Great railway ripoff
" Never mind the rats," the ticket collector said, reclining on his seat as passengers settled in for the night. "We have no choice but to get accustomed to having them as our fellow passengers."
As the Mumbai-bound Golden Temple Mail left New Delhi and made quick progress through Rajasthan's dry terrain, a foul stench from the bathrooms wafted through the train car, mingling with the smell of leftover food on dinner trays piled up near the bathrooms.
At a time when the Indian Railways' profits have peaked, an HT reporter made a 38-hour, 2,800-km train journey on one of the country's busiest routes to investigate if services had improved on the world's second largest train network.
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As the Mumbai-bound Golden Temple Mail left New Delhi and made quick progress through Rajasthan's dry terrain, a foul stench from the bathrooms wafted through the train car, mingling with the smell of leftover food on dinner trays piled up near the bathrooms.
At a time when the Indian Railways' profits have peaked, an HT reporter made a 38-hour, 2,800-km train journey on one of the country's busiest routes to investigate if services had improved on the world's second largest train network.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
Labels: Country's busiest routes, Golden Temple Mail, Indian Railways profits, Lalu Prasad Yadav, passengers, Railway budget, world's second largest train network
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