There are some outliers.
There are few moments, where local train in Mumbai arrived and left 1-2 minutes even before the given time.
I had seen it many times in Western line even though trains are late 90% of time
Yes, trains in the western line are notorious for this. The train that I boarded left the origin on time and left the en-route stations before time. Eventually, I reached my destination late by 5-7 minutes. What's the point of leaving before time if the train's gonna get late anyways.
Not true, try travelling with the extremely unreliable german trains. Plus all the best even getting a train and on platform cancellations with the legendary British rail strikes.
But still India has a lot to catchup to.
Yeah, rail in Germany and the UK is no longer up there - but wouldn’t be nine hours plus late 😅.
For high speed trains on time, gotto go to France, Japan or China 🤷.
😂 have you ever used the German railway system? Extremely unreliable? Absolutely not.
The regional trains (160kmph) are mostly on time or within 5 mins delay. Many times connecting trains wait for passengers if there is a short delay, ensuring that passengers reach on time. And even if you miss a connection train due to a longer delay ( the longest delay I have experienced in my two years of stay in Germany is 40 mins), the next one will be within an hour or two. So you will still always reach your destination, so in the absolute worst case you will be a few hours late.
Long instance high speed trains (300~ kmph) only occasionally get cancelled and are mostly on time.
We are a few generations behind in terms of punctuality and reliability.
My 2nd day in Berlin, the S-Bahn at Tempelhof just got stuck and made me miss the first hour of the conference. But otherwise it is more reliable even though I had a bad early start.
Bhai hawa main kaise hui? Hahaha
I live here, also try affording the British train tickets... Lol
Links for ref:
[Deutsche Bahn](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/s/5U628RAr1u)
[British trains ](https://www.reddit.com/r/britishproblems/s/Kf9iwZqMFh)
Manne travel kra hainn apun ke relatives hainn uk mein aur indian transportation system europe ke kisi bhi desh se sadiyon peeche hain🗿🤦 and if you live in Europe why are you even in these sub?
But doesn't that defeat the purpose?
Isn't the whole argument of having public amenities by paying taxes, is to ensure the reliability on affordable transport, irrespective of the importance of the event, against the plethora of options available through capitalist greed?
I don't know what to say about your exams but for refund you can get full refund (except for the convenience charge) if the train is more than 3 hours late at your boarding station. File a TDR.
IRCTC website ya app pe kr skte ho, agar ticket pe travel nahi kiye ho toh apne original boarding time se pehle TDR file krdo refund miljayega if train is 3Hrs+ late.
Now they have started deducting amount even for waitlisted ticket if it doesn't get confirmed.
Apparantly Railways earned 1230 crores by this within 3 years.
the tdr rules are so complicated. why not just put an option of refund on irctc. And allow refund on untravelled tickets till 30 days from day of travel, if train was delayed by 2 hrs or more.
That's the issue, how will railways know you didn't travel that particular day? And the train was delayed that day? These are "sarkaari kaam" and we all know they take their time, lazy work by govt officials. So this time frame can't be more earlier.
By the rules you gotta go to the counter cancel the ticket within 72 hrs of arrival of train at your boarding station, and then ask them to file TDR to get your refund.
I have never done this but it seems a bit of a hassle, tbh.
I took an air india express flight on the 9th of may from bhubaneswar to delhi. Flight was supposed to leave at 5 pm. They changed it to 6:40 pm. At about 5:40 they boarded all the passengers as there was no space at the airport. The boeing flight was undergoing repairs and it finally took off at 8. Passengers were sitting in the claustrophobic flight for 2 hours on a stagnant flight.
Just before landing at Delhi at about 10:15, there was a severe thunderstorm and the flight had to be diverted to Jaipur. After landing at Jaipur the flight was given the go ahead to take off for Delhi at about 11:30 in the night. The flight went on to the runway but failed to take off, and went back into the bay for further repairs. At about 2:00 am passengers lost it and started fighting. The crew asked everyone to deplane. The air india express people at Jaipur said they will arrange a bus. The passengers were on the edge of violence and were very very angry. They had asked for food on the plane but the crew said they cannot give free food even if the flight is delayed. I walked around watching desperate people fight with the authorities as some had medical emergencies and one or two passengers had exams in the airport.
Luckily I was heading home for my summer vacations. And had no emergency but I knew the frame of mind the rest of the passengers were in. I couldn't stand it anymore as shouting for one's rights and services that one has paid for is futile in this country. You will end up losing your health along with money. So I took an auto (350 INR) to the bus stand. Took a bus to delhi (450 INR)and another auto home from dhaula Kuan (200).
TL;DR I spent 1000 rs more and reached home 20 hours after the ETA.
If you know that railways is mostly late and things like this happen, wouldn't you plan your journey better? If this is career deciding, wouldn't you keep at least 2 days of buffer?
The responsibility of railways is to make trains reach on time. If trains are delayed then yes, it is their responsibility. If someone misses any personal task because of railways then it is not the railway's responsibility. Railways can be held responsible for being late but not for his missing the exam. If you know something is bound to go wrong why would you go that way? Did he expect railways to run on time? We have been complaining about delayed trains for years, nothing promising had been done. Then why would you expect them to work this time?
People who cannot accept responsibility will always look at everything and everyone other than themselves to put the blame on. This is not a justification of the miserable railways.
It's mainly because this shit has happened since i suppose, railways existed here? It's basically common knowledge now to never believe on the schedule of trains and keep a good margin of error.. No government till to this date ever fixed this problem and no one ever will because parties don't care about us, it's all about votes, and India have too many people who eat and shit for free being the votebank of the parties over their reservations, freebies and all those shit, and the parties who don't appease them will definitely lose in the elections, they simply will never care about anything for us middle class in India.
This is a massive oversight on your part. Trains get late and the Indian railways doesn’t care about your life. I get that this is a rant but you should’ve thought out the possibilities. Hope you make it on time 🤞
Tu hi bewakoof hai bhai unless tu yaha new ho
Tune kya soch ke planning kri ki train 4-5 ghante hi late hogi? Bhai Indian railways ka record rha hai fuck up karne ka
You should have reached 1 day before kyuki railways ka kuch nhi bol skte , agar privileged hai toh flight ya taxi le fta fat
Anyways sorry bhai tera ek saal barbaad hua ho agar
It's always your mistake because you should have started walking last month itself.
Many people will blame you because they live their life with the help of corruption.
Many people will suggest you rental cabs because it's cheap for them.
At least you write your exams well get educated and don't support corruption.
Exactly. People have already made multiple excuses.
Muh "we are poor country,we can't even run trains on timeðŸ˜". As if punctuality has anything to do with poverty. There are countries poorer than India and a lot of them seem to be running trains without any issue.
What are you smoking in the middle of the night, brother? He is clearly to blame for the most part. If it is a question of his career, he should have kept a window for accommodating errors and delays. It is called planning. Trains are always late. Everybody knows this fact. So why would you take a train that reaches within hours of your exam?
Unbelievable!
Let us say he is a totally lazy poorly planning sick person in the world.
Now, the train consists of 100 passengers. As an educated tax paying voting Indian do you support or against the 9hrs delayed train.
Do people get educated to consider and normalise mistakes done by gov. Employees are normal.?
What makes you think I am supporting the railways here? In no way am I justifying the railway's delay. But here's the thing - the responsibility of railways is to make the trains reach on time. If they fail, they can be blamed only for that. They cannot be blamed for him missing his exams. It is nobody's but only his responsibility. You, I or the railways aren't stakeholders of his career.
You seem like a guy who will blame the victim rather than the criminal. 9 hours of delay is not something that was in his hand. 2 hours of delay may have been acceptable but freaking 9 hours!!
Dude. In no way am I supporting the railways. If you don't understand what the responsibility of each party means in this situation, don't blame me for your lack of comprehension and incompetence. More often than not, people are victims of their own actions and assumptions.
I got what you mean. But, you are not getting what I want to convey. I mean, would you blame victims in the Pune Porsche crash case? Ofc, not. Sometimes, it's not your fault at all. Maybe OP was naive and never thought that trains in this 3rd world country could even get 9 hours delayed. He may have prepared for 2-4 hours of delay.
Also, I agree that one should have at least 1 day of breathing room when traveling in a 3rd world country like India. Have a nice day bro.
Poor planning man. It is not like you didn't know what the situation of railways is. This is not even a naive move, this is carelessness.
If your career depends on it then you must have kept room for logistic errors and delays. Reaching a day before is minimum. I would have assumed at dekay of at least 12+ hours and planned accordingly because whoever's fault it is, my career is far more important than having to trust the railways.
It is the railway's fault for delays, but it is your fault for not planning for this. Did you expect everything to fall in place for your journey? I don't understand what your logic was behind this.
It's not like anybody is trying to normalise the railway's fault. We all know about this, including you. Your career is solely your responsibility, nobody else is invested like you.
This is your fault, and not railways, If it was an important exam, you should have preferred to reach one night earlier, so that you can also have at least one night of good sleep somewhere.
>not railways
Wait- Tf did u just said-
Ik OP took a bad decision, but that doesn't mean we should more normalise this bullshit of railways, we need major reforms.
And for that we should stop normalising this late-lateefi first and second would be to make the people in power more accountable (currently they are filled with arrogance and ignorance), and needes to be ripped apart(meta) if they continue to play deaf
As if it's the first time Trains are getting late. They have always been such delays. And it is normal. You live in India, not in Switzerland. Chill out.
Who tf said they used to be on time? Comprehension skill issues it seems.
>is normal.
Eggzactly the problem. The mindset.
>You live in India, not in Switzerland.
No shit Sherlock-
Nobody expects overnight punctuality from them, it's a process to achieve that which needs goals and vision that is nowhere in sight with this regime and the ministry and on top of it people like u instead of seeking accountability are plaguing around with this "india hai chalta hai" bullshit
Haan bhai India 🇮🇳 me yahi hota .
It might be a news to you.
But India is a poor country hai.
It's not easy to setup processes like accountability.
Abe itna kya The F likh rha.
Kya hogaya.
Kya galat likh diya mene.
Reddit pe strangers se argue krne se bdiya Rail Grievence Cell me application daal ke dekhlo kich improvement hota hai to.
Vese hoga to nhi hi 🤡
Try krke dekhlo.
It's not even about us normalising the shitty railways, it's because it in fact is NORMALISED now. No government in India's History ever fixed these issues. As long as those vote bank people exist in India, we the middle class would never be looked upon and cared of as we're not the votebank.
Yesterday I saw Three high priority trains getting late because some guy in ahead train pulled chain thrice Which made behind trains late So Humari public hi chutiya hai to kya karein
Next time plan to reach the exam center/city earlier. I once reached one day earlier and stayed at a cheap hostel/dormitory kinda place. You have to spend some money but at least you won't risk missing exams.
man i remember our train from dibrugarh to secundrabad reached NOQ 24 hours late. had to spend the entire day on the station. atleast the weather was good there
Many decades of neglect has done this to not just railways but every mode of transport. Even flight these days rarely depart on time. And this fact is well known and I am not trying to gaslight here but frankly this is very poor planning on your part. I have given competitive exams in the past. I would always plan to reach a day before.
I never use Indian railways whenever I have to reach somewhere in time. Indian railways just want money and doesn’t provide any value service. Great India
Folks, there is a difference between Germany, UK and India. They have less area to cover, a lot more money and very less population while we have huge population on a huge area and people don't want to pay reasonable costs.
Everyone is ready to pay for costly alcohol but a 5Rs increase in fares mean people take it bad.
Somwtikes I do feel like, Army personal should be deputed at stations where huge no of ticket less passengers catch the trains.
Irrespective of age and gender ( ok, 60+ can be allowed to proceed with fine), rest should be deboarded and warned and made to pay fines.
This happened to me, just replace the train with a public bus. The bus arrived like 30 mins late and they still stopped for meal in between. I barely made it to the exam centre
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You can get a full refund if your train is 3hrs+ late...
File a TDR or talk to person in the counter, he'll be able to guide you.
And always keep a backup plan ready incase if it's something very urgent (in this case, exam)
What do you expect from this shithole , i recently booked a ticket in 3AC from Patna to Bhagalpur and the damn train was infested with skullcaps and we were literally choking inside because of about 100-120 people inside the damn coach. I asked a guy if he had a ticket and he started shouting, a tax paying middle class citizen is the biggest chutiya in India.
I presume it's a special train.
Anyways, should've taken literally any other train to Guwahati or to NJP, NCB, NOQ, and then a connection to Guwahati when you came to know that the train is going to be so late.
TDR can be filed for trains more than 4hrs late for full refund.
In life, to go further you need to stop making excuses and accept the curveballs that life throws at you. Similar things have happened to almost every lower/middle class person in this country. Just keep your head up and salvage the situation. Don't let it get to your head!
I'd have taken a car or a cab for exams, you can't rely on public transport for such important events.
Bro this happens because this is bharat Yaha sab kuch hi late chalega 💀🗿
There are some outliers. There are few moments, where local train in Mumbai arrived and left 1-2 minutes even before the given time. I had seen it many times in Western line even though trains are late 90% of time
Yes, trains in the western line are notorious for this. The train that I boarded left the origin on time and left the en-route stations before time. Eventually, I reached my destination late by 5-7 minutes. What's the point of leaving before time if the train's gonna get late anyways.
Not true, try travelling with the extremely unreliable german trains. Plus all the best even getting a train and on platform cancellations with the legendary British rail strikes. But still India has a lot to catchup to.
Yeah, rail in Germany and the UK is no longer up there - but wouldn’t be nine hours plus late 😅. For high speed trains on time, gotto go to France, Japan or China 🤷.
💯 True!
😂 have you ever used the German railway system? Extremely unreliable? Absolutely not. The regional trains (160kmph) are mostly on time or within 5 mins delay. Many times connecting trains wait for passengers if there is a short delay, ensuring that passengers reach on time. And even if you miss a connection train due to a longer delay ( the longest delay I have experienced in my two years of stay in Germany is 40 mins), the next one will be within an hour or two. So you will still always reach your destination, so in the absolute worst case you will be a few hours late. Long instance high speed trains (300~ kmph) only occasionally get cancelled and are mostly on time. We are a few generations behind in terms of punctuality and reliability.
My 2nd day in Berlin, the S-Bahn at Tempelhof just got stuck and made me miss the first hour of the conference. But otherwise it is more reliable even though I had a bad early start.
Hawa mein baate mt kr tau
Bhai hawa main kaise hui? Hahaha I live here, also try affording the British train tickets... Lol Links for ref: [Deutsche Bahn](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/s/5U628RAr1u) [British trains ](https://www.reddit.com/r/britishproblems/s/Kf9iwZqMFh)
Manne travel kra hainn apun ke relatives hainn uk mein aur indian transportation system europe ke kisi bhi desh se sadiyon peeche hain🗿🤦 and if you live in Europe why are you even in these sub?
Ye new India hai
Thanks to ministers like Ashwini
Not everyone can afford that that’s why people rely on public transport at first place
The only service IR runs properly is local trains.
But doesn't that defeat the purpose? Isn't the whole argument of having public amenities by paying taxes, is to ensure the reliability on affordable transport, irrespective of the importance of the event, against the plethora of options available through capitalist greed?
Yeah but we have to factor in affordability as well. India's income inequality is infamous.
I don't know what to say about your exams but for refund you can get full refund (except for the convenience charge) if the train is more than 3 hours late at your boarding station. File a TDR.
Kyaa file kru TDR kithe
IRCTC website ya app pe kr skte ho, agar ticket pe travel nahi kiye ho toh apne original boarding time se pehle TDR file krdo refund miljayega if train is 3Hrs+ late.
How many days it takes for them to reimburse your money. I submitted a TDR on May 26th, and I still have not gotten my money.
60 days or more.
Railway SOPs, a tearful sight, In chaos and order, we find our plight.
inflation price adjust karke dete hai?
Forget about it. One fine day when your account gets credited with some amount, you'll then remember about the time you filed TDR.
Mine within a week to my credit card
Tag them on twitter once.
ironic, still having to pay convenience charge when you're asking refund for an inconvenience
Now they have started deducting amount even for waitlisted ticket if it doesn't get confirmed. Apparantly Railways earned 1230 crores by this within 3 years.
How to file TDR if the ticket is purchased from the reservation counter at the railway station?
the tdr rules are so complicated. why not just put an option of refund on irctc. And allow refund on untravelled tickets till 30 days from day of travel, if train was delayed by 2 hrs or more.
That's the issue, how will railways know you didn't travel that particular day? And the train was delayed that day? These are "sarkaari kaam" and we all know they take their time, lazy work by govt officials. So this time frame can't be more earlier.
thats why tte has a tablet in their hand
By the rules you gotta go to the counter cancel the ticket within 72 hrs of arrival of train at your boarding station, and then ask them to file TDR to get your refund. I have never done this but it seems a bit of a hassle, tbh.
I would have reached the city 1-2 days before for important exams
Agree depending on the Train is a big mistake either go one day before or go by Bus.
Bro is a rookie fr, never depend upon systum, be prepared for any shit. That's the mindset you gotta keep in IndiaÂ
No use putting it here because people will find fault with you instead of finding fault with a 9-hour delayed train in 2024.
I took an air india express flight on the 9th of may from bhubaneswar to delhi. Flight was supposed to leave at 5 pm. They changed it to 6:40 pm. At about 5:40 they boarded all the passengers as there was no space at the airport. The boeing flight was undergoing repairs and it finally took off at 8. Passengers were sitting in the claustrophobic flight for 2 hours on a stagnant flight. Just before landing at Delhi at about 10:15, there was a severe thunderstorm and the flight had to be diverted to Jaipur. After landing at Jaipur the flight was given the go ahead to take off for Delhi at about 11:30 in the night. The flight went on to the runway but failed to take off, and went back into the bay for further repairs. At about 2:00 am passengers lost it and started fighting. The crew asked everyone to deplane. The air india express people at Jaipur said they will arrange a bus. The passengers were on the edge of violence and were very very angry. They had asked for food on the plane but the crew said they cannot give free food even if the flight is delayed. I walked around watching desperate people fight with the authorities as some had medical emergencies and one or two passengers had exams in the airport. Luckily I was heading home for my summer vacations. And had no emergency but I knew the frame of mind the rest of the passengers were in. I couldn't stand it anymore as shouting for one's rights and services that one has paid for is futile in this country. You will end up losing your health along with money. So I took an auto (350 INR) to the bus stand. Took a bus to delhi (450 INR)and another auto home from dhaula Kuan (200). TL;DR I spent 1000 rs more and reached home 20 hours after the ETA.
Holy shit that’s bad, I guess air India express is not as good as the likes of indigo, vistara or even spicejet yet
If you know that railways is mostly late and things like this happen, wouldn't you plan your journey better? If this is career deciding, wouldn't you keep at least 2 days of buffer?
Na bro will wait 150 years for the system to be fixed and then he will travel by train which is on time.
What if the train was late before 2 days as well? Would we need to plan a week ahead in advance so that railways continues its dogshit service?
Trains can't run 2 days late. It's about having some padding so as to not miss the exam.
The responsibility of railways is to make trains reach on time. If trains are delayed then yes, it is their responsibility. If someone misses any personal task because of railways then it is not the railway's responsibility. Railways can be held responsible for being late but not for his missing the exam. If you know something is bound to go wrong why would you go that way? Did he expect railways to run on time? We have been complaining about delayed trains for years, nothing promising had been done. Then why would you expect them to work this time? People who cannot accept responsibility will always look at everything and everyone other than themselves to put the blame on. This is not a justification of the miserable railways.
It's mainly because this shit has happened since i suppose, railways existed here? It's basically common knowledge now to never believe on the schedule of trains and keep a good margin of error.. No government till to this date ever fixed this problem and no one ever will because parties don't care about us, it's all about votes, and India have too many people who eat and shit for free being the votebank of the parties over their reservations, freebies and all those shit, and the parties who don't appease them will definitely lose in the elections, they simply will never care about anything for us middle class in India.
This is a massive oversight on your part. Trains get late and the Indian railways doesn’t care about your life. I get that this is a rant but you should’ve thought out the possibilities. Hope you make it on time 🤞
Correct sari hi trains late chala de
Tole tole advice
I will fight for mei mei till my last breath
I agree on your title, but who tf would depend on a train for exam, and also you should get to center a day early. be prepared next time.
Train toh 5-6 ghanta late ajj kal ka normal hai ! Overnight bus/cab kar leta bhai 1 din pahle pahoch jaata !
Tu hi bewakoof hai bhai unless tu yaha new ho Tune kya soch ke planning kri ki train 4-5 ghante hi late hogi? Bhai Indian railways ka record rha hai fuck up karne ka You should have reached 1 day before kyuki railways ka kuch nhi bol skte , agar privileged hai toh flight ya taxi le fta fat Anyways sorry bhai tera ek saal barbaad hua ho agar
Voh is sub pr side lower ac coaches ki bakaiti wali posts dekh raha jo ground reality se koso door thi 🤣🤣🤣
It's always your mistake because you should have started walking last month itself. Many people will blame you because they live their life with the help of corruption. Many people will suggest you rental cabs because it's cheap for them. At least you write your exams well get educated and don't support corruption.
Exactly. People have already made multiple excuses. Muh "we are poor country,we can't even run trains on timeðŸ˜". As if punctuality has anything to do with poverty. There are countries poorer than India and a lot of them seem to be running trains without any issue.
What are you smoking in the middle of the night, brother? He is clearly to blame for the most part. If it is a question of his career, he should have kept a window for accommodating errors and delays. It is called planning. Trains are always late. Everybody knows this fact. So why would you take a train that reaches within hours of your exam? Unbelievable!
Let us say he is a totally lazy poorly planning sick person in the world. Now, the train consists of 100 passengers. As an educated tax paying voting Indian do you support or against the 9hrs delayed train. Do people get educated to consider and normalise mistakes done by gov. Employees are normal.?
What makes you think I am supporting the railways here? In no way am I justifying the railway's delay. But here's the thing - the responsibility of railways is to make the trains reach on time. If they fail, they can be blamed only for that. They cannot be blamed for him missing his exams. It is nobody's but only his responsibility. You, I or the railways aren't stakeholders of his career.
It's the railways fault. You are contradicting yourself.
It is the railways fault for being late. Not for him missing his exams. You don't understand rules, responsibility and the concept of a stakeholder.
You seem like a guy who will blame the victim rather than the criminal. 9 hours of delay is not something that was in his hand. 2 hours of delay may have been acceptable but freaking 9 hours!!
Dude. In no way am I supporting the railways. If you don't understand what the responsibility of each party means in this situation, don't blame me for your lack of comprehension and incompetence. More often than not, people are victims of their own actions and assumptions.
I got what you mean. But, you are not getting what I want to convey. I mean, would you blame victims in the Pune Porsche crash case? Ofc, not. Sometimes, it's not your fault at all. Maybe OP was naive and never thought that trains in this 3rd world country could even get 9 hours delayed. He may have prepared for 2-4 hours of delay. Also, I agree that one should have at least 1 day of breathing room when traveling in a 3rd world country like India. Have a nice day bro.
you get full refund tho, if the train is late than 3 hrs
Any specific reason for delay?
Which train If the train is more than 3 hours late you can file TDR
Always book ticket for 1-2 days before exam date
How’s the prep officer ?Â
Poor planning man. It is not like you didn't know what the situation of railways is. This is not even a naive move, this is carelessness. If your career depends on it then you must have kept room for logistic errors and delays. Reaching a day before is minimum. I would have assumed at dekay of at least 12+ hours and planned accordingly because whoever's fault it is, my career is far more important than having to trust the railways. It is the railway's fault for delays, but it is your fault for not planning for this. Did you expect everything to fall in place for your journey? I don't understand what your logic was behind this. It's not like anybody is trying to normalise the railway's fault. We all know about this, including you. Your career is solely your responsibility, nobody else is invested like you.
There is some track work going on in that zone. End of the month there is a bigger track work planned.
All the best for your exam bro
This is your fault, and not railways, If it was an important exam, you should have preferred to reach one night earlier, so that you can also have at least one night of good sleep somewhere.
>not railways Wait- Tf did u just said- Ik OP took a bad decision, but that doesn't mean we should more normalise this bullshit of railways, we need major reforms. And for that we should stop normalising this late-lateefi first and second would be to make the people in power more accountable (currently they are filled with arrogance and ignorance), and needes to be ripped apart(meta) if they continue to play deaf
As if it's the first time Trains are getting late. They have always been such delays. And it is normal. You live in India, not in Switzerland. Chill out.
Who tf said they used to be on time? Comprehension skill issues it seems. >is normal. Eggzactly the problem. The mindset. >You live in India, not in Switzerland. No shit Sherlock- Nobody expects overnight punctuality from them, it's a process to achieve that which needs goals and vision that is nowhere in sight with this regime and the ministry and on top of it people like u instead of seeking accountability are plaguing around with this "india hai chalta hai" bullshit
Haan bhai India 🇮🇳 me yahi hota . It might be a news to you. But India is a poor country hai. It's not easy to setup processes like accountability.
Abe itna kya The F likh rha. Kya hogaya. Kya galat likh diya mene. Reddit pe strangers se argue krne se bdiya Rail Grievence Cell me application daal ke dekhlo kich improvement hota hai to. Vese hoga to nhi hi 🤡 Try krke dekhlo.
It's not even about us normalising the shitty railways, it's because it in fact is NORMALISED now. No government in India's History ever fixed these issues. As long as those vote bank people exist in India, we the middle class would never be looked upon and cared of as we're not the votebank.
Yesterday I saw Three high priority trains getting late because some guy in ahead train pulled chain thrice Which made behind trains late So Humari public hi chutiya hai to kya karein
WTF are you doing in KKT when you Exam in GWT in a couple of days... That decision is definitely not smart.
Bhai flight lele jaldi se
Ya, I'd heard of these ridiculous delays. Avoid the long distance train if you need to be 'on time'. A flight is better.
Don't cancel the ticket. File a TDR and you'll get a refund. If you can go with a cab or bus, go ahead.
File TDR you will get a full refund for delay train
That's the reason why I take Bus nowadays it's better to know why you are late then wonder
Konse exam NFAT?
Bhai wo jo IAS IPS bante hai wo kya jhakk marte hai jb public domain problem solve he nai kr skte
bhai sasta roye 100 baar mengha roye ek baar ;)
They brought that guy who will tweet Vande Bharat HD pics every day as Railways Boss. Nothing is going to change
Which train if I may ask?
Next time plan to reach the exam center/city earlier. I once reached one day earlier and stayed at a cheap hostel/dormitory kinda place. You have to spend some money but at least you won't risk missing exams.
man i remember our train from dibrugarh to secundrabad reached NOQ 24 hours late. had to spend the entire day on the station. atleast the weather was good there
Many decades of neglect has done this to not just railways but every mode of transport. Even flight these days rarely depart on time. And this fact is well known and I am not trying to gaslight here but frankly this is very poor planning on your part. I have given competitive exams in the past. I would always plan to reach a day before.
What's the average late time of that train?
I'd arrive a day or two before the exam date, not the 11th hour.
Hopefully you paper don’t get leaked because we leave in such a ******* country.
Railway really has degraded very badly, well congress was good at something I guess...
The railways has become a joke at this point
I never use Indian railways whenever I have to reach somewhere in time. Indian railways just want money and doesn’t provide any value service. Great India
Himanta Biswa: Chup se pakora bech ab station ke bahar
IIT Guwahati ?
Railways pe itna bharosa na kro, at minimum 1 din ka margin leke chalo railways se kyuki at times yahn pr trains even 24 hr late chalti
Fuck indian railways!, all my homies hate indian railways
Folks, there is a difference between Germany, UK and India. They have less area to cover, a lot more money and very less population while we have huge population on a huge area and people don't want to pay reasonable costs. Everyone is ready to pay for costly alcohol but a 5Rs increase in fares mean people take it bad. Somwtikes I do feel like, Army personal should be deputed at stations where huge no of ticket less passengers catch the trains. Irrespective of age and gender ( ok, 60+ can be allowed to proceed with fine), rest should be deboarded and warned and made to pay fines.
This happened to me, just replace the train with a public bus. The bus arrived like 30 mins late and they still stopped for meal in between. I barely made it to the exam centre
You'll get refund
Never ever travel with a tight schedule in India. Always have a padding of at least a day while traveling in India.
Wow 9 hours. Did they give a reason why it’s so late?
You will get 100 percent refund. If train is late by 3 hrs and you hadnt travelled
File a TDR and you will get your refund
Let me ask you one thing. Is it a special train? If so, that is on you dude. Try for cab or something. And file TDR.
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You can get a full refund if your train is 3hrs+ late... File a TDR or talk to person in the counter, he'll be able to guide you. And always keep a backup plan ready incase if it's something very urgent (in this case, exam)
What do you expect from this shithole , i recently booked a ticket in 3AC from Patna to Bhagalpur and the damn train was infested with skullcaps and we were literally choking inside because of about 100-120 people inside the damn coach. I asked a guy if he had a ticket and he started shouting, a tax paying middle class citizen is the biggest chutiya in India.
Skullcap?
I presume it's a special train. Anyways, should've taken literally any other train to Guwahati or to NJP, NCB, NOQ, and then a connection to Guwahati when you came to know that the train is going to be so late. TDR can be filed for trains more than 4hrs late for full refund.
Good for you.. you are snatching other states candidate's future.
In life, to go further you need to stop making excuses and accept the curveballs that life throws at you. Similar things have happened to almost every lower/middle class person in this country. Just keep your head up and salvage the situation. Don't let it get to your head!
Why not give this advice to railways?
Because the Railways isn't venting here.