When people start complaining about trains being five or six minutes late, a five-word phrase comes to mind: “Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.” It’s an apology my wife Clare and I have come to know well, over the 25 years or so we’ve been visiting India. Intoned like a mantra by an educated female voice, it echoes from the public address systems at Indian railway stations whenever services are running late. It’s practically on a loop when swirling winter fogs cause long delays to the vast journeys made by many of the nation’s trains. “The Habibganj New Delhi Shatabdi Express is delayed by two hours… The Hyderabad Jaipur Express is delayed by four hours… The Firozpur Mumbai Punjab Mail is delayed by six hours.” Inconvenience caused is deeply regretted. We’ve never doubted it. In India we travel by train whenever it’s feasible. Not generally on the plush luxury trains whose carefully planned journeys deliver the sub-continental experience with cosseting comfort and efficiency. No, we love travelling on the everyday railway network – well, actually, I love it rather more than Clare does, but we’ll come to that. For me, travel offers few greater joys than spending a couple of days… Read full this story
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