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I was charging my phone at around 9 PM on a train. A railway police came and told me to unplug my phone ?

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I was charging my phone at around 9 PM on a train. A railway police came and told me to unplug my phone as it is not allowed at this time. Is there any truth to this?

It is true. The Indian Railways has banned the charging of mobile phones at night in the coach between 9 PM and 7 AM (or maybe 6 AM). This is because many times cell phones have caused a fire and by the time it is noticed, it is pretty strong. To me, this reeks of stupidity but then bureaucracy is rarely filled with people with common sense.

Anyway. Plane, train or bus. I do not depend upon seat chargers. I have often found that the sockets don’t work, USB points are broken, etc. I always carry my own powerbank that I charge fully before starting the journey. It is 20,000 mAH and enough to charge two mobiles or an iPad that will last the whole journey. In my opinion, a powerbank is just as necessary as the mobile phone itself.


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Benevolent Benevolent
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instead of making good electrical sockets they had to come with this junk idea?

dont charge ur phone in trains anyways,the boards can make ur phone go trash

Finance Ninja Finance Ninja
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Last time i travelled in train the TT asked me to not charge my phone as well but he gave the reason that many times people leave their phone out for charging and their phone is stolen then they blame railways for it but people don't understand it so they use the reason that your phone may catch fire.
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Pro Shopping Friend Pro Shopping Friend
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Railway sockets powers 110v instead of 220v ,which causes phone hang and heat up Maybe coz of overcharging at night they are doing this. Exact reason toh electrical engineer he bta payenge.
Mobile Guru Mobile Guru
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Its 110v DC not AC, for modern chargers 220v AC or 110v DC doesn't matter if u put AC to it it'll convert to DC, if u put DC to it no conversation needed

In my experience charging in train is insanely slow it takes 4-5 hours to charge 10%-70% for my phone with 10w charger joy
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Deal Hunter Deal Hunter
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yeah  and even in rajdhani they will switch off the socket at night , i consider it as safety precaution as some accident happened at night in train due to socket failure 

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Yes, it is a norm and primarily written around the socket area. Have seen people operating electric water boilers and extension boards from that socket, no wonder why they had to implement such a rule. Apart from safety, as a frequent traveler, it is quite a relief that uncles and aunties will reduce their facebook/reels usage on mobile stereo after midnight.

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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When you compare our railways with others like China who were at a similar place in ~1990, you'll know that our development has been a scam. We will be a 3rd world country for the rest of this century.

There is an old joke that goes that "If Gandhi comes to India today and takes a train, he won't know that it is in fact 2022 and not 1947!"

Deal's Advocate Deal's Advocate
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Gandhiji travels everyday in train or any transport or roads 


Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Whenever any official talks about security and suggests precautions, never try to oversmart him.


Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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I tried to talk back to a police officer regarding this. And he told me that he would file a case against me

Benevolent Benevolent
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I never directly charge phone in train. I normally carry two powerbanks. Put one to charge from train socket and use other to charge phone.

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Wah If we have 2 power bank then no need to worry many people have min. 1000mah capacity power bank 😇

They can charge any where 

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Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Yes I think the time start from 10pm 😇

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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my friend mobile got theft 3 days back while he kept his phone charging during night time

Commentator Commentator
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On this note please suggest a good powerbank
Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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actual thing is theft

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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I have put my iphone 11 charging in train , after 4 hours the battery goes down from 80 to 0% , my phone's battery got damaged .. after that how much i charge my iphone battery goes dead..finally inhave to sell that iphone ..so please dont charge ur phone in train

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