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

Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2007 Oct 19 05:06:39 +0000

"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.

Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2007 Oct 19 05:04:05 +0000

Great shot mamu. Brilliant observation Gautam. But these criss crossing bars dont look exactly like those high speed webbed ones do they?

Posted by Siddhartha Ganesh on 2007 Oct 19 03:56:08 +0000

Nice one!

Posted by Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer on 2007 Oct 19 02:19:38 +0000

I noticed the similarity with the old pantos too but then look closely and you can see faintly 2 criss-crossing bars like in the web-like newer-style pantos, in addition to the straight one down the middle. These seem to be some sort of a hybrid variety that CLW seems to have come up with! Maybe my eyes are playing tricks again but look closely at 22715 courtesy Mamu, (http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Uploads/100_3088.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1) and 22712 courtesy Jimmy, (http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Uploads/IMG_0023.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1).

Posted by Gautam on 2007 Oct 18 21:19:10 +0000

Very nice :)

Posted by Jagadheep D on 2007 Oct 18 18:32:57 +0000

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.

Posted by Jagadheep D on 2007 Oct 18 18:30:21 +0000

Nice description! Imagine a 125 kg man sleeping on it

Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2007 Oct 18 17:08:00 +0000

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

Posted by Akshay Marathe on 2007 Oct 18 17:02:31 +0000

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!

Posted by Gautam on 2007 Oct 18 13:54:45 +0000