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Heat and coal-dust across india by train

“I remember the journey so clearly. The ... in Delhi was hot and crowded with thousands of people: taxi and rickshaw driv­ers, boys selling strange items of food, men selling carpets, and a million other things. The heat and the choking steam made us thirsty and hungry, so we found a sort of... and went inside for some ... . After a while, we returned to the heaving masses and stood on the ... as the train pulled in. There was almost a fight to get on. But we managed to climb aboard one of the ..., fight our way down the narrow ..., and find a ... which wasn’t too crowded.

The journey was hot but exciting, with delicious smells from the open fires in the kitchens next to the ... and fantastic scen­ery passing by as the ... pulled us across the plains of India. We leaned out of the windows in search of fresher air. The ... stretched before us — two metal lines running into an endless distance.

That evening we rested at Agra under the shadow of the Taj Mahal before boarding a ... for a night journey further south.

We slept in athe seats converting into narrow beds, and chat­ted to the early hours, our words full of the romance and ex­citement of our Indian adventure.”

(by Keith Harding)

  1. Imagine you are going on a holiday travelling across Canada by train. You want to enjoy the scenery and be comfortable. In pairs, discuss what facilities you would want on the train, and along the journey in general.

  2. Read the article "VIA Rail Canada" and make a list of all the different facilities mentioned.

  3. Read the text again and say whether the following statements are true or false.

  1. There has been a railway across Canada for a long time.

  2. Tea and coffee are free.

  3. The best place to see the scenery is in the Mural Lounge.

  4. The price includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

  5. The internal design of the trains is in a modem style.

  6. All “roomettes” have their own washing facilities.

  7. The beds in the “section” are above each other.

  8. The “bedrooms” have private facilities.

  9. All seats in coach class have foot rests.

  10. Only first class passengers get meals served at their seats.

  11. Young people under 24 receive a 10 % discount on some journeys.

  12. Children under 2 travel free.

  1. Read the text again and find as many positive adjec­tives as possible (e.g. unhurried and unspoilt in the first line). You should be able to find at least twenty. Which adjectives are used to describe the following things?

  • the journey

  • the scenery

  • the service

  • the internal decor and carriages

Via rail canada

An unhurried journey through unspoilt terrain or a fast, fre­quent service to cross the country — since the pioneer days,

when the iron road first linked the eastern seaboard to the Ca­nadian Pacific, the ideal way to see this great dominion has al­ways been VIA Rail. Perfected now in VIA Rail, everything from a short journey to a transcontinental adventure is enjoyed in style, aboard transport that blends the comfort and technology of today’s world with the romance and service of the past.

No long miles of driving behind you or parking problems ahead, just a leisurely journey on a sleek silver train, from the centre of one city to the heart of the next.

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