Indian Railways
My experiences onK.Sampark kranthi express

Dear Sir,

I boarded the Sampark Kranti Exp at Yeshwantpur on 28/02 scheduled to depart at 22.10 hours. there was no lighting till 22.00 hrs.in our S2 coach. After the lights were turned on we started searching for berths. but berth Nos.39, 41 and 42 were missing. It is clear from the numbers dispalyed there that earlier there were 3 berths on the side also.but now it is converted in to 2 side berths and the new berth numbers were not marked correctly. For ex. on the side berths 38 is marked as lower and 40 as upper. 39 is missing.each berth had at least 2 three markings.so there was lot of confusion and we were waiting for the Ticket examiner to clear the confusion. but to our dismay, we did not see any ticket examiner till we got down from the train at Kacheguda at 08.25 on 01/03.

As there was lot of confusion we did not get any seats till 12.00 a.m .when everybody settled, we found 2 unoccupied berths at 12.00 a.m and we occupied.

Then at 05.30 A.M., 3 Hizras entered to our coach with colours and liquid colours and started waking up the passengers one by one and threatening to drouse them with colours and demanding money. then every body had to forcefully contribute Rs.10 per head.this clearly shows lack of security on the trains. till 08.25 a.m when we got down at kacheguda, we did not see even a single Ticket examiner or security person.

Company: Indian Railways
Country: India

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