People from all over the India willing to go home during festivals like Holi, Diwali, Chatt to celebrate with family and friends. But, the main issue during this period is the availability of trains and it’s affordability. Even people face many challenges to go their own hometown during festival season. Here is the reality of train journey during festival seasons in India.

1. Ticket Availability

One of the biggest challenges during the festive season is getting a confirmed train ticket. Even many people try to book tickets a month ago but they also did’nt get it as tickets are already full at very early phase. However some reservation quotas are there from where you can go and book tickets from station ticket counter.

2. Overcrowded Passengers

Even if your ticket is confirmed, it was not sure that you can travel comfortably during this period. Trains are packed with passengers more than it’s capacity.

Many times people are unable to reach to their own seats due to the crowd inside the train. And if you think you can travel easily on AC coach, you are wrong because during this period many passenger also enter AC coach with general ticket just to reach their hometown.

3. Cleanliness and Hygiene Concerns

During the festival season, when trains are overloaded, cleanliness often takes a backseat. Washrooms are overused, litter in compartments and inadequate cleaning services makes it very unhygienic.

4. Special Trains

Due to overcrowd, Indian Railway often announces special trains for festivals to accommodate the large number of passengers. The special trains run on popular routes and you should must keep updating yourself about the announcement of special train and as soon as special train was announced, you just book the ticket otherwise it will also full soon.

5. Rush at Stations

Not just the trains, but the railway stations during festivals are packed with people. Ticket counters are at long queues by the passengers, even people struggle to find the coach and get into their seat, especially while you are travelling with family of a lot of luugage.