Missed Your Train? Here’s How Outstation Cab Saved Your Trip
I got to Coimbatore Junction with what I thought was enough time to spare. It wasn’t. The announcement came through the speaker just as I reached the platform: Departed. Two minutes ago. Press enter or click to view image in full size I had a meeting in Erode at 11 AM, a bag over my shoulder, and, for a good thirty seconds, no idea what I was going to do next. The next train was four hours away. A bus would get me there, but late enough that it wouldn’t really matter anymore. And every minute I spent standing there working it out felt like a minute my client was going to spend wondering where I was. For a moment, I’ll admit, I was rattled. I kept running the math in my head, trying to see if there was any version of the train or bus schedule that still got me there on time. There wasn’t. That’s when I stopped trying to make the old plan work and started looking for something else entirely, and that’s roughly when I found myself trying to find taxi nearby , not because I’d planned for t...