Last updated: October 2026 · Method: compiled from public listings, operator pages and traveller reports; treat all figures as planning aids, not quotations.
📄 Image slot — a station cloakroom counter with stacked luggage and a receipt book.
A long train layover should be a bazaar afternoon, not a platform sit, the luggage question has three answers.
The options
- The cloakroom: Bikaner Junction runs a cloakroom for confirmed-ticket passengers, bring the ticket, lock the bags, keep the receipt; the Lalgarh second station runs thinner services.
- The hotel workaround: most hotels near the station hold bags for returning guests and, for a small consideration, for others, the station-area guide names the cluster.
- The day-bag strategy: pack valuables and the day’s needs separate from the checked luggage; the namkeen haul goes in the cloakroom, the cash and ID in the day bag.
Timing note: cloakrooms close with the station’s night hours, collect before the last-evening window.