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Posted: Dec 09 2023 (17:32)
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Dec 09 2023 (17:32) 11124/Barauni - Gwalior Mail | LKO/Lucknow Charbagh NR (9 PFs)kirk781~ 3621 blog posts
A HARD DAYS NIGHT
I had a cut journey ticket, in that, I had 2A from BV to LKO and 3A from LKO to GWL. This train, as of this writing, is all ICF and has 1 Second AC and 3 Third AC coaches. I had a lower berth from my town station to the state capital. No unnecessary extra passengers, just me and my small bag on the lower berth. I mostly just saw out the window. Had tea at Gonda Jn. Either case, whenever I left my berth and returned...
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I had a cut journey ticket, in that, I had 2A from BV to LKO and 3A from LKO to GWL. This train, as of this writing, is all ICF and has 1 Second AC and 3 Third AC coaches. I had a lower berth from my town station to the state capital. No unnecessary extra passengers, just me and my small bag on the lower berth. I mostly just saw out the window. Had tea at Gonda Jn. Either case, whenever I left my berth and returned...
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Common scene in 3rd ac now a days. All so called staffs do not hesitate illegitimately boarding ac classes (earlier sl classes). I had bad experience in 15483 mahananda express may be 6 months back. From prayagraj unauthorised people boarded for fatehpur and cnb however number was less but at cnb the situation was bad nd eventually 3rd ac suddenly got converted into typical day time sl class by people boarding from cnb to nearby destinations nd the scene continued till delhi. Not aware intermediate stations like etawah firozabad etc gives how much contribution to revenue but certainly gives humongous unauthorised passengers in the route.
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This shows that you need intercity trains with ACC and GS sitting in morning afternoon and evening in 200-400km sections to suit to local travel requirement between cities and towns in day time to prevent people from occupying seats in long distance trains, without which 3AC will be like SL and GS.
What surprised me is that this train was not converted yet to an LHB version where large number of SL coaches are trimmed in favor of 3A coaches. It had 9 SL coaches in it's ICF form and only 3 3A coaches. So, there was lots of non AC space for folks to move to. But, they just crowded 3A. The worst was when the train had an unscheduled halt at Govindpuri, I guess and lots of folks just barged into the coach. Apart from the single 2A coach, nothing seemed off limits.
There is an ICE between Lucknow and Jhansi though that plies later in the evening. But I get the sentiment. Some high density routes definitely need more ICE trains and/or sitting arrangements.
Now that I think about it, it would probably have been better to just go to LKO via 2nd sitting in LJN ICE, take a plane to Delhi and then to Gwalior. Faster and would have saved the exceptionally high cost of retiring room. It probably would still have been more expensive but I just like to think how much. For 2A and 3A ticket, it was ~1.5k. Include food for a long journey and it becomes ~1.9k. Then cost of retiring room and it becomes 3.3k. I wonder how much more expensive would air travel have been because with air, I wouldn't have needed any food, or retiring room arrangement in case my train goes late.
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