Vaishali Express - जितना सुंदर तुम्हारा नाम उतनी सुंदर तुम्हारी चाल - be my valentine - Rahul Vatsa

This is about Howrah-Madras Mail in the year 1992. During those days the dep. time was approx. 20:00 hours.
We had to return urgently from North-East to Madras. I was travelling with my uncle, a Sales Manager who travelled frequently. We got flight tickets from Guwahati to Kolkata Dum Dum. After that we wanted to travel by train (cost factor), but we didn't have any ticket.
As soon as the flight landed at DumDum, my uncle told me to bring the luggage and ran towards the exit. When I slowly came out with...
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luggage, he was waiting there smiling, he had 2 reserved tickets in Madras Mail. I was astonished, he explained. By his travel experience he knew that there was a small railway ticket counter at DumDum airport. There were 2 (or 3) tickets quota available in Madras Mail, only for those who landed by the Guwahati-Kolkata noon flight- we had to show our flight tickets in order to avail that (emergency?) quota. It was given on first-come first-served basis, that's why my uncle ran to the exit immediately after landing.
We got the train tickets but taxi from DumDum to HWH got stuck in traffic jam. Vehicles were lined up with no chance of movement. Uncle hit upon a plan for that also. We paid the taxi and took a cycle-rickshaw to the nearest steamer ghat in the Ganga, boarded a steamer and reached Howrah before time. We booked a room in Yatri niwas, took bath, then boarded Madras Mail.
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