Rules and Charges of Bike transportation

[dhulipalla]

Hi we are planning to transport our bikes from Bangalore to chandigarh. We are planing to reach chandigarh by other mean By Aug22nd. Since we don't have direct train from Bangalore to chandigarh we are planning to parcel the bike on 12th itsef .. so that there won't be any delays ..

Any suggestions ??

[sterintjose]

Originally Posted by dhulipalla

Hi we are planning to transport our bikes from Bangalore to chandigarh. We are planing to reach chandigarh by other mean By Aug22nd. Since we don't have direct train from Bangalore to chandigarh we are planning to parcel the bike on 12th itsef .. so that there won't be any delays ..

Any suggestions ??

Direct Train is available from Mangalore ... U need to ride 330 kms ..

[dhulipalla]

if there is no direct train from bangalore to chandigarh we cannot parcel the bike in bangalore ?

[sterintjose]

Originally Posted by dhulipalla

if there is no direct train from bangalore to chandigarh we cannot parcel the bike in bangalore ?

Hey dude .. there is nothing like that.. U can parcel anything to any station where any train goes

But it would be faster if u parcel in a train which has same ending station as your parcel's destination... If parcel has to go through one or more transit stations then expect an indeterministic delay

[abhijithora]

Jose which bike you are riding for Leh??

[sterintjose]

Originally Posted by abhijithora

Jose which bike you are riding for Leh??

Mine is Pulsar 180 DTSi V1.

A lot of uncertainties in bike transportation via Train. Let me check whether we can take 6 bikes together.

[sterintjose]

I decided to transport my bike from Bangalore to Chandigarh via GATI courier service. They quoted 3K including all (packing and transportation). Cost wise it is only 500 Rs extra to railway. And no worries about delay in Railway parcelling ...

I could have taken it as luggage but don't want to take the risk of less space in luggage van. Ours is a weekly train from Trivandrum to Chandigarh

Will update the actual cost after doing it ..

[Yogesh Sarkar]

You might want to check, how much extra it is to ship the bike to Mandi. It would save you the trouble of riding in plain

[sterintjose]

Originally Posted by Yogesh Sarkar

You might want to check, how much extra it is to ship the bike to Mandi. It would save you the trouble of riding in plain

We are going there by train and its ending station is Chandigarh. One of us just learned riding. He bought Thunderbird for this trip. So I would like him to ride some kms @ plains before jumping into tougher terrains ....

This is our first trip to North and we all are very excited to ride a longer distance ....

[atitrajpara]

today I have check Pune railway staion and they told me that minimum weight calculation for bike is 300 Kgs, is it so?

they asked me for 3500 rs for pune - jammu, distance is 2300 KMs and I am travelling through Jelum express. as I am reaching Jammu on sunday morning I want to book my bike as lagguage, as sunday they will not give any divivery of parcel as parcel office remain close on sudnay.

An thoughts guys?