Southern Railway Complaints & Reviews

Hi!

There is no predictability in the configuration of the EMUs' that run on the Beach - Chengalpet line. One day, the 1st/Last compartment is only for Ladies, 2nd only First Class, ... and the next day the same service runs with 1st/Last compartment being General, 2nd compartment First Class & Ladies, ...

This creates a lot of chaos on the platform as people wait at a certain place and have to rush...

I had booked Tickets for my Family for Travel from Berhampur (Orissa) to Trichy(Tamilnadu)on 4th April 2009 with the PNR numbers [protected] & [protected]. The Tickets did not get confirmed and for that I deposited the Tickets at Berhampur Railway station and got the TDR No 03/369 Dated 5th April 2009. The same was sent to Chief Commercial Manager Subsidiary Claims & Refunds Officer East Coast Railways Bhubaneswar.

Chief...

Worst things by the careless of southern railway

My name is sundar rajan. I am the resident of chennai and I do frequently travel to my native town trichy once in a month or twice. On[protected] I travelled from srirangam to tambaram in Guruvayur Express Second class sitting (Actually this train passes between guruvayur to Chennai Egmore). My coach number was D4. After I board the train till I reach tambaram I met and have...

dear sirs
I booked two tickets one for me and one for my wife from Tiruchchirapalli to Tirunelveli for journey on 23.08.09 PNR No.[protected]. During booking computer showed "available seat 1". Hence I booked both tickets. My wife's ticket was confirmed and I was allotted W/L No.26. But for the computer problem, I would not have booked the ticket had I known the W/L will be 26 for me.Number of emails to IRCTC is of no...

I am a senior citizen. On 02 Aug 09 at 10 AM I went to book a berth for me from Yeswantpur to Kochuveli by Train # 2257 leaving on 25 Aug 09. I had seen that the train had more than 900 vacant berths in 3 AC - this means at least 200 regular lower berths. But I was allotted a side lower berth saying that I have to take whatever the system allots. Actually for a senior citizen the system is supposed to automatically allot a regular lower berth....

Dear Sir,

At Chindadripet railway station, the contractor named Vijayalakshmi is doubly charging the passengers for parking. When asked they are replying arrogantly.And not even maintaining the parking area.The contractor must be punished heavily and the contracts should be canceled.

The Passengers of the Chindadripet railway stations are very angry with the contractor and Needs the Railway Authorities to take...

I am coming from Tiruvallur to Chennai through EMU Fast/Local. All trains are not run in the proper time schedule. Always late. One or two days in a week it run in correct time. The Fast trains are having problem in Tiruninravur Station. The Railway authorities to create a new platform for Express or Fast trains. It will be more useful for the incoming and outgoing trains to Chennai Central. Because they have to cross 2 Express lines near...

Dear Sir/Madam,

There are thousands of Passengers who were students and employees of various sectors uses the train to reach their destination every day.

We around 2000~3000 people are traveling from Perungalathur to Various Parts of the Chennai city a day. the latest modification done by the Railways in 9 CAR Ladies compartment is not convenient for most of the people from Chengalpet to Perungalathur. Particularly...

I had to receive my old mother, wife and child from Erode Junction at 21.40 on 22 June 2009. I reached the junction to do so and found that there were four counters open and each one had at least 100 passengers or others like me queued up. On listening to the announcement of the train(2695-Chennai-Trivandrum Express), we decided to go up to the platform to receive the family, unable to buy platform tickets. On our way out of the station,...

Smart Card issue.
Hi,
The southern railways has introduced ATVM(Automatic ticket Vending Machines) based on Smart Card technology for suburban tickets in chennai.
Its very useful to get tickets in a fraction of second than waiting in long haul queues. Railway smart card is very useful and it very important in this modern life. But if smart card is not working or not sensing in the ATVM machines, we are struggling lot...

Dear Webmaster,

Please find the attached photo. A dog was dead in thiruvanmiyur before
20 days. Still the deadbody of dog is not disposed from the station.
Day by day the bad smell keep on increasing.

Please take some steps. If you are not the right person to contact for
this issue, please forward it to the right department.

NOTE: Sent the same mail to "[protected]@gmail.com"....

Dear Sir / Madam,

India is moving towards complete automation and computerisation. Railways is the first biggest organisation implemented centralised reservation system. When this is running a good way, why the modification in the ticket is with huge hassles. I have reserved a ticket for my family from Nagercoil(NCJ) to Chennai Egmore (MS). Due to unavoidable circumstances, I could not travel in the train. Hence I request...

SIR,

I AM REGULAR USER OF SUBARBAN TRAIN SERVICE IN BEACH – TAMBARAM SECTION FROM 1986. NOWADAYS I FACE DIFFICULTIES TO BOARD AND ALIGHT FROM THE TRAIN BECAUSE

THE LADIES COMPARTMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAIN IS HARDLY FOUND IN TRAINS.

TODAY MORNING (22.05.2009) I BOARDED THE TRAIN BY 08.55 HRS AT TAMBARAM SANATORIUM. IT’S A 12 CAR TRAIN. THERE IS NO MIDDLE LADIES COMPARTMENT. GENTS...

On 9th may 2009 I was a passenger with my nine member family on Train no.6108, Chennai- egmore express from Mangalore to Shornur. Four children, three ladies, (one senior citizen-our mother) and two males, my brother and myself. We requested sleeper tickets to Alappuzha and Cherthala at the ticket counter of Mangalore railway station. But the counter staff denied and given ordinary tickets to us and advised to collect sleeper tickets from...

Respected sir,
it is regarding bangaore to nagercoil regular train. in india we only dont have direct train. we are so many people living in from nagercoil, kanyakumari, trivandrum, trinelveli. if we want to go our native we ve to travel around 17-20 hrs. but that train always full. they anounced special train for nagercoil it start on thursday night 10.45 pm it reaches afternoon 2.30. why because nobody travel that train because...

Hi Sir/Madam,

This was a painful experience at the Mangalore junction station. We Deepak Bhat K, Sandeep Yadav and Anish Kumar were in a process of booking Household items for Sandeep Yadav to be sent to Delhi.

Complaint Number on the complaint book at the station: 244897
Below are the details:

 On 16th April 2009 18:30 Hrs. we reach Mangalore Junction to enquire about the details and...

Dear Sir

I am a frequent traveller of Managlore Express from Trichy to Chennai, for last six months i can see lots of Cokroches, Mosquitoes and even insects .

It is putting us into great difficulty and some times these insects gets into our shirts and bags .

I am not put to understnad what the maintenance staffs do ....

I am a regular traveller in Southern Railways - Brindavan Express and Lalbagh Express between Chennai and Bangalore. For the past one year, there is a lot of trouble given by eunuch's to passengers in this sector. These people do not spare reservation compartments also. They target young men and demand money. If they are not given money they resort to slapping and pinching the men. They use foul language . This is such an inconevenience...

This is about the train stations that one will come across if one took the train connecting chennai beach and tambaram.

a) Nungambakkam station staircase/ticket collection:
Nungambakkam lies in the heart of the city and the passage way that leads in and out of the nungambakkam station is always crowded. The term "crowded" is rather too simple. The time it takes to cross the stair case is about 10-15 minutes...

This is to request a halt for the train no:s 6527/6528 Yeshwantpur-Cannanore express in Banaswadi Rly station.

This is the only train from north kerala(malabar) to bangalore and this train halts in only one station which is in the extreme corner of Bangalore. Actually this train passes through Banaswadi railway station. So we are just requesting for a stop in this station so that the passengers belong to north bangalore do...