Without any shade of doubt, travelling by train is the most common choice made by all the Indians. Including all the hustle and punctuality (sarcasm) of the Indian railways, travelling by train can be a daunting task.Besides all this there are several advantages of travelling in train as you meet many new people especially when you are travelling alone, some of them may also be irritating but if you are lucky enough you can find a lifetime friend in one of these train journeys . You love it, or hate it,there are people who make your long journeys memorable, for you always have a story to tell much after you travel.In this article i would list some of the typical “characters” that almost everybody encounters while travelling in train and you may also be able to relate yourself to fall in one or more of these categories.

10) EXASPERATING KIDS

From running all around in the train fighting with there siblings to littering the entire place these kids can be a real headaches for people who have no experience with kids or for people who want to complete there journey peacefully. Some kids can even be atrocious  in there activities by leaving a chewing gum on the seats or spilling water so that someone falls prey to there activities and they can laugh there heads out leaving you just ashamed in front of the entire crowd. You better be careful of such kids while travelling in train.

9) PHILOSOPHER

They are usually the people from the senior citizens category, they have experienced many things in their life because of which they have their philosophical point of view or some piece of advice for the younger generation in almost everything.For some they can be the best of companions while for others they are just some people trying to interfere in other peoples life.

8) THE KEEN OBSERVER

They are the most introvert people and do not like to talk to anybody about anything.It seems that they have taken the notion of not talking to strangers too seriously as in your entire journey you will hardly find them speaking.Many a times they make you believe that they are either deaf or dumb as neither do they speak nor do they react on other peoples actions which are capable of irritating any normal being.It seems that they have extremely high patience level.

7) DOOR SIDE DUDES

They are among those people who lean out to get a good view or a good smoke.They have the urge to get off at almost every station and discover the local shops of that respective city.They are always the first one to get off and the last ones to get on the train.I wonder sometimes that why do such people even buy tickets as they are never seen on their seats.

6) THE COMPLAINT BOXES

They are those types of people who can literally find loopholes even  in “newton’s laws of motion” .There only purpose in life is to just complaint about everything, they start from the bad condition of the Indian railways and if your journey is long enough you can see their conversation slowing moving towards the functioning of the Indian government , they talk as, if they were the prime minister of India our country would have been a totally reformed one.

5) THE KNOWLEDGE PROVIDER

Starting from what does the RAC on a ticket means to the history of the communication towers and there use, these people provide little kids with all the knowledge in the world they can provide in a small amount of time on the train, many a times such knowledge cannot be gained by kids in there home by there parents but these people make sure that they bestow such knowledge on little kids in an interactive manner.

4) GAME LOVERS

From antakshari to ludo they play almost everything on board providing you with free entertainment and free headaches too. They are the most lively creatures you will ever meet, never tired of playing games and screaming all around the place in a joyous manner.These type of people make best of company while travelling in trains and if you are lucky enough maybe you find a lifetime friend in them.

3) MUNCHING JUMBOS

They are those kinds of people who will munch till eternity.They carry huge boxes of food from their home for their journey and there bags are so huge that they look as if these people were planning to make a journey to outer space.They spill and litter all over the place, and sometimes these mumbos start munching even before the train chugs along and some among these gracious foodies will also offer you to taste their food.

2) INQUISITIVE AUNTIES

Women mostly in their middle ages love to extract information from almost everybody and this inquisitive nature of them can be a slow torture many a times, as they start with sentences like “Where are you going?”,”Do you live there?” from these questions they would skillfully drift to questions about your work and then their focus would be your family.The people under this category are usually loud and bossy and their only purpose in life is to figure out what is going on in other’s life.

1) SLEEPING BEAUTIES

These people have taken the idea of beauty sleep very seriously as from the time they have boarded the train till the time they reach their destination you will always find them preoccupied with just a single activity and that is sleeping. No matter what comes in their way but nothing can shake them from their deep nap, the only time they wake up is to inquire about the current station and whether the train is running on time or not.

The train journey is not altogether a dreadful one it can be real fun sometimes if you enjoy each and every moment of your  journey.