If you are a regular traveller to north bengal and you are not a fan of any particular train of this route (mainly Darjeeling mail, Saraighat exp and Padatik exp) then you will probably know that none of the trains of this route can be called a clean train during peak hours, specially trains whose demand is high namely Darjeeling mail, Saraighat and Padatik. All have almost similar kind of maintainance standard and cleanliness. Often you will keep on finding people camparing trains like Saraighat, Darjeeling, Padatik, Kamrup, etc but those are mostly fan based comments, being a regular traveller to north bengal i hardly find any difference in the sleeper coaches between these trains. But if you are travelling in Saraighat exp, then always be prepared to face the large number of daily passengers between Barddhaman and Rampurhat. They will sit in your seat without even asking for your consent

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