Question

Write an essay about - A Journey in a Crowded Train

Answer 1

When a large mail train is about to start, a railway station is generally a scene of considerable confusion. As the poorer people of India have little regard for time, long before the moment of departure many of them have come to the station, and may be seen waiting patiently in clusters round their pots and pans and other luggage.

Besides the actual passengers, the station is also crowded with those who have come to see their friends off. It is not without much bustle and excitement that all the travelers, after taking their tickets and having their luggage weighed, get themselves and their many parcels packed into the compartments of the carriages, and it is a great relief when at last the bell rings and the train with a loud whistle glides smoothly out of the station.

Let us suppose that you are now comfortably or uncomfort­ably settled in your seat. You naturally look round the compart­ment with some interest to see what kind of Icon-passengers you have.

Some are so shy and reserved that they will hardly speak when spoken to, while others force their conversation upon reluctant listeners. Occasionally in a railway train one meets well-informed and agreeable persons, whose con­versation does much to relieve the tedium of a long journey.

Even more interesting than the study of the different charac­ters of one’s fellow-passengers, is the variety of the scenery through which the railway passes. As the train hurries on at the rate of thirty miles an hour, a changing panorama of natural scenery passes before your eyes.