Once, in the vacations of Diwali, as we had programmed about, we were going to Kerala. I, my mother and my father got up as early as 5'o'clock in the morning and by 6:30, we reached the railway station to catch our Rajdhani Express which was timed 7:55 in the morning.
As soon as we entered the railway station we saw a crowd of people as big as you cannot imagine. There were 16 platforms on the railway station. Firstly, we had to know that on which platform would our train arrive. There was a big display screen hanging on a wall on platform no.1. There, it was displayed that our train would arrive on platform no. 9. As soon as we heard this news, I picked up my carry bag, the bigger suitcase was held by my father and the smaller one by my mother. Caring the loads like a horse cart, we went towards the fly-over-bridge. after climbing the stairs, we reached the platform no. 9. Finding a bench there, we sat on it.
I went to see the tracks, very unclean and unmaintained containing human wastes etc. which created a foul smell. There were so many houseflies around there.On the other hand, there were red hooded coolies picking and moving some loads on their shoulders. I heard the microphone. It stated after the particular beep, "Passengers please pay attention, The Delhi-Trivendrum Rajdhani express is running late by 2 hours. It will reach here at 9:55 am. "Oh no! 2 hours late!" As we were bored of the foul smell, the crowd, the noise of microphone etc, we went to the waiting room.
After sitting there for some time, I felt a bit hungry. Therefore, to put something in my empty stomach, I went outside to the snacks shop and bought some chips and sandwich and ate it. There I saw a Rajdhani Express train arriving. I suddenly looked at the clock and saw, the time was just 9!. But what of the train!. Suddenly I heard the announcement, "passengers please pay attention, The Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express is arriving on platform no. 9". To my sigh of relief, It was not my train!.
I went to the waiting room and waited there for some more time. Then we went outside to wait for our train. At 10, our train arrived. Our coach was F3 and thus got inside the train and settled at our seat.
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As soon as we entered the railway station we saw a crowd of people as big as you cannot imagine. There were 16 platforms on the railway station. Firstly, we had to know that on which platform would our train arrive. There was a big display screen hanging on a wall on platform no.1. There, it was displayed that our train would arrive on platform no. 9. As soon as we heard this news, I picked up my carry bag, the bigger suitcase was held by my father and the smaller one by my mother. Caring the loads like a horse cart, we went towards the fly-over-bridge. after climbing the stairs, we reached the platform no. 9. Finding a bench there, we sat on it.
I went to see the tracks, very unclean and unmaintained containing human wastes etc. which created a foul smell. There were so many houseflies around there.On the other hand, there were red hooded coolies picking and moving some loads on their shoulders. I heard the microphone. It stated after the particular beep, "Passengers please pay attention, The Delhi-Trivendrum Rajdhani express is running late by 2 hours. It will reach here at 9:55 am. "Oh no! 2 hours late!" As we were bored of the foul smell, the crowd, the noise of microphone etc, we went to the waiting room.
After sitting there for some time, I felt a bit hungry. Therefore, to put something in my empty stomach, I went outside to the snacks shop and bought some chips and sandwich and ate it. There I saw a Rajdhani Express train arriving. I suddenly looked at the clock and saw, the time was just 9!. But what of the train!. Suddenly I heard the announcement, "passengers please pay attention, The Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express is arriving on platform no. 9". To my sigh of relief, It was not my train!.
I went to the waiting room and waited there for some more time. Then we went outside to wait for our train. At 10, our train arrived. Our coach was F3 and thus got inside the train and settled at our seat.
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