I and Rajesh were traveling to Hyderabad in Hyderabad express on 29th April. We had our dinner and were almost half a sleep when the train stopped for few minutes in Nidubrolu around 10:20pm. a small station between Bapatla and Tenali Junction. A woman in her mid thirties got into the train and demanded that the berth on which Rajesh was sleeping is reserved for her. After examining the ticket we found that it was reserved for the day before i.e on 28th April. By the time she realized that her ticket is not valid, the train started gaining the speed and almost left the station. She started panicking and wanted to get down the running train by pulling the chain. Passengers around her advised to speak to the ticket collector but she resisted the idea, as she didn't have enough money and went to the forward to pull the chain. She was short and couldn't reach the chain. I was lying in the middle berth I could easily grab the chain and started pulling it, nothing happened for a minute. Rajesh advised me to increase the force applied in pulling the chain. Suddenly there was a hissing sound in the compartment the pneumatic brake system got triggered and train came to halt in few seconds. By the time the lady got down the train railway police in the near by compartments came to her and enquired the reason for pulling the train they left her by cursing without a fine.
From my childhood I always wanted to pull the chain. I used to wonder how a running train could stop when a passenger pulls the chain. Finally my dream has come to a reality :).
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