This train has improved considerably in the past 6 months. I travelled on 23rd June and will travel again on 4th August.
Cleanliness of the coaches are par excellence. As soon as you board the coach from NDLS, the coach smells of pleasant room freshner and is very very clean.
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more... sson as it departs from NDLS at 17:05, you will be provided snacks which include vegetable sandwich, patties and other stuff. It's strange that the coach attendants come to ask you about your choice of food, although you have mentioned it while booking the ticket.
Dinner was not very good I'd say. The veg dish was average, but the dal was not upto the mark. All in all the food was OK.
After dinner you will be served ice cream. I thought that it would be some cheap local brand ice cream, but to my astonishment it was a Barista ice cream, which is a premium brand.
And by the way, they give you one water bottle as soon as you board. You are entitled to 2. Be sure to ask for the 2nd one. If you ask for a 2nd one the same night of the journey, they'll say that it'll be provided the next day. Don't listen to all that bullshit. These coach attendants are really cunning people. Any unclaimed water bottle is sold by them for cheap prices. It's your money. Claim what is rightfully yours.
I had the upper berth and so I thought I'd have to face a lot of inconvenience because the ac vents are very close to the berth. But in fact, the ac is turned down at night time, so the passengers don't freeze to death. I actually didn't need the bedsheet to cover up anymore because after a while, it got sort of hot.
After about 6am, the morning tea is served. If you are asleep, the attendant wakes you up. A word of advice to all passengers: Since you are all travelling together, please learn to adjust and co-operate. There are routine fights early in the morning in almost every sleeper train I've travelled in because the lower berth passenger doesn't want to wake up, and the passengers who have woken up to sit and have the breakfast that has arrived. There was a fight in our our coach because of this reason. Please remember that the train is not your home. You can wake up in the noon if you want at home, but please not on the train. Other passengers have paid for their seat too and you should learn to adjust for just 1 day. It's not that hard believe me. In fact if you wake up early, you can enjoy the scenic beauty of the Gurpa-Gujhandi ghats!
Lunch is served after KGP if I can remember correctly. It was better than the previous nights dinner. But the sweet dish was some kind of sugar fruit jelly instead of ice cream which was frankly pretty bad.
Finally the afternoon tea and snacks are served at around 3:30pm.
The coach attendants come to ask for tips before reaching Bhubaneswar. I don't want to generalize, but the coach attendants in my coach were very bad at service. They hesitated if you asked for the extra water bottle, which you should get. These people don't deserve tips because they sell all leftover tea bags, sugar satchets and even milk powder to platform vendors. These people are paid a salary and IRCTC doesn't encourage tipping. Still, I gave Rs.20.
So, overall it was great journey. The scenic beauty while passing through the ghats of Jharkhand during monsoon was mind blowing.
please wait...Translate to EnglishThis train has become way better in the last 6 months. I rode it on 23rd June and am gonna do it again on 4th Aug. ✅
The coaches are really clean and they smell really good with room freshener when you enter. 😍
They give you snacks right after it starts from NDLS at 17:05. You get veg sandwich, patties and more. The weird part is even after mentioning your choice while booking, the attendants still confirm your food choice. 🤔
Dinner was just alright. The veg dish was average, but the dal was not good. So, overall, it was just okay. 😐
They serve you Barista ice cream, which is a premium brand, after dinner. I was expecting some cheap ice cream, but this was a surprise. 🤯
They also give one water bottle at the start and you can get two, but you gotta ask for the second one. Don't forget to ask for it. 💦
please wait...Translate to HindiIs train mein considerable improvement hui hai pichhle 6 mahino mein. Maine 23rd June ko travel kiya aur fir 4th August ko fir se travel karunga.
Coaches ki safai lajawab hai. Jab aap NDLS se coach mein baithte ho, coach me pleasant room freshener ki khushbu aati hai aur bahut saaf-suthra hota hai.
NDLS se 17:05 baje jab train chalti hai, aapko snacks diye jayenge jisme sabzi wala sandwich, patties aur aur bhi cheezein hoti hain. Ajeeb baat hai ki coach attendants aate hain aur food choice ke baare mein poochte hain, jabki aapne ticket book karte samay pehle hi mention kar diya hota hai.
Dinner mujhe bahut accha nahi laga. Vegetarian dish thik-thak thi, lekin dal kuch khaas nahi tha. Food in all was OK.
Dinner ke baad aapko ice cream di jati hai. Mujhe laga ki yeh koi sasti local brand hogi, lekin hairat thi ki yeh Barista ice cream thi, jo ek premium brand hai.
Aur haan, boarding karte hi aapko ek water bottle di jati hai. Aapko 2 milne chahiye. Second wali maang lena mat bhuliye. Agar aap raat mein hi dusri maangte hain, toh keh denge ki agli din milegi. Uss bakwas mein mat padna. Yeh coach attendants bahut chatur hote hain. Koi bhi unclaimed water bottle ko sasti keemat par bech dete hain. Aapka paisa hai. Jo haqdaar hai, woh le lijiye.
Mere paas upper berth thi, toh maine socha ki mujhe kafi takleef uthani padegi kyunki ac ke vents berth ke kafi paas hain. Lekin sach baat yeh hai ki raat ko ac kam kar diya jata hai, taaki passengers thand se na marein. Mujhe bedsheet cover karke sone ki zarurat nahi padi kyunki thoda sa garam ho gaya tha baad mein.
Lagbhag 6 baje ke baad, subah ka chai serve kiya jata hai. Agar aap so rahe hain, toh attendant aapko jagate hain. Ek salaah sabhi passengers ko: Kyunki aap sab saath mein safar kar rahe hain, toh adjust karne aur cooperate karne ki adat daal lijiye. Lagbhag har sleeper train mein subah ko larai hoti hai kyunki lower berth wala uthna nahi chahta, aur jag chuke passengers breakfast karne baithe hote hain. Hamare coach mein bhi iss wajah se larai hui. Yaad rakhiye ki train aapka ghar nahi hai. Ghar pe agar aap chahein toh dopahar mein uth sakte hain, lekin train mein please mat uthaiye. Doosre passengers bhi apne seat ke liye paisa diye hain aur aap sirf ek din ke liye adjust kar sakte hain. Yeh itna mushkil nahi hai, mujhe vishwaas kijiye. Haan agar aap jaldi uth jaate hain, toh Gurpa-Gujhandi ghats ki khoobsurati ka aanand le sakte hain!
KGP ke baad mujhe yaad hai ki lunch serve kiya gaya tha. Yeh pichhle raat ke dinner se accha tha. Lekin meetha fruit jelly waali cheez ice cream ki jagah galat thi, sach kahun toh kaafi buri thi.
Ant mein dopahar ke chai aur snacks 3:30 baje ke aas paas serve kiye gaye.
Coach attendants Bhubaneswar pahunchne se pehle tips maangne aate hain. Main generalise nahi karna chahta, lekin mere coach ke coach attendants ki service bahut hi kharab thi. Agar extra water bottle maangte, toh woh hichkichate. Aise log tips ke laayak nahi hain kyunki wo baaki ka bacha hua chai ka patti, chini ka pepar aur doodh powder bhi platform vendors ko bech dete hain. In logon ko ek salary milti hai aur IRCTC tipping ko encourage nahi karti. Phir bhi, maine Rs.20 diya.
Toh yeh tha overall ek mazedaar safar. Jharkhand ke ghats se monsoon mein guzarte waqt dekhne wali khoobsurati dil ko lubha leti hai.
