NTES is the salt of Railfanning. IRI is the sugar. - Kirti Solanki

Yo, this ain't about hurting nobody's feelings, just sharing my trip on Kushinagar Express. Got on train no. 22537 from Aishbagh to Rani Kamlapati on 07.06.22 in 3A class. As soon as I stepped in the coach, couldn't tell if it was 3AC or just unreserved. Found like 5-6 folks chillin in the vestibule near the door, and inside, all the side lower berths were taken by RAC passengers (2 peeps sharing one). People even crashed on the floor between berths! Stuff was crammed under the berths, no room for my bag. Woke up to find even more peeps hogging the berths apart from the RAC ones. One big fam of 6 hogging 3 berths, even though the kids were old enough for full tickets. It was around 120 people crammed in a coach meant for 72. Definitely didn't feel like I was getting my money's worth for the Rs 1500 "comfy" journey. And sad to see even the TTEs were helpless. Nightmare, man. Had a much better time in Kashi. Check out my detailed experience at /blog/post/5370280