| | | | | is a challenge. The style of toilets is generally Indian and |
| One of the finest ways to travel through India is | | | | also because of the fact that one would never be |
| through the Indian Rail, as one can get close to the | | | | keen to sit on anything in the toilets. Keep your |
| Indian-ness of travel. In fact a visit to India will be | | | | valuables outside at a safer place of with your co |
| imcomplete without a train travel experience. | | | | traveler before using toilets as anything slipping out will |
| Train travel in India is a safe, cheap and comfortable | | | | test your luck to get back. |
| (only in AC classes) for even long distances as in India | | | | Personal Safety |
| there is a huge network of long distance trains | | | | This is regarding the personal safety of the traveler as |
| operating day and night. A traveler can visit almost any | | | | the traveler should not try to demonstrate any of the |
| part of India through this vast network. For visitors | | | | acrobatic movements that most people seem to be |
| coming to India for the first time, train travel can be a | | | | doing with perfection. Some of such activities include |
| thrilling and exciting experience. India train network | | | | swinging out of the train when it is about to reach the |
| being the second largest train network in the world | | | | platform and jumping from the train while it is still in |
| provides a certain reason to travel through it. The | | | | motion or standing in the doorway half outside without |
| experience, when the train passes through cities, | | | | holding any of the iron bars along the doors. |
| suburbs and lush green fields in villages with the local | | | | Baggage |
| kids waving in excitement to the train passengers, is an | | | | Do not forget to lock your baggage’s with little |
| experience worth having. | | | | padlocks which are even available at the station or at |
| To travel comfortably one should keep in mind certain | | | | any general store outside the station. The |
| things, some of them are given below: | | | | baggage’s must be tied with small round metal |
| Ticket booking: | | | | hooks located below the seats and should never be |
| Always buy a train ticket before boarding the train as | | | | left unattended. After getting down if a traveler wants |
| train tickets cannot be bought after you have boarded | | | | to freshen up or explore the city and leave the |
| the train. | | | | baggage then there are safe cloak rooms available at |
| Coaches and Comfort | | | | every station at affordable rates |
| There are many coaches that an intercity train offers | | | | Food |
| starting from first class to the waiting category (tatkaal | | | | Most of the top trains like Shatabdi or Rajdhani, |
| class). Always prefer first class and second class AC | | | | provides food onboard but for the rest it is said that |
| seats for extreme comfort levels. A second class | | | | the food quality is not upto the mark. One can have |
| though not providing food and bedding services but will | | | | packaged food or products but do not forget to check |
| surely be comfortable in terms of travel, but one must | | | | the expiry date of the same. It is always advisable that |
| cater to his needs of food and bedding before | | | | carry your food with you and have it onboard or buy it |
| boarding. Students generally prefer this class to travel. | | | | from a good place outside the station and have it after |
| Toilets | | | | getting boarded on train. |
| Toilets in trains is a state of art in itself, being usually | | | | With the above suggestions a traveler can have full |
| clean it is an experience in its own manner. A brilliant | | | | fun and frolic during course of the journey and is for |
| experience is when one uses a toilet when the train is | | | | sure to get memories worth remembering for the rest |
| chugging at its full pace as being balanced on the seat | | | | of his life. |