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Topic: mumbai train funda  |
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 30 Jun 2004 05:41 am | #1 |
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1) When you are late, the train is on time. When you are on time, the train is late
2) Entering the train follows Darwins Prinicple. Only the fittest get in.
3) If your day started with a bad omen, dont worry. Remember that you have to enter the train to go to office
4) While entering the train, push and trash and kick all the people you could not really trash and push and kick in your life
5) If you are an asthamatic patient, carry your oxygen cylinder inside the train.
6) Never polish your shoes, keep it in your briefcase and wear it when you reach your office.
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| 30 Jun 2004 07:28 am | #2 |
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Good one. Still a couple more
Don'ts: 
If you are not due to get down, never ever stand near the door.
Never board the Virar train if Andheri is your destination at least not in peak hours. If you still decide to do so, never carry a lot of bags with you. You will in all probability lose it.
Remember :
Always be ready to change platforms as you never know when you will hear 'Aath bajkar ektaalis minute pe Churchgate jaani waali jalad local, aaj Plaotform Number 5 ke badle Platform number 3 se jaayegi'. 
Yeh Mumbai nagariya kaisi nagariya 
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| 30 Jun 2004 02:22 pm | #3 |
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oh yeah and also dont forget to have a peak at the starting of the train in case of a 9-dabba bogi....yikes...run ..run for ur life!!! 
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| 30 Jun 2004 03:23 pm | #4 |
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I have a few memorable experiences...
Once i was trapped inside the train and could not get down at Kanjurmarg. I had to go all the way to Thane.
Later, I was thrown out of train at Dadar when I had to reach CST.
I lived in Powai for abt 3 years and used Mumbai local rarely. But i can imagine the plight of regular commuters without it. Inspite of some shortcomings, I guess its doing a great job!!!
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| 30 Jun 2004 06:04 pm | #5 |
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karenchinks BTW you have to run when its 12 dabba...not 9 - maybe for girls its different
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| 30 Jun 2004 06:10 pm | #6 |
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Some Interesting Stats of Western Railway:
a) Average time between Trains starting from a main station: 2.5 Mins
b) Average cost per km in First Class : Re 0.27 per km
b) Average time taken to travel 30 Kms: 45 Mins
c) Average number of stops in 30 Kms : 12
d) Average time per stop: 45 Secs
e) Average person alighting per stop: 180
f) Average person boarding per stop: 150
g) Average number of non-scheduled stops per train/day: 1.5
Here are some more services available free:
a) Guaranteed Body-heat therapy massage for at least 15 mins
b) Aromatherapy using organic bowel-gases
c) Intensive course in authentic native slang
d) 30 Mins training in Trapeze and Waltz
Jyotishi
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| 30 Jun 2004 11:27 pm | #7 |
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Dont take a bath before going to office, you get a free sweat bath in the train
8) If you are going from Kalyan to VT, start telling Kalyan wale uto right from thane
vice versa if from VT to Kalyan start telling VT wale uto right from Ghatkopar or vikhroli so that you can get a seat in Thane
9) Never take your wife along in a crowded mens compartment.. At night, when you both are on bed, she would say the train was better than you
10) The TC alwasys catches you when your Pass has expired.
11) The train is one of mumbai shows of equality, right from a bihari, up wala bhaiya, mallu, tamil, mahashratiann..hindu muslim sikh isai
All are under one roof.
12) There is absolutely no differencfe between a slow train and a fast train.
The slow train stops in all stations
the fast train stopsts, between all the stations
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| 03 Feb 2005 06:08 pm | #8 |
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Dear All,
Yes, we all curse the Mumbai locals, but we wouldn't part with them. Without them, the city would just collapse. Like Aaditya has said, they are the best example of national integration, no prejudices and everyone generally cooperates despite the occasional fight.
rocrab
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| 03 Feb 2005 07:59 pm | #9 |
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you said it rocrab 
i had put in one of the threads earlier as well n mods had personally acknowledged it.
Not in terms of infrastructure but in terms of routings & services, Mumbai locals & BEST are amongst the top 5 intra-city commuting services in the world 
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| 04 Feb 2005 04:11 pm | #10 |
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I 100% agree wid u all.. locals r the lifelines of mumbai.... in some parts of india as well as rest of world mumbai is recognized due to these locals only....
anybody who comes from outside alwyz wishes 2 hv a taste of local once... although he might not travel in them again
in my 1 yr of stay in mumbai.. i've fallen luv wid this city  ...
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