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Procedure to carry bike in train….
1) Carry all bike papers i.e. RC, Insurance, PUC etc (Both Original and photocopy)
2) Carry your id proof such as DL, Voter Card etc. including Aadhaar Card (Both Original and photocopy). You will need to mention Aadhaar card number in form.
3) Try to calculate fuel in your fuel tank and carry bike as you will have to empty to fuel tank and burn fuel in carburetor. They will start it and check.
4) Reach Parcel office at least 4-5 hours early or one day before, in case of start of journey.
5) You can carry your bike as luggage or as parcel. Carrying bike as luggage is costly by around Rs.500 but your bike will travel in same train with you. You will get delivery as soon as you reach destination station. Luggage parcel are delivered 24 hours. But if you carry bike as parcel then charges are less. But it won’t travel in your train and it may take more days to reach destination.
So it is advisable to carry bike as luggage. You will have to show and mention PNR number of same train.
6) There are many packers outside Parcel office who have packing materials and They charge around Rs. 200 to 300 for packing. It is advisable to carry an old note book’s card board to be tied with bike. You will have to write your name, Train number and date, contact number on it and stitch it on head lamp. If you carry old white plastic cement bag or old white plastic cloth packing material, they you will have more bargain power. I had taken two big plastic packing materials from a cloth wholesale merchant. I had also taken some used packing bike material from Triumph showroom.
7) After packing bike, you will need to fill a form with some details and submit it at Parcel booking counter. This form will be available at Parcel office counter. Parcel counter clerk will punch details in computer online and tell you the amount to be paid. It can be paid via debit card or cash. In my case it was Rs.2600 with money receipt. He will give you a paper which you will need to give at the destination station.
This is how I filled up mine that form.
8) Then go to marker man or counter. He will write on your packed bike. (Bribe Rs.50/=)
9) Then find out which porter or coolie will carry your bike till parcel van of the train. In my case a porter named Pradip was there. I promised him Rs.200 to load my bike in train. In Bhubanewar Station there is an association of coolie and they charge Rs.150 unofficially, as donation to union.
10) Wait near your bike till the train comes and your bike is loaded inside. They will keep bike in side stand inside luggage van.
11) After reaching destination station go to luggage van, which will be last or first in serial. Porters will carry your bike till parcel office.
12) Show the consignment paper and take delivery of your bike. Remove packing and fill fuel and ride.
All process took 3 hours. At 3.00PM, I was waiting near luggage van with luggage and my packed bike was near me only.
I skipped my lunch and had amul cool and some biscuits at railway platform.
Then the train came at 4.30PM, and there were too many parcels to be loaded. I was wondering how they will keep my bike inside luggage van. But they managed it somehow.
At 5.00Pm my train journey started.
Date:- 22.9.2019 :-
I crossed Cuttack Railway Station at 4.50PM on next day. I reached Bhubanewar Station at 5.30PM. I had requested my friend SAMBIT KAR to come and help me to take my bike out of parcel office.
I immediately went to luggage van and this is how my bike was kept. Fully packed and surrounded with parcels.
But not a single part of my bike was damaged. With help of @sambit SAMBIT KAR , I took delivery of my bike and removed packing materials.
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Procedure to carry bike in train….
1) Carry all bike papers i.e. RC, Insurance, PUC etc (Both Original and photocopy)
2) Carry your id proof such as DL, Voter Card etc. including Aadhaar Card (Both Original and photocopy). You will need to mention Aadhaar card number in form.
3) Try to calculate fuel in your fuel tank and carry bike as you will have to empty to fuel tank and burn fuel in carburetor. They will start it and check.
4) Reach Parcel office at least 4-5 hours early or one day before, in case of start of journey.
5) You can carry your bike as luggage or as parcel. Carrying bike as luggage is costly by around Rs.500 but your bike will travel in same train with you. You will get delivery as soon as you reach destination station. Luggage parcel are delivered 24 hours. But if you carry bike as parcel then charges are less. But it won’t travel in your train and it may take more days to reach destination.
So it is advisable to carry bike as luggage. You will have to show and mention PNR number of same train.
6) There are many packers outside Parcel office who have packing materials and They charge around Rs. 200 to 300 for packing. It is advisable to carry an old note book’s card board to be tied with bike. You will have to write your name, Train number and date, contact number on it and stitch it on head lamp. If you carry old white plastic cement bag or old white plastic cloth packing material, they you will have more bargain power. I had taken two big plastic packing materials from a cloth wholesale merchant. I had also taken some used packing bike material from Triumph showroom.
7) After packing bike, you will need to fill a form with some details and submit it at Parcel booking counter. This form will be available at Parcel office counter. Parcel counter clerk will punch details in computer online and tell you the amount to be paid. It can be paid via debit card or cash. In my case it was Rs.2600 with money receipt. He will give you a paper which you will need to give at the destination station.
This is how I filled up mine that form.
8) Then go to marker man or counter. He will write on your packed bike. (Bribe Rs.50/=)
9) Then find out which porter or coolie will carry your bike till parcel van of the train. In my case a porter named Pradip was there. I promised him Rs.200 to load my bike in train. In Bhubanewar Station there is an association of coolie and they charge Rs.150 unofficially, as donation to union.
10) Wait near your bike till the train comes and your bike is loaded inside. They will keep bike in side stand inside luggage van.
11) After reaching destination station go to luggage van, which will be last or first in serial. Porters will carry your bike till parcel office.
12) Show the consignment paper and take delivery of your bike. Remove packing and fill fuel and ride.
All process took 3 hours. At 3.00PM, I was waiting near luggage van with luggage and my packed bike was near me only.
I skipped my lunch and had amul cool and some biscuits at railway platform.
Then the train came at 4.30PM, and there were too many parcels to be loaded. I was wondering how they will keep my bike inside luggage van. But they managed it somehow.
At 5.00Pm my train journey started.
Date:- 22.9.2019 :-
I crossed Cuttack Railway Station at 4.50PM on next day. I reached Bhubanewar Station at 5.30PM. I had requested my friend SAMBIT KAR to come and help me to take my bike out of parcel office.
I immediately went to luggage van and this is how my bike was kept. Fully packed and surrounded with parcels.
But not a single part of my bike was damaged. With help of @sambit SAMBIT KAR , I took delivery of my bike and removed packing materials.
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