Indian Railway Network

India is such a vast country that it is difficult to travel by air to all places and mingle with the locals. The Train journey is the best way to do it. When you travel by train, you can be with other people mostly Indians themselves, who travel from place to place on vacations, to meet their relatives, on business / work, for education purposes and many more. We Indians prefer to travel by train which is more comfortable than a flight.

Indian railways is the best way to explore India and also the second largest in the whole world with more than 4000 railway stations and  to provide excellent value for money. This enhances the charm and the enjoyment of their vacation in to India. There are various trains which have been arranged by the Indian Railways to provide the tourists with luxury facilities, comfortable accommodations like they are on a Royal Odyssey in India.
The first and the most famous one is the Palace on Wheels Train Tour, with which a new script has been written by the Indian Railways. The others are Deccan Odyssey Train Tour and Royal Orient Train Tour. Other than these there are Mountain Railways which passes through curved bends, tunnels, bridges over rivers and hills etc. The special packages have been carefully planned and arranged by the Railways.

How to read and understand the Indian Railways Time Table?
The main and fast moving trains namely Rajdhani, Shatapti, Janashatapti Sampark Kranti, Garib rath, Duranto and Super fast trains are indicated in blue in the Indian Railways Time Table.

Classes of accommodation in the trains
1A First Class AC and AC executive chair car
2A - 2 tier AC sleeper
3A - 3 Tier AC sleeper
FC - First Class
SL - Sleeper class
2S - Second class sitting reserved
II - Second class seat unreserved.

Days of Operation
M- Monday, T - Tuesday, W - wednesday, Th - Thursday, F - Friday, Sa - Saturday and S - Sunday

Luxury Trains of the Indian Railways
Palace on Wheels
Gems of India - Maharajas' Express
Pride of the South - The Golden Chariot
The Deccan Odyssey
The Indian Maharaja
Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
Rajdhani Trains in India