Southern Railway Complaints & Reviews

2000 thousand employees are working for more than 15 years in Southern Railway Employees Co operative Credit Society Ltd. chennai ..3 Till now we had not received any payment recpit for our PF deductions .No pf number was given till now.Simply they are putting an entry in a pass book yearly once. we request to furnish the details how many o[censored]s are in the rolls of pf office and kindly whether our amount are credited in PFoffice. ...

I used to travel by Brindavan express (Tr No 12640) from Bangalore to Chennai. Whenever I travel in that train, a lot o[censored]nreserved passengers boarded into the reserved compartments from Bangalore City, contonment, and K R Puram and causing inconvenience and starting argument with the reserved passengers. Once in KR puram, I am not able to board the train because the D1 compartment was full o[censored]nreserved passengers and occupied out seats....

To ,

The Suggestions /Helpline & Grievances Cell.

Southern Railway.



Dear Sirs,

This is to introduce ourselves as daily officegoing commuters from Chennai Park to Guduvancherry in the unit trains wherein we would like to bring to your kind atention the following difficulties encountered by us while commuting :

1.Frequency of trains to...

O. Sivasailanathan, B.A., B.L.,M.L.,M.L.M.,
Advocate,
22, Perumal Sannidhi Street,
Alwarkurichi.
Tirunelveli District-627 412.

The Regional Commercial Manager (Refunds),
Southern Railway, Madurai.

Sir,

Sub: Refund and request for taking action against erring Official
Shri. Ramanathan, TTE – Reg
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Public (I class season ticket holders) unable to entrain in I class AM 8 Train. Because I class compartment is having extraordinary crowd almost occupied by II class pass holders & their family members who are using their privilege pass for daily travelling nowadays a TTE is coming and Checking at VILLIVAKKAM. It’s appreciable but most of the workers are setting down at VILLIVAKKAM. So I request the Officials of arrange Prompt...

HI i am Ganesh Pandiyan from Mumbai, as i am one of regular reader of mumbai mirror i quick happy about your ture news.As i travel in Nagarkovil Express on 28 th of April which is one of famous express for Tamil Nadu.Train route is Nagarkovil-Erode-pune-cstm.And i travel through this train.We as to book before 3 month even though we cant ticket the train is so rush.Railways get more collection through tatkal ticket etc.As i happy about the...

Dear Sir/ Madam,
On the 30th of March 2 ladies travelling by coach S1, seat 1 and 2, train number: 12633 Kanyakumari Express, boarding at Chennai and reaching Nagercoil were harassed by a Police Officer by threatening them to be thrown out of the compartment, being lodged in jail etc.,.. and even called the TTR of the railways who asked the police officer to keep quiet as there was nothing wrong on the side of the ladies. Still he...

Hi,
I am a frequent traveller with indian railways. I noticed a very pathetic condition of restrooms(Toilets) maintained at chennai central station. As this station is a hub for south india serving lakhs of commuters everyday. I is unbelievable to find there are only two small restrooms at chennai central station. also these
two restrooms are horribly maintained. It is totally stinking and not usable. I dont understand how...

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Dear Sir,

I would like to bring your notice that I have booked a Motor Cycle from Madurai, Tamilnadu state to Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh from madurai railway station on 13.1.2011

Details are :
Motor cycle Registration Number PB 021151
Vehicle type : LML Vespa
Vehicle Booking Date 13.1.2011
Booking Place - MADURAI
Delivery place - KURNOOLbr...

From,
H. AnanthaPadmanabhan,
4-1872/1, Durganagar Colony,
Greamspet, Chittoor – 517 002( A.P)

To,
Chief commercial manager,
Head Quarters Office,
Southern Railway,
Parktown, Chennai - 600 003,
Tamilnadu, India.

9th November, 2010
Sir,
SUB: Missed train due to incorrect train numbers – Ticket No....

In express trains running from chennai to tiruchy found shemale trouble(travelling without ticket) , even we report to TTR he told us to adjust it.
troubles are their indecent dressing , indecent headwide speech, sexy behaviour by touching our faces ,put their hands on our shoulders begging for money . i feel more vex of such habbits . i request concern southern railway officer to avoid such shemale inside the compartment without...

Respected Sir/Mam,

I am sathyakala am a M.com graduate 25 years old working with a private company in guindy for the past five year travailing tambaram to guindy using a season ticket. I'am very scared about the station master behavior on 1.11.2010 i was go for getting season ticket in tambaram fist platform left hand side ,my season ticket was expired on 31.10.2010 ( that is sunday) while i am going to get season the...

On the eve of 30 oct 10, afternoon 4p.m. I went to take a unreserved ticket for Karnataka express (KK). In the ticket counter which has a que of 30-45 mins I address the lady in the counter, Mrs. Lambani to give ticket of KK and even she have taken Rs. 131 ticket fare from SBC to GR(Gulbarga), she has given me Ticket of Rs. 122/- which is o[censored]dyan express. In a very large lane and in querry to catch the general seats i ran very fast to catch...

sir i have participated in tender notice1/2010-11 dtd 8.04.2010,issued by southern railway for leasing of vph and i have deposited a emd of rs 10,00,000/- till now i have not received the emd...

I have received a message in my official CUG [protected] (working in Southern Railways)on 2/10/10 at12:15:17 Airtel AD-54321 that "You have been renewed for Games Club subscription service from Airtel. You have been charged Rs.99 Enjoy Best Games! Join Games Club". Immediately I would like to inform my unwillingness and tried to send return reply that "I am not interested". Surprisingly when I press for reply button no...

As stated earlier in the Hindu news paper and in the southern railway:

"Train number 2255 Yeshwantpur-Puducherry tri-weekly Garib Rath Express will leave Yeshwantpur at 11.15 p.m. on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays and reach Puducheryy at 8 p.m. the next day. In the return direction, the train (2256) will leave Puducherry at 10 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays and reach Yeshwantpur at 8.25 a.m. the next day."br...

Some of the catering staffs are not using badges displaying their names or any identity. these people charge more money than what is printed on the food packet. For eg. Rs. 20 are charging for Uppuma, where Rs. 18.50 is printed. They wont give the food, and sometimes grab back the given food item, if we dont have the accurate tender amount, but have only rupees in dinominations of 50, 100 etc., even without checking themselves for the balance...

I would like to narrate a painful incident experienced by me in train journey.
I, R.Shanthi, aged 55 yrs. was travelling from Pune to Chennai with a reserved ticket in Sleeper Class compartment (1041-CSTM Chennai Exps, Coach S4, Seat No.68 on 22.08.10 at 6.10 p.m departure from Pune. When I entered the train in Pune, I found a group of people occupying my compartment. Even after pleading with TT, I couldnt vacate them. they were sitting...

6321 Bangalore Thiruvananthapuram express runs a distance of around 830km with only limited stops but takes a long 17hrs journey time arriving destination only at 12 noon. This train is slowed down in this 2010 Railway time table. The train is made to stop unnecessarily at stations for longer duration in between and some other trains overtake this express train for lack of priority and punctuality.

I kindly request Railways...

A few days before a suggestion has been sent to Southern Railways through Consumer Complaints regarding that the Train No.881 crossing may be advanced as against Mutharasanallur.
Now the past one week the Train No.881 reach at Karur in correct time i.e.9.05 a.m so that the passengers nearing above 1500 who are working in Government and local private concern are very happy for the arrival of the train in correct time. On behalf of...