Bhai, race lagate hai tabhi to aapko subsidywala ticket milta hai. aur khud check karo, Durg, Raipur aur Bilaspur stations have top notch passenger amenities. Even Itwari and Gondia have better facilities. small stations like Dongargarh and Rajnandgaon fare better than Vapi, Balsad or Anand & Nadiad in passenger amenities. SECR has made trains available on most of the network in CG. While most railusers in CG are using MSTs, it doesn't matter whether a train is an ordinary passenger or M/E. Travel in SL in these sections, and you'll see the horde of people claiming passengers are too slow and M/E is the preferred mode of travel. Plus there are plenty MEMUs, which sometimes have better speed in R-DURG section than M/Es.