The population of India is growing faster than ever; we need more and more connectivity. Since its inception, the Indian Railways has been at our service and it has been upgrading its services for our comfort ever since. With growing population, Indian Railways has been introducing more and more trains. There are many special trains, many trains just for festive season while many trains are just operated for a week, and so on; Indian Railways has been introducing new trains every year on regular basis. In such a case when so many new trains are being introduced at higher frequency maintaining a time table is a difficult task even though it is all done by computer. From a traveler’s point of view, it is even more hectic when it comes to planning the journeys. Seeing a railway time table for the first time can be confusing specially if you don’t have any idea about station codes, but it becomes easy once you are okay with these names, codes and numbers.
The Advent of Timetable
The timetable of Indian railways is made with great caution so that no confusion occurs in commuter’s mind. These tricky timetables are made separately for each Railway zone. Before planning your journey, try to remember the train names and whether the train is UP or DOWN as train numbers can be very confusing. To plan your travel according to the timetable, you must follow some simple steps and also you must have the knowledge of various things about Indian Railways, like the classes, Stations, and etc.
Be Careful With Certain Glitches
You can find these timetables at various websites including the official website of IRCTC and Indian Railways. Please check that you do not check an old time table, as Indian Railways keeps changing the timetable on regular basis and a curricular is published on their website and various news sites, regarding the same.
The timetable can be very helpful if you don’t have smartphones and your train is delayed. The worse happens when you have another train to catch with a little gap and your train gets delayed. Here comes the helpfulness of timetable as with the help of these charts, you can reserve a seat in other train matching up with your new timings due to the delayed train.
Keeping Your Comfort in Mind
Also keeping in the mind the rush, you can book the ticket in advance. The Indian Railways has extended the advance reservation period up to four months for the sake of passenger’s convenience. Also, once you book your ticket, you must carry a valid identity proof of yours as travelling in a train without a valid identity proof will be considered same as without ticket and you will have to pay the penalty. The tickets can be booked online or offline but be sure of your journey dates. If due to some circumstances you cancel your tickets, you are charged some percent of the total amount.
Indian Railways have always been making the country proud and in real sense it is the life line of this great nation.
Keep travelling and yes, of course, mind the numbers of timetable.