Wonderful job Alok! At first I thought photos from some prison cell were put up in the gallery until I realised that it is insight into the future troubles of 3AC travel! Nevertheless, the warm interiors are a welcome change from the standard blue. Somewhat makes up for the lack of comfort!

Yet another Lalu's concepts of Premium Packaged 3A/SL Tin cans @ Discount of 4% from existing Fare!!, Utter Nonsense I say of this Happening, Thanks Alok for helping us get prepared at the ordeal we've gotta face. Colin Peter

Awfull ! Horrible ! Why punish this particular set of four only ?

"Something is always better than nothing ". Nothing wrong if SMB are reserved for RAC only. But it would be awfull if a person who books two months in advance and ends up with a lousy SMB.

Very nice :)

Yeah, the allure of the SLB was that you could sit up and look outside at night. Now that this is gone, I will avoid the side berths as much as possible.

Nice description! Imagine a 125 kg man sleeping on it

Very bad indeed. Its my sincere prayer to God that Pushpak Express should not get SMB till 11th February 2008 ;-)

Its not about revenues. Apart from the berth, check out the seat that the 'extra' person will occupy. Is it right for folks to pay the same fare to sit in lesser space than the one right opposite them? And what about luggage space for that 'extra' - under the side berths or where the seat is? And for the extra 9 passengers, the number of lavatories remain the same. Its not been long since I last travelled in Sleeper class and I cannot imagine doing it now!

Besides reducing the storage space, the lower SLB will also mean that tall people will be uncomfortable while sitting on the side seats.