Question

Essay of Railway station and bus stand ​

Answer 1

bus stand

A bus stand is a very busy place. There is a continuous inflow and outflow of buses. Most of the buses are overcrowded. Some of them are packed to capacity. People are stuffed in these buses like lifeless commodi­ties. The condition of the old, the infirm, the ladies and the children is spiteful. In many buses, seats are reserved for passengers of such categories. But most often this rule is not observed in letter and spirit by the selfish passengers.

Buses begin to ply very early in the 31 Morning. The early office-goers rush to catch them. As the day advances, rush also in­creases. There are long queues at the book­ing windows. When there is delay in the arrival of a bus, the passengers get bored. They begin to look at their watches every now and then. Some people in the queue spend their time in reading newspapers or maga­zines. Others discuss some political matters or ‘seams’. Still others just indulge in gos­sips. Those who feel hungry or thirsty, regale themselves with some refreshment or cold drink at the nearest tuck-shop. Beggars also avail themselves of such opportunities. They just beg or sing to beg.

As the bus arrives, the passengers rush to board it. The queue is often broken. There is scramble between those who want to alight from the bus and those who want to board it. In this struggle, some passengers get their pockets picked. Other loses their luggage. Some of them, especially children, get crushed under the feet of rash and reckless passengers. If any suspicious ob­ject is found at the bus stand or in the bus, the matter must be reported to the police or the roadways authorities.

Some bus stands become pools of muddy water during the rainy season. Some of them do not have proper sheds to protect the passengers from heat and rain. Others do not have proper arrangement for drinking water or neat and clean eatables. More at­tention should be given to the comfort of passengers. The beggars should not be al­lowed to enter the bus stand premises. The vendors’ wares should be surprise checked by health authorities.

RAILWAY STATION

A railway station is a halting place for the trains. At present, railway station are quite common in India. There are a number of railway stations by the sides of the railways.

Special features:

The special features of a big railway station are a row of buildings for the railway office room, waiting rooms,, police station, mail-service, restaurants, book-stalls, the railway platforms with sheds overhead, the railway over bridges, the railways bells and the railway signal posts.

General description:

In the railway office buildings we see the stationmaster’s office, the assistant stationmaster’s office, the enquiry office, the office of the goods-clerk, the office of the booking clerk and the office of the time-keepers. In the booking office, there is a window through which the passengers purchase the tickets.

In the railway station there are two grades of waiting rooms for the passengers. The upper class waiting-room is meant for the upper class ticket holders. The lower class waiting room is meant for the lower class ticket-holders.

The railway station holds a police-station inside it. The railway police personnel are there to check the crimes within a certain jurisdiction on the railways. The railway station provided the regular mail service which is known as R.M.S. The Railway restaurant provides meals and refreshments at the rates fixed by the Government. There are book-stalls in the railway station.

The railway platform is made of chips and mortar. It is raised quite close to the door-still of the railway bodies. Hence, the passengers find it easy to get in and get down the train. In the big station, we find more than one platform. In New York there stands the biggest railway station of the world. This station holds as many as forty-seven railway-platforms.

There are a fixed number of signal-posts at the two ends of the railway station. There is a small bar at the top-end of each signal post. When this bar keeps horizontal, a train does not come in or go out. This bar turns down to allow a train inside or outside the station. This is of course the day-time arrangement. At night, the signal-posts control the trains by their red yellow and blue lights fixed at their heights. The railway-bell rings to show that the lines are clear or the train is out or the train comes in. The railway station provides licensed coolies and hawkers for the convenience of the Railway passengers.

Outside the Railway Station, spots have been earmarked for parking of buses, taxis, rickshaw and bicycles. Near about we find the residential quarters of the employees. There are club-house, lawns, parks playground, dispensary and schools too, for the Railway men employed at the station.