Again I spent more then 6 hours on the train. In the sleeper class – but don’t be confused: sleeper class in India offers you just a bare, hard and dirty berth. There is no a/c and the windows with bars are wide open, so you will experience all smells of incredible India…
India is a huge nation and they travel a lot so it is not easy to get a ticket, especially on the short-notice. I tried to buy a ticket online a month ahead via the cleartrip.com but the response was always the same: waiting list only.
Now I have a secret for you:
They have a special last minute ticket sales (emergency quota) via TAKTAL system. It starts exactly exactly at 10 am the day before your train leaves. To get your tkt you have to be at any station earlier, fill the booking form (clerk will help you to find the train number) and you must be the first in the line in front of Taktal window. At 10 am sharp the race for the seats starts. I wish you be lucky!
That’s how I got my ticket for Delhi-Puri train!
