Side Upper in Train.
Railways once introduced a berth by name Side Middle, to accompany 9 more passengers to each compartment. But it soon proved to be a bad model as the side upper went a little higher to make it tough for the passenger to get into to the berth. The side middle was removed then. A couple of days back, I took the Perl City express to come to Sattur from Chennai. I got the side upper berth. But in the compartment, I travelled, they have removed the side middle, but have not lowered the Side Upper to the previous position. It became very tough for me to get into the compartment. I saw a couple of people who are more thn 6 feet struggling hard to get in and get out.
The compartment itself is too old that it had a lot of reinforcements done for the different berths. With the revenue Railways is making and considering the cost paid by the consumer for the travel, Railways can replace such older compartments.
Cheers - Ranjith
