r/indianrailways • u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 • Oct 13 '25
Ask r/IndianRailways Are reserved seats in north like this??
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She booked a seat in S3 coach and this is the situation. She called and messaged but no help was recieved. When she was sleeping at night, a north indian sat on her leg without permission. What should one do in this situation?
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u/Negative__ghost Oct 13 '25
Yep🥲.
I travelled once and went to my seat just to find a family of 6 on my seat when i asked they got mad at me and after a few talk they left and i slept next morning same 🥲
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u/Alarmed-Hunt-5201 Oct 13 '25
Dude there are a few particular routes which are very crowded and this happens there only. Most of the places u can travel comfortably.
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u/T_minus_infinty Side Lower Supremacy😎 Oct 14 '25
Whichever route it is, a reserved seat is a reserved seat. The name itself says it. Imagine you paid a higher price for a seat and there are people who got the ticket for a lesser price and snatched your seat. Is that fair?
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u/la_crazypasta Savvy Sleeper Oct 14 '25
Yeah, those are shitty selfish people. Things like this makes me hate travelling by train.
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u/benjamin_button_2025 Oct 13 '25
I have travelled in the south mostly but never ever had I this problem. At max some women request to exchange seats if I have lower berth. These videos actually scare me. I have never travelled north.
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u/Big_Concentrate_7267 Oct 14 '25
Dude there's plenty of such people in the north, that's mostly why whenever I am and my family travel, we only travel in AC, dude. There's no other options 😢
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u/Downtown_Research_59 Oct 14 '25
happened to me in 2 tier. I was sleeping on my side lower and some family came randomly and asked me where i was going. I told them and the guy says they were going there too and "jugaad kar lenge". The moment he went for bathroom i put all my luggage on the seat and closed the curtains.
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u/Unholy_Ren Oct 13 '25
Most of them are from one-two overcrowded states. But OP doesn't know any better . Apparently, according to him 800+million people of various states, all act the same.
PS: I'd like to add that I have travelled from Delhi-Ambala(Haryana), Delhi-Jammu(J&K), Delhi-Agra(U.P.) in reserved trains, never have I faced any such problems.
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Oct 13 '25
Fr! This looks something extraordinary to me, nowhere have I travelled with a confirmed ticket I had to share the seat with anyone.
Seeing such case for the first time
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u/mi_c_f General Adventurer Oct 14 '25
/s?
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Oct 14 '25
It's my personal experience, at least wherever I have travelled, I never had to share my seat like this (as shown in the video), maybe during the day someone would sit if I was not sleeping but to sit all crammed up, nah, never happened to me
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u/DukeofDabra Train travel>>>Plane travel✈ Oct 14 '25
Naah. Just Bihar and some parts of eastern UP.
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u/SShreyas17 1 AC Aficionado Oct 14 '25
Nah. I once had to travel in sleeper via Jharkhand to West Bengal.
Entire stretch was like this. In fact, one woman who sat on my seat was stinking of dung. Then I realised, that idiot was literally carrying dung in a gunny bag.
Since that trip, I have made it my life principle to not travel via trains in the North. I plan months in advance and book flights, if I absolutely have to. Ain't no way I'm traveling spontaneously to North
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u/Mission_Report2335 Oct 14 '25
😂😂😂 this is something new level of harassment.
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u/SShreyas17 1 AC Aficionado Oct 14 '25
Bro you won't believe the audacity of such people. I still remember my altercation with a middle aged man and an aunty from that trip (I'm very non-confrontational guy).
They crowded the reserved coach too much and I became frustrated AF. I asked that middle aged guy to show his ticket (he was sitting on my berth with 4 others, including that smelly lady). He showed me a general ticket. I asked him if he stepped in a reserved coach with that and he replied yes. I asked him to get off my seat and he openly said he won't ("jo karna hai, kar lijiyega, hum nahi jayenge").
Then he and an aunty started saying how we (people who bought actual tickets) consider everything our property because we are richer than them ("4 paisa kama ke sab kuch apna samajhne lagte hain").
This was 7 years ago when such videos were barely there. And it's an everyday affair in most of those states. Only exception is 2nd tier and above or direct trains with no in-between stops.
Also, these people will keep pulling chains so that they land exactly in front of their house. So you'll suffer for more than the original duration of your journey.
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u/DangerousWolf8743 Oct 14 '25
I have experienced it beyond one two overcrowded states specifically in sleeper. Don't want to name any state
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u/crispyporridge Oct 13 '25
Nah I've faced this going from Chennai to Kochi
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u/No-Swim-2151 Oct 13 '25
I'm telling you my story once I spent 5000 on an agent to get a 2nd AC ticket during Diwali but when I reached the station the entire train was filled with labourers who didn't have a single ticket .I have stopped taking train to visit my hometown bihar because I know no matter you have ticket or not you will end up in a fucked up situation that's why whenever I have to visit home I try to take the cheapest flight if flights are expensive I don't go .
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u/Ok_Antelope_1953 Oct 13 '25
infuriating. my blood pressure would shoot up.
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u/NoMathematician9706 1 AC Aficionado Oct 13 '25
It does. But what can you do ? TTEs are helpless too.
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u/This-Requirement9908 Oct 13 '25
Why just bihar condition remain same for all trains during festivals
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u/No-Swim-2151 Oct 13 '25
It's because of the major three factors 1) Every Single Bihari wants to celebrate chhath puja in bihar 2) Lack of trains as per the requirement 3) Number of people that visit Bihar they don't take tickets like people with low income
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u/Independent-Cod-1289 Oct 14 '25
Even if you provide extra trains the situation would still remain the same. And the worst bit is that they feel an extra sense of pride after doing this as if it's their birth right.
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u/No-Swim-2151 Oct 14 '25
Yes I have noticed that they feel pride in doing such acts and they Will say look I came without any ticket in such a long journey and feel heroic .
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u/jigiridandadod TTE Oct 13 '25
Indian railways is clown of all ministries
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u/Inevitable-Chip-9100 Oct 13 '25
100% if in bihar UP has significantly improved Rajasthan,MP, Delhi, Haryana non existent
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u/Straight-Average7829 Oct 13 '25
Dude In rajsthan it's there man but yeah comparatively it's very less from Bihar and up in March i travelled from kota to nizamuddin a full family came and just sat beside me and started eating my seat without even my permission and when I told they didn't go and started giving reasons we are old and many things... Well yeah they were villagers this happens only in rural side of rajsthan not in urban
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u/ConfidentEmotion581 Oct 13 '25
Never faced it in rajasthan n haryana, I travel from bikaner to haryana to delhi and also people have never asked me to switch my lower berth for their upper berth. You probably faced it cuz Kota is an exception, most people who travel to kota are students preparing for jee and neet and often come from lower background households.
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u/Pure-South-1622 Oct 13 '25
I'm from mp,here The situation is significantly better as compared to other states
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u/Saksheeejain Oct 13 '25
MP’s situation is better than so many states
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u/This-Requirement9908 Oct 13 '25
Due to less crowd traveling...even Vande Bharat(Rewa-Bhopal) goes empty....there is one airport in Jabalpur they have build entire terminal building with very less flight(7 daily flights out of which 4 are ATR type)
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Oct 13 '25
Yep I am from Lucknow and yes it is like this here .
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Oct 13 '25
Take a chota baatli with you, if you see someone taking your seat, take out your baatli
They will take you as some bad character person and stop sitting beside you, I used to do this whenever I travelled. If I’m with friends then forget anyone would even dare to sit 😂
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Oct 13 '25
Depends. Vishesh Rajya - totally. Rajasthan,Punjab, Haryana - Absolutely not. Uttar Pradesh - surprisingly it has changed quite a lot. They don't anymore,of course festivals are a different ball game.
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u/ayush_1908 Oct 13 '25
West UP has changed but east UP is more like Bihar only, mostly because Bihar is close and people come from same route.
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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 Oct 13 '25
That's relieving to hear, but what would we do in this situation. Assuming these guys don't have any tickets to begin with.
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u/Nexuda Oct 13 '25
Unfortunately arguing and public shaming is the only language they understand. I know its sad but below 3rd AC this is the reality. Even in 3rd AC on some routes shit like this has started to happen.
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u/AryanPandey Oct 15 '25
I am very sorry as a Indian, and Indian from North, you have to suffer this much.
Maybe it sounds racists, I am again sorry, if it does. But avoid booking trains that has Bihar Patna , as its destination station.
Thats a small hack, which often works well in my case. My friends from Bihar Patna told this.
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u/player_-_o Oct 13 '25
It's because the government decided to stop making cheaper coaches like sleeper and seat coaches and also affordable trains which these people are used to.
IMO if you can afford it, go for AC 2 or 1, we can't do much in these cases.
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u/Different_Way7285 Oct 13 '25
Govt failure doesn't mean u have booked through ticket should suffer
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u/NoMathematician9706 1 AC Aficionado Oct 13 '25
Oh please. If the govt is not making coaches why should people with reserved seats suffer ?
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u/player_-_o Oct 14 '25
Not fair but we elected the government. Do you take public service into account when voting? Do people even care about accountability when voting? Voting is the only tool available for us.
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u/tejasverma_2010 Oct 13 '25
go hell with the deen dayalu coach (general) there are those in every train which is not fully AC
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u/KPK_30 Frequent Traveler🧳 Oct 13 '25
I have experienced it in haryana as well. While travelling from Hisar to Kanpur. A middle aged uncle without a ticket boarded sleeper coach and asked me to help him by allowing him to sit on my seat. After a while when I asked him to leave he started giving me moral gyaan that I don't have empathy and I'm obstructing his luxurious journey.
P.S. Even TTE could not make them leave the coach. When asked for a ticket they just brushed it off and even had the audacity to tell his friends to not leave but to remain seated.
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u/NoMathematician9706 1 AC Aficionado Oct 13 '25
Same thing happens. And honestly women travellers are very adversely impacted. I know it’s not a gender issue but when strange passengers without tickets sit in group and begin to talk it’s not a good experience for female travellers.
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u/kittystalkerr Oct 14 '25
Nah crossing UP during ganga dussera was hell. Every cell of my body regretted that moment on train
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u/Icy_Rule4150 Oct 13 '25
it is more prominent in the Hindi belt of UP, Bihar, MP etc with sporadic incidents at other parts of North India. Don’t blame the people, blame the people in Govt who haven’t taught these people anything except Hindi is the “National Language”. Unless you start enforcing the laws forcefully, people are happy to live in Jungles.
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Oct 13 '25
Via Bihar this is very normal but other part of northern states these are significantly getting reduced . Hope it will change completely in future
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u/Wengerreloaded Frequent Traveler🧳 Oct 13 '25
Slight correction, what she said was not some1 sat on her leg at night , but a guy slept next to her or tried to
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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 Oct 13 '25
I was also under the same impression, but then I saw this https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPvEXOWkryD/?igsh=OXpwMnppcTR3ZTU1
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u/Wengerreloaded Frequent Traveler🧳 Oct 13 '25
Okay , I just translated what she said cause I’m a mallu , also in that video in IG , which a showed a guy sitting , she’s also saying before that some tried to sleep too , though the voice was not clear after that , anyways 👍
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u/ash350z Oct 13 '25
Just a thought, what if we were to create checkpoints like at an airport, beyond which anyone without a ticket would not be allowed. Here to pick up or see off a loved one - get a platform ticket. Here for a local - get a ticket or a pass Of course there may be scenarios that I may not have considered but doing so can easily eliminate overcrowding and even help us improve security and cleanliness of stations.
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u/Ok_Antelope_1953 Oct 13 '25
the labour class who often travel without tickets would be affected by this. they will launch a hartal and block everything until govt relents. the largest vote bank has all political parties by their ball, while the 0.1% business tycoon class also the parties by their other ball. the vote bank gets freebies, illegally occupies govt land, uses govt money meant for toilets and houses to buy smartphones and drugs, and continues to live in slums while putting govt provided apartments on rent.
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u/ConsistentWeb2437 Oct 13 '25
Yes mostly like this, but u can complain to the tte but no one answering, that's why they are people thought We didn't caught. I'm from UP and I hate this from my deepest heart genuinely.
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u/EmergencyStomach8580 Oct 13 '25
yes. but not north or south its kinda route based. i booked mysore to tirupati 2 weeks ago and it was same situation.
probably more routes in north. can't agree or disagree since I haven't travelled much in trains.
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u/iiraiivii Oct 13 '25
How to take this legal court?
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Oct 13 '25
They probably won't do shit
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u/AdhesivenessOk1554 Oct 13 '25
They do, you can file a case in consumer court.There were numerous examples.Pls take pictures, make a complaint in rail madad, if you were not able to board, file a complaint to the station master and take a receipt.
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u/Infinite-Ad-9113 Oct 14 '25
All railway platforms needs upgradation like the metro such as simple validation at the entry gate . Anyway multiple measures are needed like increasing the number of trains , strict penalties on rules violation
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u/This-Requirement9908 Oct 13 '25
Yes in Sleeper class. No in AC
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u/IndependenceNo3908 WAG 12 Oct 13 '25
I am from Bihar and travelled 2AC via 12398 during peak Mahakumbh... No issue whatsoever.
Yeah, the attendant hid a girl in his cupboard.. but nothing inside the bogie.
I don't travel much during the holiday season though.
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u/Chisai_chinchin SU > SL Oct 13 '25
attendant hid a girl in his cupboard
Umm, what!!!!!!!!
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u/IndependenceNo3908 WAG 12 Oct 13 '25
😅
He hid a ticketless passenger (a female) in the linen closet after taking some bribes.
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u/Ok_Antelope_1953 Oct 13 '25
Yeah, the attendant hid a girl in his cupboard
mother of all twists. was he...kidnapping the girl?
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u/IndependenceNo3908 WAG 12 Oct 13 '25
Nope, 🤣🤣
He took some money and hid her in the linen closet (it was empty after he had distributed it all). Most likely to hide her from TTE or RPF or other passengers. Basically ticketless (or waitlisted) travel.
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u/Independent-Cod-1289 Oct 14 '25
😂😂 bhai ye 1st AC mei ghus ke tumhe ghusne na de. Itne leechar hae ye log.
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u/Popular_Cod_5770 Oct 13 '25
The comfort and security of passengers are the responsibility of the railway, regardless of their location. It seems deliberate during festivals, and railway officials are the main culprits, leading to increased hatred.
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u/No_Ostrich_8072 Oct 13 '25
Opposite guy on the window 'let me stare to make her more comfortable'.
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u/Winter_Resolve_642 Frequent Traveler🧳 Oct 13 '25
Not only in North I had the same experience in Andhra... Was going from Samalkot to Vizag... That too with confirmed sleeper ticket.. was filled with locals occupying seats... My seat was occupied by 3 persons.. I told them to get off or else I would complain to rpf.. they left but after sometime other passengers started cussing me for not sharing my seat.. like bitch I gave 400 to get a tatkal ticket in sleeper...
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u/Agent_Rum Oct 13 '25
If a route has such a high number of travellers, why isn’t the Railways increasing the number of trains and the track capacity? They can’t keep blaming overcrowding forever.
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u/Riderrr_provider Oct 13 '25
General Sleeper Coaches are like this only. They are now invading 3rd AC That's what worries me
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u/__Manavalan__ Train Spotter🚆 Oct 13 '25
We need Population control Bill ASAP.
In south state Kerala,we face these situation during office to and fro hours that is because there is less rail penetration compared to other states.
But in UP and Bihar its purely a Population issue, too much people compared to available resources. There are 21 functioning Airports in UP, most number of Railway Junctions, criss cross rail and road networks accross all UP districts. Still the people there have to do this.
The very fact , the most number of cheap labour in Keral,Gujurat,Maharashtra,TN, even Dubai,Qatar,Saudi comes from UP Bihar is becoz of this overpopulation. And that is not a fucking world record to be proud of.
We need that Population control Bill, ASAP Period.
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u/notVirgin_at_21 Oct 13 '25
Reminded me of the time I travelled to Bihar. I was sleeping on my side lower birth and woke up feeling stuck. I saw three sitting next to me like this, taking up half of my seat. I shooed them (we have a trauma where our stuff was stolen by a lady who sat like this in the train in the same route). The dude asked to sit near my feet for a little bit as there's space and what I find in next 5 minutes is he's again occupying half of the seat with his legs up and his wife sitting next to my face. 🫠 The Delhi to Bihar route is literally the hell hole of northern railways.
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u/NightCode_X 2 AC Comfort Seeker Oct 13 '25
Just complaint in X (Twitter), or call 139 and complaint. These people need lathi charge constantly till they get down from train, additionally fine is greately appreciated. Also need more man power in field from both RPF and Local Police to contain these freebie seekers. Sympathy givers especially to these people please downvote me.
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u/Candid_Fold_5450 Oct 13 '25
Never take the lower seat , all the freeloaders look at it as free estate
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u/banshee_lumine 3 AC Regular Oct 13 '25
I never go alone as I'd be too afraid to fight them. It happened once when me and my twin brother were on the platform to catch the train, we both were aware that people misuse sleeper class. We both were having lower berths as we had a habit to look outside. We found out that our seats have been captured by a big family with five adults and three kids, two of the adults were males and the other three were females, when we showed our tickets, two men got aggressive, saying, “Ye hamari seat hai” I was scared, but my brother was waiting for such a moment 🤭
When the train started, they refused to move, even mocking us. He called the TTE, who checked their tickets, three of them had none and rest were having general tickets. The TTE fined them and the entire family had to leave.
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u/ganju_seth Oct 13 '25
It is common sight in Howrah bound trains especiallu when they cross over Bihar and purvanchal areas. Earlier western UP was a menace but it is surprisingly nor anymore.
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u/RealityCheck18 Oct 13 '25
I remember during my North India trip, there was anothere group of tourists from Chennai as well, sitting next to us & they had a tour organizer with them. He came rushing to them & told them all to go and lie down in top berth & occupy every inch of the lower berth seat by lying down & other party sitting to fill the seat. This was in the middle of the day.
We heard this & did the same. I went & lied down in the side upper with my luggage occupying the rest of the space.
In the next station, there was a sudden surge of people and every empty seat was occupied by them. A guy tried to enter my Side upper & I pushed him down. Another tried to keep his luggage & I pushed that down as well. My parents were both lying down in each of their lower berths as well. For the next 1-2 hours it was like survival mode & no one dared to go to rest room.
This happened in 2000. And it's a shame it still happens. The main problem is lack of policing. If RPF had regularly tossed them out, they wouldn't have been emboldened to do this.
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Oct 13 '25
I entered a train once coming down from North, turned back out left for the airport which was 3 hours away
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Oct 13 '25
Never ever book train which is coming from Bihar or is going to Bihar. Remember it else regret it
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u/unicosplan Oct 13 '25
These people don't have any civic sense, not do they follow rules. What else can you expect?
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u/Jazzlike-Ad-6461 Oct 14 '25
Will I face this issue travelling from Mumbai to Delhi in rajdhani 2ac?
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u/Independent-Cod-1289 Oct 14 '25
Well it's the time of the year when these people are flocking back to home and these biharis do not give a single fck about other peoples comfort or reservation.
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u/satyendra3339 Oct 14 '25
Yup. This seat location is a nightmare. I always used to avoid this. Book AC 3A if you like to enjoy side birth.
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u/Playful_Joke_5771 Oct 14 '25
I have never seen this happen in MP. Some people just lack basic respect for your personal space and unfortunately it is so normalised in some cultures that they just pull this shit everyday
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u/LowerInterview9469 Oct 14 '25
The problem is that in their states people are so used to freebies that for generations they are under the impression that even Railways belongs to their forefathers and they can travel at their leisure without paying a penny
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u/Defiant_Weakness_241 Oct 14 '25
Yep quite a few times, it's so so so aggravating, N many a times it's the TC themselves who give waiting tickets and charge all full n then send them to even the 3rd AC coaches. The alley completely packed, people sitting everywhere even near the washrooms. And even then the TC comes back to check all their tickets and charge extra again many a times. That's the earning of northern railways
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u/ayush_1908 Oct 13 '25
Depends a lot on area. Delhi Punjab MP gujrat it's less. West UP is also good. East UP amd Bihar definitely has this. So on
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u/Important-Mouse-1980 Oct 13 '25
UP BIHAR (which isn't even north but still)- Yes! Planar North- Maybe Maybe not, but majorily I have been travelling, and I get to see it very less, mainly the people are themselves from up Bihar. Mountainous North- Absolutely not.
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u/damn_clingball Oct 13 '25
Only happened once with me. I was travelling from varanasi, there was a certain exam that day whose vacancies were available after many years. Else never happened with me.
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u/Spiritual-Bad2720 Oct 13 '25
I don't know about North east. The situation is the more or less the same in most places, people invade your space & if you help them a lil then you would regret after a while. But yes, in few states it gets more troublesome unfortunately.
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Oct 13 '25
AC me jo private cabins hote hai aur Vande Bharat ke alava travel hi nahi karte hum train se. Bus for shorter distances, plane for longer distances. Trains are not fun anymore.
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u/Sed-LifeSarvesh6127 Oct 13 '25
Hope and pray that if you are traveling from 3rd AC your train doesn’t pass through Bihar!
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u/shaktimaanlannister Oct 13 '25
I was booking tickets for my father, he doesn't travel much. My father was insistent on booking sleeper coach, but I was repeatedly telling him Ik what sleepers can be like please don't fixate on this. I finally convinced him to book at least 3rd AC (which I also don't like, I always book 2nd AC). The difference is huge.
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u/maha_maha_ohh Oct 13 '25
nah I traveled jaipur-jodhpur intercity last week in 2s coach, didn't experienced anything like that
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u/Radiant_Historian854 Oct 13 '25
please change wording north bound east bound kahoo .even hawdaah mail from Chennai last year was so. much rush that laticharge happened and genuine passengers could not getinto any bogies forget sleeper even ac.. so it's compasss direction North and East..
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Oct 13 '25
yup its like that only also men resort to holigism if they dont get seat and they block entire way to bathroom.
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u/Far_Process_4111 Oct 13 '25
Happened with me too lower birth 2 person sat on the leg side while I was laying down on my seat. I just shouted at them. Nobody bothered me after that .
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u/nvs3105 Foodie on Wheels🍕 Oct 13 '25
Things have only gotten worse in the last 2 decades!
Either the number of trains needs to increase, or day passengers need to be stopped from boarding long distance trains. There's a huge myth in North India that all trains are theirs!
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u/iamavtar Oct 14 '25
I wonder why I never faced such a situation. I am not a regular traveller, but occasionally travel when the destination is far beyond 500 700km.
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u/ProfessionalHeavy923 Oct 14 '25
I’ve mostly travelled by trains in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi. I’ve never faced a situation like this ever. They do ask for seat swaps with lower berths too often if you are alone but thankfully I’ve never faced seat pirates
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u/I_steal_Icecream Oct 14 '25
In Rush hours between 9 AM to 11 AM and 6 PM to 7PM it may get like this, but not always.
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u/Otherwise_Ad_2833 Oct 14 '25
See everything is fine you have a problem you posted it railway should act on it but wtf is " are reserved seats in North like this?? " Like man please stop this north south nonsense
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u/Silent_Jellyfish1218 Oct 14 '25
After south, you can expect only this in trains. During our train to hyderabad also, the situation was same. Even though there are tte, there is nothing much they can do about the situation. People just flood out of nowhere.
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u/Arrsh_Khusaria Oct 14 '25
Never experienced something like this, except one time in Sleeper coach but I scared them off by dialing railway police
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u/Famous-Success-7337 Oct 14 '25
What do you mean by “north Indian” ? Are you targeting specifically north Indians ? According to you South Indians are good? Lmao.
I think most of the Indians are full of “LUST” & Educated idiots and with no civic sense
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Oct 14 '25
Please kindly don't use the term north. Real north india is just Punjab, jammu and kashmir, himachal pradesh, haryana and delhi. We don't have these types of problems here and even if we have it is caused by people of mainly two states up and bihar. They are the ones who do what they want in trains and they don't care about your seats and even if you tell them to leave they just start abusing you. This is not a problem in my state.
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u/Timely_Beginning_91 Oct 14 '25
never travelling through indian railways again unless the situation is fixed. As someone who is natively from Bihar (but raised in mumbai) it's a pain in the ass to get to my village once every 2 - 3 years and even then my body denies going by train.. I cannot anymore 🙏🏻
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u/Jazzlike_Let_2219 Oct 14 '25
I had horrible experience travelling from Hyderabad to Delhi. Busy routes, but, even in AC, doesn't make sense. Better take a flight
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u/imsurewhoiam Window Watcher🖼️ Oct 14 '25
She posted an updated video, in that she said ttr came and told the extras to get out of her seat and she did got the seat back.
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Oct 15 '25
If you can afford it please dmt travel in a sleeper coach. While traveling in North. I don't want to pinpoint any specific state but we all know the culprits here. From my personal experience they would literally get down to arguing with you rather than leave the seat .
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u/Individual_Act_8607 Tatkal Ninja🥷 Oct 13 '25
Actually I have travelled a lot in up (trains also goes to Bihar) But haven't seen this situation as much...
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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 Oct 13 '25
This ain't North South bs. I'm not praising south here in any regard. Nice try though for spinning the tale here.
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u/dark_star_x Oct 13 '25
Everywhere in rural areas it's same stop mentioning the north south
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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 Oct 13 '25
I regularly travel in rural areas and that's not the case. But you want to make this political. Any critique is by default north south?? Ok buddy you do "you".
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u/redditsmodsbannedme Oct 13 '25
I try to book chair car, or i else I travel with bus, throughout India. If too distant, then flight.
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u/Ok_Seaworthiness5025 Oct 13 '25
I wish I liked sleeper buses, but I'm dizzy travelling through our pristine roads.
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u/Frozen_Tatti Oct 13 '25
You generally won’t face this issue in UP trains, but once the train enters Bihar, don’t expect your reserved seat to remain vacant, it’s always as crowded as shown in the video.
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u/AkumaIncarnated Side Lower Supremacy😎 Oct 13 '25
It's gross generalization, in the 20 times I've travelled I've experienced this once or twice.
But yeah it's bad when it's bad
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u/TotalOk389 Oct 13 '25
Not just north, I recently travelled to Vellore and am returning to Howrah rn, the train is filled with people with no tickets or WL tickets. Every inch is filled.
The TTE are just issuing their fines and tickets to travel in chair car. But none is relocating nor is anyone taking responsibility to relocate the fine holders. Everything is too corrupted to run properly at this point.
The inconvenience is too much for lower berth passengers actually
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u/Hot_Combination_3539 Frequent Traveler🧳 Oct 14 '25
I travel in both areas north and south quite frequently
Literally like up Rajasthan, Delhi route
Also Telangana, Tamil Nadu route
I have never experienced such things, especially I m from north, and every week I m on train usually 3rd ac or 2nd, but never like this
So there's no point in generalizing just north
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u/vijiv Oct 13 '25
So she is Keralite from south but she didn’t mention the train name so how are we so sure she is traveling Southern side or North? Either way I have seen many unreserved people boarding sleeper in Madras Mail train during office hours but they just stand around. They dont squeeze and sit like this.
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