So, I caught the train last evening....

emkay456 · 30th September 2009, 17:17

Back on the subject of the NMMT Volvos read an interesting news piece :

Where would you like to go, Ma'am?

rajarajanr · 30th September 2009, 18:02

I have travelled quite a bit in the chennai local trains. The experience is quite similar. If you avoid peak hours you're gold, otherwise it'd be nothing short of an horrifying experience.

The recently introduced flying trains(or so they'd like to call it!) are a quite the opposite though, there is not much crowd and you'd find the experience quite good, given that if you are lucky enough to find a nearby station to the place you are heading!

Lets see how the bangalore metro turns out to be

vigsom · 1st December 2011, 07:27

I witnessed something amusing but also saddening at Bhusawal Station yesterday morning.

The Nizamuddin-Vasco Exp was just pulling out of the Station when I see this 55ish year old coming out of the Refreshment Room with plates full of b/fast on both palms and seeing the last van(the luggage -cum-Guard van) moving away right in front of him.

He was stunned for a second,the guard did not seem bothered,but the man continued to run(with b/fast in hand), hoping that the train would stop.

A whole lot of people shouted at the guard to stop the train,which looked like slowing down halfway down the platform.

I ran away,since I did not want to suffer the same fate as my train,Navjeevan Exp., was on the adjacent platform.

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emkay456 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 388 Thanked: 7 Times	Back on the subject of the NMMT Volvos read an interesting news piece : Where would you like to go, Ma'am?
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rajarajanr Newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10 Thanked: 0 Times	chennai local trains I have travelled quite a bit in the chennai local trains. The experience is quite similar. If you avoid peak hours you're gold, otherwise it'd be nothing short of an horrifying experience. The recently introduced flying trains(or so they'd like to call it!) are a quite the opposite though, there is not much crowd and you'd find the experience quite good, given that if you are lucky enough to find a nearby station to the place you are heading! Lets see how the bangalore metro turns out to be
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vigsom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NSEW Posts: 3,759 Thanked: 25,460 Times	Re: So, I caught the train last evening.... I witnessed something amusing but also saddening at Bhusawal Station yesterday morning. The Nizamuddin-Vasco Exp was just pulling out of the Station when I see this 55ish year old coming out of the Refreshment Room with plates full of b/fast on both palms and seeing the last van(the luggage -cum-Guard van) moving away right in front of him. He was stunned for a second,the guard did not seem bothered,but the man continued to run(with b/fast in hand), hoping that the train would stop. A whole lot of people shouted at the guard to stop the train,which looked like slowing down halfway down the platform. I ran away,since I did not want to suffer the same fate as my train,Navjeevan Exp., was on the adjacent platform.
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