| Address: Pune, Maharashtra, 411036 |
2 confirmed tickets (Kgp - ngp, ngp - pune) for my journey from kgp to pune and the first train got rescheduled to start after 5.5 hours from it's scheduled time. Now i am helplessly running at midnight hours in kgp station to get an alternative. The tte/station manager says we can't do anything and you must board the next train with a general ticket. I have my 57 year old mother with me who is medically unfit to stand for long hours and underwent leg surgery for pain in knee. I went to the railway counter to get a unreserved ticket for my journey in the 12:30 am train. Now to add to my dilemma the counter gets closed at 11:40 pm saying system failure. On enquiring further they said it's a regular thing and i need to wait till 12 midnight. I was standing in queue waiting for the clock to tick at 12. My wait didn't ended at 12, on asking that it's already 12 why is it that the counter is still not open came the lame reply that railways have different time. They are yet to strike 12 when it was 12:15 am in everybody else's watch. We at last got the ticket and then i had to run back to platform to catch the 12:30 train. Remember this is kharagpur railway station which boasts of its long platforms and i had my mother along who had walking issues due to her recent leg surgery.
Finally somehow i managed to board the train and spoke to tte first thing explaining the situation. He clearly denied of any vacant seats and asked us to go adjusting in sleeper class. Also said he will come later and fine us for traveling in sleeper with a general ticket. Again remember this suggestion came from kgp station tte/station manager.
Now i am still clueless where is my fault to pay that fine. I booked tickets and had it confirmed in 3ac. Railways decided to reschedule my 1st train for some reason and without providing any alternative they escaped with a text message "12834 hwh adi exp scheduled to leave hwh at 23:55hrs on 22/06/18 has been rescheduled at 05:30 hrs on 23/06/18. Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.". Instead of this message why can't they arrange for a alternative for passengers who had that urgency to go on same day. With a sorry note i want to let railway know that this is highly unjustified customer service. We donot need you regret messages but instead if you make an alternate arrangements for passengers when this kind of situation arises that i think will be appreciated.
Thanks for the mental trauma you gifted to me and my mother.
The tickets i had booked and confirmed:
Pnr:[protected], trn:12834, doj:23-06-18, 3a, kgp-ngp, dp:02:05,
Abhishek pradhan+1, wl 57, wl 58,
Fare:2640, sc:0.0+pg chgs+agent chgs, if any
B2 - 9, 10
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Pnr:[protected], trn:12222, doj:23-06-18, 3a, ngp-pune, dp:23:25,
Abhishek pradhan+1, rlwl 18, rlwl 19,
Fare:3990, sc:0.0+pg chgs+agent chgs, if any
B9 - 23, 31
Can someone please let me know if i can file a complaint case on railways and claim compensation?
Indian Railways customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.