Q.III Write a paragraph in about 100-150 words on ‘The Scene at a Railway
Platform’.
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It was my summer vacation when my whole family decided to go to visit my village where my grandparents lived. I was very excited to go to their place as the journey involved a sixteen-hour long journey of the train. We had to catch the train at six in the early morning. We reached the station at five. The scene of the railway station is always very interesting and exciting for me and my sister as well. All of us sat on the seats near the platform and started to wait for our particular train. after every five minutes, we could see trains coming and going with lots of passengers inside them. along with us, there were lots of people who were also waiting for their train to arrive. The announcements of the trains happened continuously and in the next five minutes, we both learned the way the announcements were happening. Our parents and the people sitting beside us got amused as the way we mimicked the announcing lady. Lots of tea and snack vendors were busy in selling their products to the passengers sitting on the trains and waiting on the platforms as well. People were busy searching for their train’s respective platforms. The scene of the railway station is always engaged with different people who come and go to reach their destination. As soon as our train arrived we went to our particular seat and made ourselves comfortable. The horn of the train blew and we smiled in excitement.
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A railway platform is one of the busiest places that one can see any day. It is always very interesting to stand and watch all the different kinds of people hurrying to and fro. There are passengers, railway officials, beggars, vendors and of course the all important coolies in their red uniforms.
A few days back I went with my mother to the New Delhi railway station to receive my father. He was coming from Mumbai by the Dehradoon Express. We had reached time to stand watch everyone. My mother and I played a game of trying to guess where each person was from by their conversation and dress. It was a good pass time.
The scene at the platform grew busier as the arrival time of the train drew near. The vendors started preparing to sell their wares on the train. The coolies began to collect at the platform. People gathered in huge numbers. The noise level was unbearable. Everyone was Shouting and talking at the same time.
The train came round the bend and slowly moved towards the platform. My mother and I craned out necks to see if we could spot my father. There he was! We Waited impatiently for the train to stop so that he could get down. We all hugged each other happily. The other passengers were also busy boarding and deboarding the train. The platform itself stood as a mute witness to all this activit
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