Originally Posted by
hserus
Hi - this is a forum for frequent travelers / frequent flyers, its not a travel agency.
One thing you're really expected to do is to try to search that kind of stuff for yourself.
Like go to
www.cleartrip.com or
www.irctc.co.in and book it. You have all the timings - and I guess you can calculate by yourself how long it takes based on those timings? Or if one ticket costs X, how much will 2 tickets cost? etc.
I didn't know cleartrip could be used for train tickets. Thanks for that info! ^
kay_jay, you can find all the information for your travels (like timings and cost) through IRCTC website linked by
hserus.
EDIT: One thing that's not well explained (IMHO) is the advance purchase question. You may not find all the seats you need (especially for higher classes), and thus may be put on a wait-list. However, you can also just do same-day purchase for general compartment (usually space available), then upgrade if space available by paying the fare difference.
Another thing is that for higher classes, the tickets are reserved/blocked by quota depending on city of origination. So, if you can't find 8 tickets from your intended city of origination, try looking for tickets from a city upstream from where you intend to board, then get on at your intended city of origin. I've never tried this myself, but I've heard others having varying degrees of success with it.