Only a few days are left for Chhath Puja and Diwali. While people are busy preparing for these festivals, those people of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh who are living in other states are busy struggling to reach their villages. Everyone is trying to board the train by any means possible. In such a situation, the demand for railway tickets has increased, especially in the express trains going towards North India, the waiting list has become surprisingly long. The trains which are in highest demand are Ballia Express, Gangasagar Express, Bagh Express and Purvanchal Express. According to the information received, the waiting list in sleeper class of 13185 Gangasagar Express on 14th November is 399 while 3A – 144 and 2A – 49. In this train, there is a relegation in sleeper on 15th November while 3A-146, 2A-53 are waiting list.
There is a huge demand for reservation especially in trains going to North India.
The situation is the same in this train on 16th November also. There are regrets in sleeper category while the waiting list in 3A-140 and 2A is 73. Same is the situation with 13019 Bagh Express. In this train, the waiting list in the narrower class has reached 400 on 14, 15 and 16 November. The situation of AC class coaches is more or less the same. Talking about 15047 Purvanchal Express, the waiting list in sleeper class on 14th November is 389. The waiting list in SL as of November 16 is 395. In 13155 Mithilanchal Express, the waiting list has been regressed to SL class on 16th November i.e. reservation is not available. In 13105 Ballia Express, the waiting list has been relegated to sleeper class on 14, 15 and 16 November. It is worth noting that due to not getting seats in trains, people’s problems have increased.