Continued from PART I....
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**An approach by two: The Double Decker Blog** - PART II
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The ticket was booked at 01:15 PM, just in time to avoid getting into a longer queue at...
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DEE to book one in current. We continued our rail fanning spree at the Okhla station and then finally decided to start heading towards our source station. After weighing a lot of possible options we had to get there, we finally decided to make it an all rail trip. So there we were, at the Govindpuri to take the metro towards Shastri Nagar, the nearest metro station to DEE. The journey was very peaceful and the 1 hour transit provided me ample time to enter the PNR on IRI, which started bustling with the usual “Happy Journey” wishes. Contrary to my expectations, no one had the interest in knowing my co-traveller, or the purpose of this wild, unusual trip. However, it only saved me from giving any excuses because neither did I had any intentions of revealing it.
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As we started descending the stairs, about 10 rickshawallas started calling out “Aao Double Decker, Double Decker” as they knew that the only reason two people would emerge from otherwise a deserted metro station would be to board the DEE-JP DD. It was an indicator of the popularity of the train in this area, and how non happening DEE station is. We grinned at each other and finally chose the one who offered us a better bargain. As the station started closing in, our phones came out in the anticipation of capturing anything and everything related to rail, that came in our way. 2nd leg of rail fanning was about to begin………
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To be continued……