I have to describe this trin journey as ther most eventful in my life so far. I am coming to chennai by 2 trains,one from goa to bangalore and the next from bangalore to chennai. The first train was "scheduled" to reach bangalore by 7:30 am and the second train was all set to leave at 8:15 am the same day.
Four of us were coming home together. A guy from DAV Moggappair named Sreeraman,the second from Vidya mandir named Deepak, 3rd from sastra(studied in sastra for 1 yeart and then came to bits goa) named Siddarth and the 4th was myself.
We reached the vasco railway station in goa by 2:00 pm itself. We were well ahead in time. So we went to Baskin Robbins and had icecream's. WE then boarded the train at 2:30pm,much earlier then the scheduled time. The train finally left. The journey was quite uneventful. Nothing to do. We were bored. At 11:30 the TTR tells me that the train is late by 40 minutes!!!!Gosh,will we make to our second train???? I decided to sleep and see the rest tomorrow.
Next day. I got up at 7:00 am. We were chalking out alternative plans if we miss the train. Sreeraman's fahter was coming to the bangalore railway station. We asked the TTR when will the train reach Bangalore. He said at 8:10. Shit! This was our plan. We get down by 8:12 and runby 8:14. Sreeraman's dad talked to the train incharge and made sure that the train would leave only by 8:18. 3 minutes bonus time. So we got down by 8:12.
Here starts the fun.
Sreeraman and i had a backpack,Deepak had a travel bag and the worst part Siddart had a suitcase,a big one and how will he run with it. Anyway we started running. When we were about to cross a railway track,a train started pasiing by,slowly. The time was 8:15. 180 seconds left. The slow train toook 90 seconds. 90 more seconds. we ran like never before. Siddharth lagged behind. Sreeraman lead the way. Luckily our coach was close by,we made in 60 seconds. All of us in. The train left. Thanks to Sreeraman's dad. What an experience. The wort part is, After we ran so hard and we needed some pepsi,we had to drink hot tea.:)