Train Timing Story

It was mentioned in the train ticket that the new schedule will be effective from 1st December 2006. We tried calling the train enquiry so many times but we didn’t get any proper information about the departure time of our train “Neelachal Superfast Express” from Cuttack. I called up my friend and asked him to find out the timings from Delhi. He confirmed 1250 hrs. We finished all our chores and were all excited to start our travel from my home, Charbatia, which is around 15-20 minutes from Cuttack railway station. We were having tea when papa rushed to me and showed me the train timings in Times of India, as 1210 hrs. We panicked a little bit and papa quickly started his car and vroom.. we were touching 60-80kmph. After crossing Birupa river, I remembered that I had to get some cash from ATM. The ATM was almost 5 mins in opposite direction to the railway station. After the ATM story, papa drove as fast as the car would race, and finally we reached the railway station at 1200 hrs sharp. He zip parked his car in front of the Entry and i carried all the luggage in one go to run for platform no. 1 and there we saw on the notice board that the Neelachal Superfast Express is on time and it is scheduled to depart from Cuttackat 1250hrs. We looked at each other’s face and laughed, with onlookers shocked!!