indian railways

Could someone please tell me if lunch is served on Ajmer shatabdi as it reaches Ajmer just after noon. Food on shatabdi trains these days has gone from bad to worse but what can us poor passengers do about it? Nothing I guess. I hope the new rule of food being handled by Indian railways staff...

IRCTC has recently changed a lot of rules in favor of general public who used to be dependent on agents and touts for booking their seats because these touts would book a lot of seats in trains that go busy and then sell it to people for a higher price. IRCTC has introduced a new set of rules to...

I was looking at the train schedules online and realized that there are several long distance trains as well as medium distance ones that ply overnight to their destinations. I want to ask anyone who has traveled in these overnight trains - are they safe?

I discovered a website through which we can book train tickets very easily - IRCTC. I hope it is safe to pay through credit card on the site because I have heard of card usage being a bit unsafe on some websites. I am not sure of it and if anyone uses the site for buying tickets please let me know.

I travel to India back in 2007, stayed for while till 2010. my perspective was that the country is poor as it is portrayed in international media. the moment i landed there i fall in love with the place with its vast transport network, hundreds of people going to an fro in Mumbai. For sure i...

I have seen a lot of new members asking about different classes of train travel and I dont blame them for asking because our railway system is a bit too complex and not very easy to understand. I am going to explain briefly what the different ticket classes are and what they mean. These are the...

I am merely questioning where I shall lay my bags while sleeping in AC 2 tier or AC 3 tier coach of Indian railways. From what I know there is no separate locker or luggage compartments in AC 2 tier and AC 3 tier coaches and it is available in AC 1 only, is that right? I will be on a long...

Hi I have booked a train ticket from Pune to New Delhi, before booking the ticket it was showing 2 seats are available but now after booking the ticket PNR query shows RLWL 2. Can you please explain what it means and is it a confirmed ticket or not?