Bicycle in train luggage compartment

Hello there,

I was unaware of how to transport bicycle in Indian railways. I did my first bicycle tour by utilising this facility which was explained to me by Shankar Ramchandran sir, and the trip was in Southern India from Mumbai. All though, they had damaged my handlebar bearing, i still took my chance to utilise Indian railways again on 8-Dec-2019, Sunday at CSMT (Mumbai) and unloaded my bike at Madurai on 09-Dec-19.

Requirements:

1. Reaching couple of hours before train starts

2. Printout of your ticket

3. Photocopy of your identity proof (Pan Card may not work)

4. Register your bike/bicycle at parcel office

5. On your bike write your name, phone number, destination station name and 6 digit code printed at the bottom of your receipt from parcel office.

Pack your bike or let labour around Station pack it for you.

Very important to observe how your bike is being loaded. There are two types modes of transportation. One is luggage which means, you are traveling in the same train as your goods and another is parcel, where only your goods are being transported. When your goods are in luggage category, as soon as you get down, parcel office needs to clear your goods and handover to you, but at LTT station in my last travel i waited for 3 hours for parcel office to open at 9 a.m. and my train had arrived at 6 i guess. Parcel office person are strict and goods are observed by police officers as well.

If you are transporting motor bike, you need to empty your petrol completely.