Tuesday, May 12, 2009

A Train can have more than 2 Final Destinations ;)

Concept of tatkaal did the trick.. i travelled from Belgaum to Chitaour via Tirupati..
Logically, to reach West( Belgaum ) from East ( Chitapur) , i travelled via South ( Tirupati )..
Why will i take such a adventure in Summer @ 40 degree on Indian Rails..
It was my fortune.. this can happen to u also.. if u r not a phd holder in irctc ( indian rails )
There is a possibility of a train, with one source & one or many destinations.. for ex, Haripriya express, source Kohlapur destinations Hyderabad and Tirupati, 1/2 train goes to Hyd, other halve goes to Tirupati.. ppl who are used to tatkaal booking with one dstination, never bother to check if the train goes thru their expected destination.. reason being.. its one route.. now.. with that assumption.. i booked tatkaal on haripriya express.. i was given Triupati tatkaal.. and i knew.. my station ( Chitapur ) will come @ 8:30 AM in the morning.. i boarded train at 4:30 pm previous day.. it was 7:30 am, when i woke up from Upper birth seat.. i found i was is deep south India.. AP state.. stations namely.. kadapa, renigunta.. i was schojked... wats goin on.. where am I .. my bro is waitn in chitapur.. to recieove me.. then i ran behind a TT who just passed by.. asked him.. when will i reach chitapur.. he said this train.. does not go on that route.. i should have boooked.. Tatkaal Hyderabd.. rather than Tatkaal Tirupati.. so.. wat now.. i got down at reningunta.. a station before tirupati.. it was Friday.. ( a leave approved from office.. which getting wasted in travelling ) I enquired with sttaion master.. @ 8:30.. about any train going to Chitapur .... areey yaar to be contnued.. i actaully wanna go Gulkbagra.. chutaour is coming in this story just bcozz.. ther was no direc train from Belgaum to Gulobagra,.. chitapour is 1 hour drive from Gulbarga.. so i selected chitapur on rail lines... now.. when i am Reningunta.. i have direct trains to Gulbarga.. so no more chitapur.. bye bye to Destiantioons ( Chitapur ) , Statio0n master.. gave info on Suparfast train.. which will deaprt from reninegunta @ 9:30, i had 6o minutes.. to boook ticket.. as any phd holder in irctc will know.. tta.. we cant book... reseved tictecs.. for train.. whose dep time is less than 180 minutes.. mine was 60.. i can only book open tickets.. U/R meaingn unreseved.. 80 seats.. officllay.. but.. 400 acoomication expected... anytime in summer.. and this train goes to commercial hub of INdia.. ( MUMBAI ) starting form Chennai.. its chennai ~ dadar ( mumbai ) super fast.. i took 130 rs ticket.. for 12 hours joiunrey.. with 600 kms ride on rails... tats Indian rails at its best.. berry berry economicalll .. it will take another blog to destibe wat is Genrel bogie or U/R bogie ride... stay tuned.. will update tat also..

" the text , above was narrated by me to more than 20 ppl, when i reached my native to reply to their concern .. what happen.. how did this happen.. "

Yeh Jo desh haain mera.. Swades.. haaiu mera...

Cheeer,
Gops ! now a PHD hlder in IRCTC>>

2 Comments:

At January 22, 2010 at 3:20 AM , Blogger Priyank said...

These Experiences shows India's condition n transports.
Good research for your PHD. ;)
Thanks for sharing your experiences....

 
At October 21, 2013 at 4:32 AM , Blogger Priyank said...

Sirji..now I am thinking that you gave this idea to Shahrukh Khan for his latest movie Chennai Express...:-P

 

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