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My mother and I returned on Sunday, 6th November, 2011 from the 'Railways of the Raj' holiday organised by On The Go Tours.
We had a marvellous holiday, which was extremely well organised. As the title of the tour suggests, we travelled by rail - mostly overnight rail journeys.
The organisation started well with the excellent pack we received on arrival in Kolkata - it included all rail tickets, well documented and accompanied, where necessary, by the route timetable.
All guides were very efficient, pleasant and knowledgeable and the drivers deserved medals!
We were particularly impressed by the efficiency of the guides in relation to the rail journeys. At no point were we left to our own devices and it was a particularly nice touch that the guide at our departure point texted the guide a the next port of call to let him know that we were on our way and what carriage and cabin we were in, the end result of which meant that our new guide was standing on the platform right outside our carriage. It really was great service and helped to allay any fears we had about finding our guide in the railway stations - which would have been no mean feat given that 14 million people per day travel on the Indian railways!
We would be grateful if the recipient of this e-mail in India ensures that our thanks are noted by you team in India. We thanked all the guides and drivers personally, but a further thank you I'm sure will not go amiss.
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