Product Description

The best way to see India is at ground level on the Indian railway system, and not at 30,000 feet. In fact, no visit to India would be complete without the experience of travelling on Indian trains and negotiating busy Indian railway stations. Train travel is safe, cheap and (in AC classes) comfortable. Even long distances such as Bombay to Delhi or Delhi to Varanasi can be covered more time-effectively than flying, using overnight sleeper trains. Indian Railways have been divided into 9 Zones - Western, Central, Eastern, Northern, North Eastern, Northeast Frontier, Southern, South Central & South Eastern covering the largest route length of over 63000 Kms of total Indian boundary. There are 8 classes of accommodation on Indian trains(!), although only some of these classes will be available on a particular train. These are the classes, in roughly descending order of cost:

Air-conditioned first class (AC1)

Air-conditioned 2-tier (AC2)

Air-conditioned 3-tier (AC3)

First class

AC Executive chair class

AC Chair class

Sleeper Class

Unreserved 2nd class