You people know very well how much I miss Calcutta. And of course the Bengali people and their delicacies. So whenever I get a chance, by hook or by crook I somehow manage to escape the jails of my hostel. If you live in Calcutta you will never feel anything for Calcutta. Get your butt out of this CITY OF JOY and you will know how much you love and how much insecure you will feel about Calcutta. You can criticize your own city but you cannot just let any other outsider criticize Calcutta. I'm just kick the hell outta him. Grr... Err... Oops! I just got carried away. Pardon me for that.

Anyway, coming to my point. So may be escaping hostel without informing anybody is easy for me but getting a confirmed ticket for A.C. or sleeper class in trains was thousand times tough if compared with the flight reservation systems. In Indian Railway you can reserve your seat in the train two months before your fixed journey date ( it was four months before till 2012, the rule changed in mid 2013 ). Those who travel mostly by trains know the horror of booking seats in Indian Railway very well... But I don't think the politicians or their relatives who travel by using their "politician quota" status face much problems. So booking a seat through IRCTC website or just by going to a nearby railway station was not easy for me because I'm a student. I can't predict the dates of the university semesters just like that. And also my poor body which is a temple of God neither likes or permits hoping and jumping for getting a confirmed ticket unlike other students out there. So I usually don't travel with confirmed tickets ( and sometimes without tickets also) ! LAWL! Alright people. Now stop looking at me like that. Calm the fuck down! It's just a normal thing for me. And you guys think I give a shit about that? But my return journeys are always with proper confirmed valid Tatkal tickets. All credit goes to my dad for that. He is an expert in getting me a confirmed Tatkal ticket ( Love you and miss you, dad ).

I'm a Bengali boy... Who loves Durga Puja, rosgollas and fishes. So it's natural for me to

 miss Durga Puja. I even remember my first ticket-less train travel.

This express is one of my favorite. Always travels on time and so is their travelling schedules. Their pantry car service is also great. But d prob is getting confirmed seat in this train is really tough. So TTE uncles, do whatever u can we'll always board d train without any ticket and won't also pay d fine! Once a TTE told us "I'll call the cops to arrest you if you if you don't pay the fine" and then he called a Railway Police Force constable but he dint know we bribed that Railway Police Force constable

This is another awesome train for travelling! Excellent pantry car service. The train is also cleaned regularly. Latrines ain't that dirty as the other trains, you know. The berths are also neat and clean. And it's also my lucky train! I once got caught by a TTE...and he was a sweetheart! loved u! You knew that I was travelling without any AC class ticket but you let me go just after checking my ID cards & debit card! Just wanna say that  you rock! I would love to see S.E. Indian Railways employing these kind of TTEs! LEL!

 That day I missed my train and ended up boarding this Vasco Da Gama, Goa going train! Now guys, don't think that I went to Goa without a valid ticket. I boarded the train's sleeper class with a general class ticket. I also had my confirmed ticket of that previous train. I was sleeping when the TTE came. Oh! He was a complete retarded dickhead! I was repeatedly telling him about that night's situation that I missed my train and planned to board on this train at the last minute. I even showed him that confirmed ticket and requested him just to take the reservation charge but not the fine but he went on threatening me. Fuck you, old man! At last I hopped off the train when Khurda Road station came. It was around 1:45 am in the night.

Dirtiest! Ugliest! Most disgusting train on earth! To hell with their food and their pantry car services!

From the train's berth to the latrines! Dirty like HELL!! Don't ever make the mistake of boarding this train! Also it's very slow if compared with the other south going express trains out there.

Always crowded as fuck but nice and comfortable express. You can expect to make loads of somewhat white skinned blended with typical Mongolian looks, the  Assamese. Whoa! They are always full of so much positive views on life! The train also is very punctual. Good food. Not squeaky clean but still at least you can get clean latrines to use. Berths are also more or less comfortable. Never also had any issues with the TTEs o this train also.

And about the travelling ticket-less part: See.. We are (me and my amigos) just a gang of teenage student coming from different parts of India... naturally we will always do these types of things like travelling without any tickets. We teenagers have fun in breaking rules that you know very well. So don't create such a huge issue on train for this. Try to be humble and understanding with the students. And don't worry, we promise after getting established we will always travel with valid confirmed tickets. Promise.