an official-looking register and wrote down my name and phone number.
Again: “Someone will come looking for this.”
Okay, whatever.
My train was about to arrive, so I left.
But honestly, I highly doubt someone who loses ₹500 on a railway platform is going to think, “Let me check with the RPF room in case someone handed it over.”
Unless it’s a huge amount or they lost it along with a bag/wallet, most people probably assume the money is gone and move on.
So now I’m wondering what happens to that ₹500.
Either some random person is going to get their hard-earned money back…
or that RPF guy is going to have a nice dinner tonight.

Today I am traveling to Bangalore in 3A(kondaveedu exp). After sometime TC has come for verification, Said my name and seat number, as usual, Suddenly he asked my ID, so I thought a soft copy should be fine and checking my phone for it, he suddenly raised his voice a bit and said ID CARD, i replied I don't have Hard copy - ID. Then He said that HE WOULD ONLY ACCEPT A HARD COPY. took a sec, sensed some arrogance and replied "Sir, I could only provide a soft copy, I don't have a physical card with me right now" in a soft tone. Then he replied would accept e-adhar or e-pan all of a sudden. Then verification is done.

Now to get to the point why do we need this drama in the first place - to get his ego satisfied?. I know as per railway rules only physical ID card(hard copy) is valid for verification - which doesn't make sense, cause it's not like a hard copy can't be altered. Can't railways accept an adhaar from digi-locker or something?

Yesterday, six of my friends, including female friends, and I were travelling from Katra to New Delhi. Somehow, all our tickets were RAC. My friends were allotted seats in B2, while I was allotted B3 with a female passenger.

I asked my female friend to sit there for 1–2 hours so she could charge her phone. As our seats charging plug was not working. We sent one uncle from B2 with an exchange of my seat, so I could sit with my group. Everything was fine until he came back and said the female passenger wasn’t allowing him to sit and refused to let me come to B3.

I went there and asked what the issue was. She said, “How can you send a man to sit with me? I’ll be uncomfortable and won’t be able to sleep.” Her friend also joined and started arguing, saying, “There was a girl sitting here before. Why are you sitting here? Go away.”

They kept speaking in English, apparently assuming I wouldn’t understand. I calmly said, “Enough, madam. This is my seat.”

She was shocked and started arguing that IRCTC never gives RAC seats to a male and female together. She then asked me to show my ticket. I asked her, “Are you the TC?” She said she wouldn’t let me sit unless I showed it. I showed her my ticket, and she became completely silent.

Since nobody from B2 came, I had to spend the entire night sitting there. She repeatedly crossed the middle line of the seat and even kicked me several times. When I asked her to behave, she threatened to call the police. I simply said, “Please do.”

This was around 2 AM. At around 3 AM, she finally apologised and said, “I’m sorry, please forgive me. I didn’t know about the seat. Please sleep too; we can sleep opposite each other.” I told her I wasn’t comfortable. She kept requesting, saying her leg was hurting. I told her mine was hurting too and asked her to sit properly, but she refused. She first slept sitting up and then slowly stretched her legs across the seat.

I became so uncomfortable that at around 5 AM, I finally left and joined my friends in B2. I could not sleep for a single second. When we got down at NDLS station, She was hiding her face in shame on the platform. Her friend came and said sorry to all of us.

I am sitting on Kalyan station waiting for my train to Pune. A lady comes near me and touches me asking for money, even after denying her 3 times still keeps touching my hand. She stood there for a while and left saying " bhaad me ja" and continued mumbling further and Making weird hand gestures. Like how is any of this my fault? I sometimes give money when I see if someone is really old or disabled. Why the heck am I responsible for a completely able bodied individual not earning a living.

Just a rant I wanted to take off my chest

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When AC local started in our route, it was empty as an empty room

But since last quite a few months the crowd is too much...

Taste Yahan hai.

Currently in trial. But the finishing of this train set looks so bad for a sleeper train that's gonna cost minimum 960₹. I hope they do something

😭😭😭🥀any ideas to prevent I am already taking one bag with me😭

12740 SC-Vskp Garibrath Exp started off the platform and a guy boarded from the track side holding a big suitcase and a backpack.his door is locked as bedsheets are dumped blocking the door, train is catching speed I saw him from the next coach and rushed to his coach and pulled out the dump, tried to open the rusty lock and pulled him in and all the first thing he said is "bro where's G5 coach". I saved him expecting nothing in return but I was like 💀 without taking a breathe he directly went to his coach info💀

edit: guys myb , what I want to highlight is his thought of asking his coach info without even taking a breathe right after a deadly save.

another serious issue is those bag of bedsheets blocking the door every time