| Just read the original post for the 1st time. What you described, WJS, seems to be an extremely rare incident. Usually, if the sleeper wagons are not fully occupied, passengers with seater or standing tickets will very likely upgrade their tickets and occupy the vacant beds. In fact, if what you described would happen more frequently, it would be a natural way to tackle the corruption issue. For if the sleeper wagons remain empty or not fully occupied, it would mean that the yellow cows weren't able to sell all their tickets. Every unsold ticket reduces the amount of profit distributable to themselves or the insiders in control of the tickets. This would force them to sell the tickets more aggresively or for more reasonable terms, e.g. by reducing prices to fair levels. In the end, money is the cause for corruption, but also the natural remedy to stop it. |
Where are the Train Tickets?