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It is interesting as I prepare for my trip to India learning about things over there. I have been investigating train tickets this week and that has been an eye opener. There are hundreds of different trains and up to 8 types of seat/berth to choose from for each one. I found a great site, ‘Train travel in India – a beginners guide‘ which gives a run-down of each type of seat and even has photos.

For two of the trips I am going to try for ‘Air-conditioned 2 tier’ berths because those journeys are at night and the site says for those types there are individual reading lights. They have bunks which fold out from the wall and an attendant also brings around sheets, pillow and a blanket. With the third one, during the day, I am going to go for ‘Sleeper class’ which may be crowded and noisy but should be interesting seeing all the activity around and the scenery out the window (the windows are tinted in the air-conditioned carriages so you don’t get to see outside). BTW Sleeper class costs about $4 for hundreds of km journey!
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