Buy a ticket, but only for that purpose Indian stations hosting a fierce death battle

IndianTrain riding method is uniqueThings are famous,Holey festival where color powder and color water are applied and everything is colorfully dyedWhen I visited India to interview, I was already aware of various serious problems before buying a train, from buying tickets.

The spectacular struggle of the ticket office can be seen from the following movie.

Indian train ticket office is chaos - YouTube


This is the capital of India - New Delhi.


Characters such as "CURRENT RESERVATION" "ASSISTANCE" "PLAT FORM TICKET" are listed at the ticket office


The ticket office is separated by glass.


Columns are separated by iron pipes in front of ENQUIRY (inquiry window) and ASSISTANCE (assistant window).


Not only stationsZooAlthough there was an iron pipe partition even at the ticket department, I understand well by experiencing the station when the number of people increases as this division is really important.

The place has changed, the following is the station of the town named Mathura which is north of Delhi. People are all pink, crowds blossoming with color water and color powder to celebrate SpringHoley FestivalIt is for the immediate future.


Unlike the previous Delhi there are lots of people at the ticket office. In Mathura the office was separated by metal mesh instead of glass.


In the ticket office there are "regular rows for the elderly" and "rows for the women" in addition to the regular rows, so I asked local people "I can buy tickets early for women's only rows", so if you look side by side ... ....


I put my hands on a shoulder from an unknown woman, and stuck to the sandwich for exactly burning. "The temperature of people in India is really expensive ..." I learned the fact that I would have never known without buying a ticket.


Why do I have to be such a perfect match? In other words, in a row without dividers it was because of death struggle that could not be thought of just buying tickets.

Indian train ticket office is chaos - YouTube


The front of the row is further compressed than the back.


But in the front of the wire gauze rows already collapsed due to intense sideways, people are crowded in disorderly state.


Disputes are also spreading.


A woman wearing a blue sari in front of a wire mesh seems to be entering beside, is being warned of a woman making a row.


"Please line up properly."


But the blue sally woman glanced through to the window.


Eventually I will be pulling Sally, but it does not appear to respond to a woman entering next.


When actually looking at the rows, the compression ratio in front of the window was tremendous, and it seemed that it was easy to flick from the flock unless you stepped on both feet. "Well, if you enter the side you can buy a ticket as soon as you can?", That's not the case, so people at the ticket office do not sell tickets or sell tickets in too much circumstances, saying "You were beside you" There is no doubt that you can buy the one who made the line properly, in the situation that you start to chat with your colleague or walk away from the sales department, but in India men can not pull the women's body strongly Therefore, only the ladies' rows where nobody stops has become chaos.

The ticket office was spectacular, but a calm atmosphere when entering the home.


You can also purchase drinks and food on the stand.


I do not see much in Japan, but there are also people who sit on the cloth laid on the ground and chill out like a picnic.


Depending on the station you also have a rest space where you can dine.


The inside looks like this.


We also sell sweets, juices, snacks and so on.


This is a menu.


Curry you can buy at 30 rupees (about 50 yen).


It is said to be "Cutlets (cutlets)", but for vegetarian purposes it was like a croquette without meat.


I will eat it with sweet chili sauce. 25 rupees (about 40 yen) in 2 pieces


It is also chillin in the train. For Indian trainsThere are 8 gradesHowever, this is a state of bench seat class (AC 3) with 3 air conditioners with air conditioning.


A bench for three people is facing each other.


Looking at the wall ......


As expected it was hanging on a cell phone pouch as a country of technology.


There is also an outlet, so you can charge while putting a cell phone in the pouch.


Fan on the ceiling.


There is also a blanket, so it will be okay when it gets cold.


There are two types of toilets: Japanese style and Western style.


The Japanese style is like this. In addition, toilet paper is not in stock in India because it does not use paper after the toilet.


It was hard to purchase tickets, but train trips are recommended as they can touch the lives of people in India. In the case of New Delhi in the capital of India, tickets can be booked smoothlyForeign counterThere are also, it is convenient to use there.