Indian Railways ,Pnr status, Railway Reservation Guide

Shatabdi express is a series of very efficient and comfortable set of trains which is a super fast passenger train being functional and operated by the Indian Railways. Shatabdi Express is a super fast- inter-city, air conditioned train which provides region wise connection between major cities which do not involve overnight journeys.

It serves as a connection between metro cities and certain business centers within the cities. They are super fast prestigious trains provided by the Indian railways which runs short distances and returns to its station of origin the very same day. This is mostly helpful and useful for the business class.

During the early stages of its evolution in Indian in the year 1988 it was criticized heavily for the luxury it provided in a poor country. However with the passage of time people learned about its usage and importance in terms of its luxury and speed.

Shatabdi express is a fully air-conditioned train and has set reasonably high standards in terms of its service and luxury compared to most other Indian rail coaches. The passengers have to wait only at a selected few stations and the ordeal off waiting at consecutively every next station is saved.

Passengers in the Shatabdi express are all provided with a one-litre bottle by the railways owned subsidiary Railway Neer, a literal translation of the word water. Apart from this the travelers are even provided with snacks, breakfast/ meals, coffee- tea etc.

Due to its growing popularity and requirement Indian railway operates 12 pairs of Shatabdi express out of which eight originate from New Delhi itself to places like Bhopal, lucknow, Ajmer, Dehradun, Amritsar and kalkaji. Two of them cruise from Chennai to Banglore and Mysore and one each from Calcutta to Ranchi and lastly from Mumbai to Ahemdabad.

In a nutshell, Shatabdi express is not only super fast- with all amenities but they are above all ideal for quick and comfortable daytime travel.

Rajdhani express is India’s super fast air-conditioned deluxe train which provides us the opportunity of experiencing Indian Railway services at their very best. The train was introduced in the year 1969 and it links, the capital of Rajdhani, New Delhi to India’s major cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Patna, Chennai, Ahemdabad and back to Delhi.

Rajdhani express offers very less halts in between stations which facilitates the travel time to minimum. Quality meals and snacks are provided to all the passengers of Rajdhani express and the cost of the same is already included in the train tickets taken in advance. Passengers can avail the facility of morning tea, breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner as per the schedule of the train. In addition to this a bottled drinking water is also provided.

There are power point connections available for connecting laptops and charging mobile phones during the course of journey. The fare though is considerably higher as compared to other equivalent Ac coaches of other premium super fast luxury trains.

People are provided accommodation in either AC first class, Ac second class, AC two-tier and AC three- tier. The facilities too are provided further according to the distinguished class.

The travelers in AC three-tier and two-tier get an additional facility of two white bed sheets, blanket and a hand towel with a neat and clean pillow. Above all there is an increased level of security with no extra passenger’s trying to grab a seat and its completely a no hawker Zone.

The AC class travelers enjoy all the above facilities with additional facilities with an increased level of privacy with lockable cabins housing four passengers. The interiors are spacious with individual reading lights, floor mats, carpets etc.

The choice of food and the menu is of varied choice for the travelers in Ac class of Rajdhani express. Above all, in case of any delays on tracks preference is always given to Rajdhani trains for early clearance.

In most countries trains are the most important means of transport for people and for goods. Trains help move efficiently large no of people over long distances. They are very useful for moving bulky goods from one place to another.

The first railway train which started in India between Mumbai and Thane about 150years ago today has the largest railway network in Asia. Since then there has been no looking back and the railways in India has developed leaps and bounds to service its passengers.

With same purpose as an agenda Lifeline express was started with a unique concept of hospital on wheels.

Lifeline express is managed by the Impact India Foundation and is also termed as the “Jeevan Rekha Express” because of its unique feature of caring for life of people being on wheels. Lifeline Express have exceptionally designed air-conditioned coaches, operation table, sterilizing room, wards for patients to stay, on-board power generators for emergencies, Lodging for medical staff on board and store room to keep all medical provisions.

Lifeline express comes to be very useful in times of calamities and natural disasters. It also visits remote villages which lack medical facilities. It takes care of routine medications and even handles major surgeries for the natives in remote areas.

With growing popularity and usage of lifeline express India Railways is working towards making a few corrective favorable changes for the smooth functioning of the service train managed by Impact India Foundation.

Impact India foundation is a non-profit organization and is doing a considerate job of running lifeline express to serve people with tangent support from Indian railways as well as from corporate and confidential donors. Cheers… Indian Railways for efficiently running Lifeline express.

Garib Rath train was introduced in the year 2005 by the Indian railways in an attempt to provide fully air conditioned travel to those categories of passengers who cannot afford to travel by fully air conditioned coaches in the other trains such as Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express.

As the name signifies Garib Rath is in no way just for the poor class people alone and run faster than other super fast trains presently run by the Indian railways. The speed of the Graib Rath train is in no way less to Rajdhani express. However to avail the facility of blankets and pillows in the Garib Rath train the passenger needs to pay for the same to get them.

Garib Rath train has a continuous running electronic display which shows the next expected stations name, the amount of time it will take to reach there which is undoubtedly a very useful information for the passengers in the train.

The coaches in Garib Rath are well maintained displaying paintings of the Indian heritage artwork at its best. A Garib Rath train run faster and tends to stop only at few stations commercially connecting important routes. The cleanliness in the coaches of Garib Rath is fairly good and the fare too is affordable. And thus Indian Railways intention of providing its passengers air-conditioned trains with all the modern amenities stands fulfilled.

Garib Rath trains are an asset to most of the prominent cities in India such as The Bangalore city junction, New Delhi Railway Junction, Mumbai Junction etc.

Overall with the introduction of the Garib Rath train all classes of passengers can travel in the luxury of air-conditioned, hygienic, comfortable and Yet affordable for all train. An added increase in the frequency and the routes of Grib Rath train would do wonders for passengers as well as for Indian Railways. Wish all a very happy and safe Journey.