it's true but, our railways are horrible.. stations stink of pee, the cars are not the cleanest, horrible toilets where your pee/poop goes on the tracks, yuck.
Last I went on a train was early 2000s.. some say things have improved, doubt it.
If you're not feeling too fussy but, there is a lot of charm there in the old world ways of the Indian Railways. Some of the scenery (like on the Konkan track) is absolutely breathtaking, and overall fun if you book 1st class or in a better cabin.
The main problem is that Railways in all subcontinent countries are horribly corrupt and govts. in these countries (even India) largely neglect this sector while only paying minor tribute and lip service. If they poured money in this sector to improve cleanliness. track reliability and punctuality across the board (not just speed for a handful of trains which is a propaganda thing) then all riders (especially middle and lower middle class) would benefit.
Reduction of accidents would be a massive help. The way to reduce accidents is track inspection, daily. The Japanese do it for all sections of their Shinkansen routes, ditto with China and Korea, to see whether fishplates and track alignment are laser perfect. I doubt whether this happens in India.
If speeds are increased without intensifying track maintenance, then accidents will go up in number. This is inevitable. Only factor helping is the wide gauge in India but you need to add super heavy rail in the mainlines for improved speeds.
But govts. don't care, other than gaining vote support.
One has to admit that in less than two decades, China improved their train transport to (some would say) better than Japanese and Korean standards. We should in the subcontinent take a page from that effort and try to implement that. And not just for a handful of trains that are showcase queens and propaganda props.
India's new trainsets are categorized as semi high speed that can run existing lines with some improvements. They are already in use and more of them are being built. Eventually, they may be sold to Bangladesh
China's infrastructure is better. So what?! You are just trolling with no purpose. I wonder where your time and motivation comes from
The difference between China and India rail-infra is night and day. No denying this.
Typical desi response, blame the messenger for "trolling".
Look at the message, the vlogger is not a Bangladesh guy. Nothing he says is false.
I have been on the Rajdhani express first class AC, and I have also had the pleasure of riding the Beijing to Shanghai Bullet train in China, there is no comparison. I am sorry. It is what it is.
One cannot put blinders on and pretend all is hunky-dory with Indian Railways. It is NOT. There is MASSIVE room for improvements. Indian govt. right now does not spend enough money despite the railways being the number one transport medium for the poor and underprivileged.
If India makes as good a railway product as US, Korea (for locomotives) Indonesia and China (for coaches and freight cars) at a competitive price - why will Bangladesh not buy? Right now however that remains to be seen.
In the last decade - Bangladesh invested massively in the rail sector and products from those countries were bought, not from India. But we are not discussing Bangladesh here, let's not derail the discussion.
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