https://www.philandgarth.com/survival-guide-to-indian-railways-sleeper-trains/ A Couple Touring The World Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.philandgarth.com/survival-guide-to-indian-railways-sleeper-trains/comment-page-1/#comment-20281 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:45:18 +0000 https://www.philandgarth.com/?p=11049#comment-20281 Thanks Phil and Garth, I recently went with my wife from Agra to Mumbai using the sleeper Rajdhani. BTW, I grew up in India and during my college days travelled from Mumbai to my college in Kanpur (a 27 hour journey) using a 3 tier sleeper four times a year for 5 years. This time around, I am much older and my American wife was pretty clueless about train travel period. Compared to my college years the Two tier AC sleeper was a huge step up from the non-AC three tier that I used. The food was actually nice and the hot meal did not give us a Delhi-belly. But who knows, we might just have been lucky. Yes the toilets are a challenge and yes personal space is a rarity as are manners regarding using Cell phone during the night. Other than that, I enjoyed the trip and would do another if I had too. You guys however are champs doing so many journeys and not being Indian!

]]> https://www.philandgarth.com/survival-guide-to-indian-railways-sleeper-trains/comment-page-1/#comment-18971 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 15:15:22 +0000 https://www.philandgarth.com/?p=11049#comment-18971 A lot of sensible info from “hard” experience, I recall the smell from similar facilities on old RENFE trains back in the 60’s.
I hope to splash out and go 1A on some sleepers.

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