Sunday, February 19, 2012

Same source, Same destination

Friday evening 6:00 pm, I started running from office to take auto to catch Charminar Express, which was scheduled for departure from Secundarabad station at 6:55 pm. Luckily, I got an auto immediately and he agreed to go by meter(which is very not very common). I told the auto driver that its very urgent. He was one of the really amazing driver. He was one of the Alonso for auto rickshaw.


After rushing through heavy traffic, we reached railway station at 6:53 pm. I had 2 minutes more to run and catch the train. With heavy bag behind, I started running through busy railway station parking. It was already 6:55, I had just entered railway station building. But I didn't want to give up, so I continued running inside.


I saw train still standing in the platform with name written in telugu and about to move. I didn't want to be like a movie hero, who would only get into the right compartment and right door, even though all compartments are connected. So I just got into the nearest compartment and started looking for S5 compartment. I reach it in few minutes. My seat number was 16 - side upper berth. I saw someone sitting in my seat. I went straight to my place and kept my bag. The guy sitting there said that it was his seat. I took ticket from my bag and checked my seat number, it was right. So I asked him to show his ticket. He was also having S5-16. Then I asked him to check date, it was also 17th feb, 2012. Then came the big shock.


It was not Charminar Express, but Padmavathi Expresses. I was shocked, but was some what excited. First thing flashed in my mind was that Im going to visit some unknown city (like Nagpur, Jaipur, etc). So I asked him, what is the last place. 'Tripathi', he replied.



Should I be worried or should I be trilled??? All mixed reactions in my mind. Then people around me understood the situation and started advising me in telugu and hindi. As usual I picked only nouns and figured out(this time right) what they were trying to say.
I explained my situation to TTE, he asked me to change train at next station(Kazipet). It seems both trains were late.






Finally I changed train at Kazipet and came to right destination, Chennai.

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