Ludhiana, March 4 -- The officials and staffers at the railway station continue to work without any weighing apparatus for luggage, relying on estimations and cursory looks to enforce weight limit norms for luggage.

Though guidelines on how much luggage a passenger can carry, which vary depending on the ticket, are in place, there is no equipment at the station or aboard the trains to weigh bags.

According to Firozpur division divisional chief inspector of tickets Sanjeev Sharma, 35 kg luggage is allowed in general class, 40 kg in sleeper and 50 kg weight is permitted to be carried in air-conditioned coaches. He said that any passenger carrying bags beyond the prescribed weight limits needs to pay a fee and get it moved to the luggage b...