Yo,
If you ever travel by train..
Especially in India..
You're gonna have a fun experience reading this email. Because I travelled almost every class on my recent trip lol.
Before I talk about this trip, let me help you understand the Indian train classes a little, if you don't know…
Well, there are 5 total:
1st AC($$$$$) > 2nd AC ($$$$) > 3rd AC ($$) > Sleeper ($) > General
As per order, 1st AC is the most expensive, while General is cheap as f*ck.
Let me show you two classes: 1st AC & General AC with two photos:
Just know the situation lol and the importance of money in life in this economy lol…
And I literally booked 5 tickets and travelled through 3 classes. Cause I didn't have any confirmed tickets.
And in India, you have to book 60 days before any travel because of the 1.4 billion population lol.
While 20% of tickets can be booked 1 day before the train leaves from the starting station.
This is called a Tatkal ticket, which is 20% more expensive than a normal ticket.
And I applied; it also sold out in 3 minutes. Well, huge competition lol in this populated country lol.
So there's one last option: Chart Vacancy.
That comes out exactly 10-12 hours before the train gets started.
In this chart, you can see where there is availability of space to sit from specific stations.
And the funny thing is, most people aren't aware of this vacancy thing till now.
Well, I got lucky….
While my entire journey was divided into 5 seats like this:
Station A → B
B → C
C → D
D → E (this one, I didn’t get through vacancy, but after talking with TTE on paper on spot)
E → F
And that's how my journey from Point A- Bhubaneswar to Point F- Kamakhya got completed lol.
So Hectic!
But I did this adventure so well lol.
While getting the return ticket, I did the same, but this time only 3 tickets:
First: 1st AC (hahahaha $$$$)
Then: Sleeper
Then: 3rd AC
And if you want to see my experience in the most expensive and best class on a train, tap here to watch this.
-AshuRex
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