Pawan express is like the perfect example of how Indian railways suck at catering to passenger needs. I took a short trip last week from Manmad jn to Thane and stepped into the SL class to witness this messed up situation. In every berth of the Sleeper Coach, you got two people snoozing. I swear, I ain't kidding. At first, I tried to argue that I booked a ticket for single occupancy but then I realized that this is how the train runs all the way from Bihar to Mumbai. Sleeper class coaches are always packed with two people sleeping and sometimes, there's even a third person just chillin'. This is why Indian Railways can't get their shit together and properly take care of the damn travelers. They turn down around 200,000 passengers every freakin' day and it goes up to 500,000 people who still choose to travel despite the overcrowding. And the funny thing is, they have enough trains and tracks for everyone. It's just the Indian Railways' apathy that can't be bothered since they stopped with the Railway Budget. How do we measure their performance, you ask? Well, financially, their operating ratio, how much they spend to earn 100 rupees, is around 98 now. And the Indian government spends a whopping 2.5 lakh crores on Railways every damn year. And yet, they deny around 200 crore people from traveling, including the poor souls who've been standing like cattle in Mumbai's local suburban trains without a seat for the past freaking 50 years. How long is this Railways failure gonna keep screwing us over, and how long are these politicians gonna keep feeding us bullshit excuses?

Pawan express Indian railways ka ek bekaak udaharan hai ki passenger ke jarurat poori karne mey fail ho gayi hai. Main hafte pehle briefly travel kiya Manmad jn se Thane tak aur SL class mey ghusa dekha jo dukhad tasveer thi. Har berth mey do log sote they. Main mazaak nahi kar raha. Main pehle lada ki maine double occupant ke liye ticket book kiya tha. Pata chala ki train Bihar se Mumbai tak aise hi chalti hai jaha har berth mey do log sote hai aur kabhi kabhi ek aur aadmi baitha hota hai. Ye haal hai ki Indian Railways aam musafiro ki zarurato ki poori nahi kar pa rahi hai. Indian Railways har din kam se kam 200,000 musafiron ko ticket nahi deti hai aur ye 500,000 tak pahuch jata hai jinki apni manpasand safar karne ki azaadi hoti hai hote hue bhi. Ye hai Indian Railways ki laaparwahi jabse unhone Railway Budget bandh kar diya. Railway performance ko kaise napte hain. Financially operating ratio, kitna kharch karte hain 100 rupaye kamane ke liye, aas-paas 98 ab. Indian sarkar har saal kitne paise lagati hai Railways me, ab 2.5 lakh crores. Kitne musafir Indian Railways ko safar karne se mana karti hai - karib 200 crore log aur isme se 150 crore log pichle 50 saalon se moo se chale Mumbai local suburban trains me, bina seat ke. Kitna samay tak Railways humein fail karegi aur kitna samay tak raajneta Indian janata ko bakwaas karan dega?

Shahganj Junction in Jaunpur district is on the way to becoming the biggest station. Under the new Amrit Bharat Station project, a big station building is being prepared. Along with that, 7 platforms are being constructed. In the entire Uttar Railway Lucknow Mandal, except for Lucknow Charbagh and Varanasi Cantt, there are no other stations with so many platforms. Shahganj station can also be used as a terminal for trains going to Ayodhya, because both Ayodhya Dham and Ayodhya Cantt stations are at their capacity and it is difficult to run new trains from there.

The year is about to end in 2023 and on the last day, I got to see an amazing sight near Bhagalpur Railway Station... 'Train on the road', until now we had only seen trains on tracks but today we saw it on the road too.... 😅🤦🏻‍♂️ (Photo credit - Anshu Mishra)

2023 ant hone par hai aur saal ke aakhirī din Bhagalpur railway station ke samīp ek adbhut najārā dekhne ko milā. ' rod pe train', ab tak hamlogon ne patrī par train dekhā thā āj rod par bhī dekh liyā... 😅🤦🏻‍♂️ (Photo credit - Anshu Mishra)

Bruh, they straight up cancelled the destination station. Like seriously? Anyway, I snagged an online ticket for that mess. Now I need you to hook me up with the deets on how to score a fat refund. Hit me up with the guidance, my dude.

Destination station delete ho gaya. Maine online ticket book kiya hai. Full refund kaise milega, mujhe batao.