i would like to share my trip from mumbai to chakki bank in 3ac in swaraj exp. i was going to chakki bank and waiting for swaraj exp at borivali ,the actual departure was at 8:28 from bvi the train came at 8:35 and good to see wap4 was attached in swaraj exp , the train was running late 15min til brc but after that train almost reach every station 15min before time, the train has good speed but the condition of coach was very poor , airconditone was also not working properly , there was no cold inside the boggie .the curtains in 3ac was tored, there was also rat in the coach ,rat has attacked the luggage of my co-passeneger and caused severe damaged, even the condition of toilets was very terrible than sleeper class, toiletss were fully rusted . i was shocked to see...
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the prestigious train in a very terrible condition, my relatives caught the same train from brc but they were in sleeper class s6 and my coach postion was b3 so there was around 7 to 8 bogies between us . i used to constantly go in s6 and meet my relatives during this period i was shock to see the all sleeper class coach in horrible position, all the seats were tored ,stitches were removed ,spunch were coming out of all the seats, this position was not on single seat but through out the all the coaches of swaraj exp.surprise to see the western railway are so careless to handle the maintenace and cleanliness of which they are not known for.finallly the train reached chakki bank bang on time.i personally feel that enjoyment of train journey is more in sleeper class than ac coaches.