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Procedure
Most trains have a luggage car, and the bike will be transported on that. You need not actually travel ON that train.
Procedure.
- Go to the parcel office at the station and ask as to whether it is possible to use the train of your choice to transport your bike.
- If yes, ask as to who will be packing it, and you will be directed to meet the porters outside who will quote a fee of about INR150, with material. You need not actually get the bike along. Clear up that this should include loading the vehicle too.
- When you do get the bike to the station, 24hrs before the departure time of the train, be sure to drain it of ALL the petrol. ALL, not even a drop, unless you like paying large bribes (petrol in the tank is a criminal offence).
- Book your bike in at the parcel office, most people under invoice the value of their bikes, as the cost is based on weight + % of the value. Chennai to Mumbai should be INR 1500 or less.
- Once the bike is booked, contact the porter and ask him to pack it. You may want to remove mirrors, indicators, levers, and pack separately as there is a strong possibility that stuff will be dumped on top in the train. Usually these guys pack quite well, there is a small chance of damage, though.
- You need not be present when the bike is loaded.
- You need not be present when the bike is unloaded. You simply have to go to the destination parcel office and claim your bike from the platform where it will have been stored.
A few hints.
Do not ship to Mumbai. You will have to cough up octroi before your bike is released or have a long argument with the people in charge at the parcel office trying to prove that you are not here to settle down and sell your bike. Ship to some station up the line, take delivery, and ride it in.
Why don't you ride it up?? You will make at least 3-4 trips to get your bike shipped/collected (essentially, the equivalent of one entire day spent at a couple of smelly parcel offices).
Chennai Mumbai is mostly good roads, Chennai BLr (330 km) takes just 4 hrs, and Blr Mumbai (1000 km) takes about 15hrs.
Unless you are riding one of the leaky, temperamental ("with character") anachronisms made in Chennai, in which case kindly ignore the time predictions.
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