Not upto the Mark. Review on Kerala Express

Everytime a malyalee wanted to travel to his/her home town from Delhi, the first thought that went through their mind was travelling By Kerala Express.(There are a few more options nowdays). Recently while travelling by the a/c 3 tier From New Delhi to Palakkad by the same train, I had thought myself to be lucky to have got a brand new compartment(just 3 months old...manufactured in Aug)only to realise after a few hours that the flush in a couple of the toilets were not functioning, also there were no toilet rolls.There is a steel mug generally in these toilets, well that was also missing.

The best part was yet to come...near the wash basin there was a leakage somewhere from the top....on being asked the attended replied that some pump was not working & hence the leak & can only repired at Thiruvananthapuram, here I must add that the electriction & the others tried the best to repair the problem.If this is the condition in a/c compartments, what about the others!!!!!!!!!!!!! On to food.......

Over the years I have travelled in many long distance trains & some have really to quality food...........here this train fails miserably & this problem has also been brought to officials at various levels.....but to no avail. It takes a marathon 52 hours to reach Thiruvananthapuram from Delhi........a bit too much.

This distance can be covered in less than 50hrs ie too much running time or buffer has been provided for the train. But I suppose even with all these drawbacks for a travelling & train loving Malayalee there is nothing than standing in queue 2 months befor the actual journey to get a confirmed ticked for him & his family.