Date: 25-11-2012 (Sunday)
Trip: Pathanamthitta - Bangalore
Bus: VIJIYATHRA B9R ( KA 01AA 8744 )
Boarding: PATHANAMTHITTA COLLEGE JN,
Departure: 4:30 PM (04:45 PM)
Arrival: 6:15 AM (6:23 AM)
Seat No: E4 (LHS window)
Fare: 1100
Being
a Sunday, i checked for tickets two weeks back itself.. and almost all seats
were filled in redbus .. pathanamthitta/ adoor - bangalore also the ones plying trivandrum bangalore via
kayamkulam.. Finally i came to know regarding SRS extended its route till thiruvalla
and finally i booked in it.. Almost 45 seats were vacant in it n i booked seat
no 2 in it.. All i had to do is go to thiruvalla which is almost 45 kms from my
house.. Few days later i called up walkers, pta , asking if tickets are available for 25th ,
they said it’s there , u need to come n take the ticket.. Then i called up my
sis n she booked my ticket,, i got it in vijiyathra.. But still i din cancel my
srs ticket as i was not sure if viji would operate.
later on sunday evening ( 18/11 ) , wen back from sabarimala
, i saw viji gettinG ready to depart from its parking place ( a petrol pump
next to private stand ) , so i had some hope i could travel on viji next
sunday.. it was the maroon bus last sunday.. so i started calculating maroon -
blue- maroon-blue and finally the next sunday was blue.. As always the same bus
which i get.. Coming to this sunday. i reached college junction at 4:10. My
boarding pass was already ready,, collected it and started waiting for the bus.
Tick tock.. 4:25, 4:30 , 4:35 , 4:40 oh nowhere
is the bus... at last 4:45 and i hear the horn , here comes my bus. and i had
smile in my face,, because it was the same maroon bus which i saw last sunday
.. The opposite pair which i had never been. The bus came to a halt and i
boarded.. Finally 4 passengers boarded.. The cleaner went to collect something
from office and the bus left at 4:47.. The bus was already cool.. Ac was running
in full power.. Old hindi songs were played ,, the cleaner came to check the
boarding pass along with a chart and he put
a tick against my seat number.. The same he did to all passengers on
board.. The bus took omalloor, prakanam route to join elanthur in
pathanamthitta- thiruvalla road.. Reached kozhenchery. Took one round all
through the kozhenchery town just to pick one passenger.. The bus proceeded further.
Driving was sedate.. He din cross 60's..
Finally reached thiruvalla @5:41pm.. Saw the srs parked on way before
the boarding place.. srs starts at 6.30pm.. Finally 8 passengers boarded the
bus..
We left thiruvalla at 5.47pm.. no other buses were present at thiruvalla
at that time,, again on mc road , after the thiruvalla bus stand , the bus
again stopped for a pickup. The bus then started ripping.. There were no rash
overtakes.. Bus was fast.. Recorded 83kmph on my gps along tvla-changanashery
road.. Reached changanashery town for pick up at 6:05 pm.. After passengers
were boarded, the bus moved ahead.. Reached the parking place where all buses
generally stop @6:07.. pathanapuram G4 was already parked there. It was the
yellow bus.. The driver entered the stand.. took and round and left.. He din
stop for pickup.. To my shock, the bus took left from stand and again went back
to changanashery town.. i thought it might be taking some other route to kottayam..
but to my surprise , the bus was plying on alleppy route . took a right at
perunna towards alleppy. Slowly the bus started gaining speed. There was a lot incoming
traffic, so there was no much overtaking.. The top speed on that stretch was
82kmph.video was put.. it was some comedy show.. Tough to withstand :P
. finally
the bus reached shavakottapalam ( alleppy ) at
6:55pm.. the bus was nonstop from alleppy to vytilla.. the bus was cruising
at 90's most of the distance.. got a top
spped of 109 kmph.. finally reached vytilla at 7:55pm.. Passengers boarded at
vytilla and the bus left at 8.06pm .. Reached edapally at 8.15. One more
passenger boarded.. Two more pasengers boarded near the edapally - container
terminal crossing. the bus left,, it was in 70s.. Bus reached aluva zam zam
travels at 8.32 and left at 8.38.. A G4 bus arrived when we about to leave.. Reached
angamaly at 8.54. 3 passengers boarded.. It was quick in a minute and the bus
left
Reached richus hotel for dinner at 9pm . suresh kallada ( yelow), viji sleeper and
sona travels b9r was already parked there.. The bus was about to take reverse
to park inside the hotel , and suddenly the bus hit a car. just a small dent.. To
say just a touch and there started a quarrel between driver and car members.
After 5 minutes of quarrel the bus [parked inside for dinner and the drivers
went to deal with them. finally the deal was closed for 2000 rupees.. SPS b9r
reached behind us.. shama (4732) and viji isuzu passed by... two suresh
kalladas.. one red and one white bearing KL45 regn arrived at hotel... finally
the bus left the hotel at 9;40pm.. Reached chalakudi at 9.50. The show was over
by then and the cleaner switched off both the TV’s then itself..
chalakudi - thrissur stretch was vrooming... the bus topped
117kmph with an average speed of 80kmph...reached thrissur toll and one
passenger boarded the bus just after the toll. the bus took thalore , ollur
route and went inside thrissur town.. Reached town at 10.25pm.. Passengers
boarded the bus. Some 4 to 5. Driver n cleaner was talking with the agent and
finally the bus left thrissur at 10.39... new driver entered from thrissur.. But
the old driver was on wheels. The bus took shornur route to palakkad... finally
i went to sleep.. Dint know what happened in between.. When i woke up the bus
just crossed walayar and entered tn.. There was block there due to incoming
traffic and vehicles parked on both sides,, there was no space to go.. Finally
everything cleared and the bus entered the pump near Coimbatore.. It was
12.58am then.. One G4 was already fueling there, and srm ishift bound to tvm
was about to depart after fueling. Minutes later another G4 also arrived at the
pump.. Both the G4s left the pump before us.. Third G4 it was i shift i guess, it just passed by
without entering.. Finally the bus left the pump at 1.06am..
The bus took the LnT road and finally took a right turn.. Must
be through palladam tirupur.. Later i went off to doze... later i woke up
around 5.30.. The bus was moving.. Finally saw through the window. The bus was
not on krishnagiri highway.. so i confirmed that it would the rayakottah hosur
route seeing the road condition.. Finally the bus reached hosur highway at
5.54am.. Reached attibele toll.. Just after the toll, the bus was moving slowly
in its 70’s, a red viji overtook us from the left.. Here comes the show... our
bus started to rip trailing them.. It was a tough race, with gps showin
124kmph.. Both were ripping the road.. It was like both Ferrari teammates
alonso and massa racing on the track leaving all vehicles behind.. Finally our
bus overtook it and reached electronic city toll at 6.15. Just as we leavin the
toll, other viji reached behind us,, passengers were dropped in electronic city
at6.17am and then took the BETL flyover,, finally i was dropped at silk board
at 6.23.. The teammate just arrived behind it..
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| my bus,, pic courtesy: binai |
Overall it was a fast journey.. To say a rash less viji
journey.. enjoyed the trip overall and would sure take the bus later too. I couldn't take any pics.. attaching pics from binai...
Ratings:
Cleanliness: 5/5
Punctuality: 5/5
Staff Behavior: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
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