Date: 28-01-2013(Monday)
Trip: kayamkulam - Bangalore
Bus: SRM B9R - KA-01-AB-3341
Boarding: KAYAMKULAM
Departure: 8.10 PM (08:20 PM)
Arrival: 06:30 AM (6:32 AM) SILK BOARD
Seat No: 1
Fare: 1220
BOOKED MY TICKET
ONLINE ON redbus.com.. my favourite seat.. seat no 1 was available and I booked it.
I left home at 5.45 pm.. got UNION travels bus to adoor.
Reached adoor at 6.10 and wandered the entire ksrtc stand. No bus was available
to kayamkulam. Later walked out of stand and waited for a private bus.. even
that was not available.. minutes later.. here comes a ksrtc. it was a venad bus
RAC 649 of adoor depot plying punalur – kayamkulam. boarded at 6.20. I reached
at 7.15. it was the same bus which I boarded to kayamkulam on my previous SRM
trip .I got down and walked to ananda
travels.. reachin there I showed the ticket . he noted down my seat number
mentioning it online and gave my ticket back in hand.. he said the bus will
reach at 8.10.. had an hour to go.. these were the buses that passed by in that
one hour
S.Kallada – yellow . 37**.. 7:21pm
sharma 7.24 ka05ac345 silver
S.kallada ka01ab5906
red. 7:29
airawat club class
and kpn was not seen in the picture
kasrtc b7r mysore -7.45
kallada g4. 8.11pm
all buses passed .. left was srm and s.kallada (mys banglore)
after a hour wait here comes my bus.. noticed it coming from
far and I went in to pick my luggage.. time was 8.20. there was some 6
passengers from kayamkulam.. bus left in two mins .. I was happy seeing
the i-shift in this trip.. movie was
already being played. It was run baby run.. ac was set at 23 . bus was neat and
well maintained .from the start the bus showed it power.. bus moved a kilometer
ahead and there was again a pickup . bus reached haripad at 8.35. both the
drivers were keralites.. the bus started to rip from haripad towards allepy..
it was cruising at 100+ . I could see the speedometer as I was sitting behind
the driver. reached punnapra for dinner halt at 9. Kallada g4 was ready to
depart as we reached… after dinner I checked the bus odo.. it had run 2.03
lakhs..
time 9.20pm.. departure after dinner. Reached allepy at 9.30 cherthala at 9.56
aroor at 10.18.. the bus was fast .. maintaining 80-100 all way till vytilla…
finally reached vytilla at 10.30 .. passengers boarded and the occupancy is
full now. last stop and no more passengers left. Left vytilla at 10.32. crossed edapally at
10.38 . aluva at 10.48 . we overtook the kasrtc b7r at angamaly at 11pm. The
bus was ripping .. with zig zag overtakes because of the truckies.. reached
chalakudi at 11.14pm.. the bus was on 100+ with certain slow downs due to
traffic of trucks. He again picked up speed and finally was behind the red
kallada at pudukkad which left kayamkulam at 7.30 . no mercy and it was
overtaken.. reached thrichur nhai toll at 11.28. ten secs and the toll is cleared .
from the toll picked up speed towards thrichur.. again 100+ recorded highest of 120
on speedo .. reached mannuthy at 11.35.. instead goin through kuthiran , the
bus took left to tcr town to take the shornur route.. mannuthy to tcr town he
was again ripping.. bus was on 102 .
reached thrissur town round at 11.40 .. took the shornur
highway . no mercy there too… it was constant 80-90s on that entire stretch
wherever possible.. had a top speed of
102. Overtook another kallada b9r ( 7638)
at 12.08 am.. smooth overtaking.. crossed bharathapuzha bridge and he
bus stopped for bio break for some passengers. Kallada crossed us then. Break
lasted for 4 mins and we proceeded .. time 12.30 .. we are again behind the
same kallada, trailed for few mins and finally said a bye to it J .. minutes later an
sps non ac py registered was overtaken in a flash.
Time 12.50 and we reached Palakkad.. all way till Palakkad
the bus was in its 90s -100s. reached bypass at 12.52 pm . saw ksrtc garuda
runnin to tvm. Way to walayar and I could see some 300 mts ahead was a kallada
g4 (5737) busy overtaking trucks .. minutes later everyone was left behind. G4
was overtaken.. Super leading . club class to tvm crossed us.. opposite pair of
srm crossed us at 1.10am.finally reached walayar checkpost at 11.12.. saw No.1
, supaa , city travels parked .. bus stopped at the rto .it was for 4 mins.. g4
too reached behind us. meanwhile the famous RNC 724 passed us towards Bangalore
. bus left walayar and in no time even
RNC 724 was left behind at 1.20am.
reachd ettimadai pump at 1.33 am.. the g4 behind us passed by without
entering the pump.. fueling took ten mins and we left at 1.43 am after gulping
in 337 litres of diesel..
2nd driver was on wheels now . I was not sleepy..
first driver and the cleaner went off to sleep .. I went and sat in the cleaner
seat for sometime to enjoy the ride as I
was not sleepy then . was chit chatting with the driver.. very friendly.. he is
into srm since 4 yrs , native of kollam..earlier he was on yathra kottarakara
bus.. he was into driving from age 22 and it was from 1980s.. he used to drive
between calicut –mumbai for a mangalore based operator ..we crossed
L&T first toll and then the bus was flying.. 110-120 on the speedo..
finally took a right towatds tiruppur palladam… the same kallada g4 was again
overtaken at palladam at 2.21am. i guess it’s the ktr bus. The bus was ripping
at 110+ all way towards salem… overtook tvm sharma which left kayamkulam at
7.24. at 3.45 am.. we are still far behind salem bypass.. seeing me dozing in
cleaner seat , the driver woke me and said “ go sleep in ur seat , bus is in
high speed .. sudden braking would hurt u “ 3.55 am and we crossed salem bypass
. 4.06 am reached first nhai toll after salem.. srm sleeper just left as we
reached the toll.. all clear in few seconds and the sleeper too was overtaken..
Then I went off to sleep … later when woke up the bus was
stopped for driver change again .. the break was for some 10 mins .. tvm sharma
and a kallada b9r passed us then.. bus took rayakottah road to hosur .. back to
sleep again.. finally when woke up , bus reached attibele toll at 6.13 am…
overtook kpn b9r towards electronic city .. reached electronic city toll at 6.25am.
a kid wanted a bio break and the driver stopped for him thou only 10 mins left
to reach its final stop.. finally I was dropped at silkboard at 6.32..
All the sadness of my previous srm trip was recovered in
this trip :P . it was a srm show with kalladas overtaken 5 times and a sharma b9r and some AL’s.. I would surely take this bus again. Super
cool driving by both the crew.. super fast.. no rash driving , very courteous crew.. very much well
on time today.. intelligence showed its
power .. super smooth drive ,
Ratings:
Cleanliness: 5/5
Punctuality: 5/5
Staff Behavior: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
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