Last weekend I happened to go to Chennai and I quite expected that it would be such a wonderful surprize for me. I had booked a ticket in Mysore Shatbdhi express and was waiting for the train at 4:30 in the evening expecting a boring journey again and had a Harry Potter in my hand to occupy myself.

The first surprize was that, instead of seeign a dabba old azukku moottai train … I was seeing a wonderful new bright silver coloured train approaching towards us. I was quite unsure if I was still imagining things from Harry Potter to come to Bangalore station. It read as 'Mysore Shatabdhi'. I just could not imagine that I would board such a trian. As the train passed by me and I waited for my coach to come, I could see that it was just not me who was awe struck but the complete lot in the platform had a similar expression on their face. As the coaches passed by, I could see bits of the insides of the train already and was quite surprized by it.

Finally I boarded the train and right from the entrance came lot of surprizes. The glass door which leads U into the A/C compartment was no longer a Pull door .. Where it would close every minute and there had to be one person who has to catch it until the whole ot of people gets it. It’s a cool sliding door and its very easy to push it one side and there is a hinge to which it gets attached and later if U release it it goes back to its original place.

The I located my seat and tried to put my luggage on the top where I noticed instead of the rusted 3 steel rods painted in yello colour, the luggage shelf is made up of thick glass.. Wow … I seated myself and the train came to a start and immediately started a low pleasant music in the background.

I started to read my Harry Potter and noticed that I wasn’t getting enough light.. Then noticed the windows where blinds are fixed instead of those ugly looking blue screens.. You could pull the blinds and put it any preferred location depending on the amount of light you require. On top of it.. For every seat there are two reading lights whcich can be switched on or off and the direction can also be changed. Woww….

And finally the utmost pleasant thing…. From the restroom.. U no longer see the ground but it is vaccum operated…..

All these things in Indian Railways….What AAA!!!!!

Hopefully the train remains neat and tidy for ever as it is now….

Excuse me for the bad quality of the pics from my mobile..