Editing Vande Bharat (section)

== Bangalore Station ==

Bangalore Central station is quite simple to maneouvre through. There's a big board of departures as soon as you enter and it's easy to get dropped off right at the entrance in your Uber. I've gotten used to British signage, though, and this station is not like that. One classic example is that the sign for the platform is labeled Platform 1. Once you're at platform 1, you get to see that there are other platforms. Bangalore Central is a through station, so you go underground through the walkways to get to your platform. This part was easy enough and the underground walkway was clean by Indian standards.

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Once I was at my platform 7, the signage was quite good. It looks like the PWM LED signs had a duty cycle that doesn't show up but it was descriptive: indicating the train number that was next - which is exactly what I wanted. The station platform was quite empty for the hour<ref name=traffic/> until my train arrived. This changed quite a lot by the time actually arrived as lots of people started showing up just in time.

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It turns out that I was at the right place for my coach so I found it quite easy but boarding here is the usual thing in India and you get a big crowd all trying to board at the same time. The service is timed and this is an intermediate station on the route so I suppose we were all trying to get on before it leaves. I waited till the end, seeing as it would be easy for me to board. There must have been others since the train left late.