A BUS STAND
A bus stand is a
place where service buses stop and start from. After a fixed time a good number
of up and down buses touch at a bus stand at different hours of the day and
night. In cities there are sheds for passengers at a bus stand. It is a
temporary shelter for passengers. Passengers wait for some time to get on a
bus. In some bus stands there are counters for tickets. Passengers stand in a
line for buying tickets. Sometimes there is exchange of hot words if anybody
breaks the line. A bus stand is a busy place. One bus comes and another starts
for. The passengers coming here have no time to talk or to look at others. When
a bus comes or starts for, Passengers become busy in procuring a seat. They
push one another to get into it. Ladies find it too difficult to get on a bus.
The drivers and conductors are also very busy. Their shouts are heard. The try
to get as many passengers as they can. Generally a bus is always jam-packed and
it is more jam-packed during office hours. So very few people can get into it.
A bus stand is always noisy. There are road –side, tea-stall, small shops,
hawkers selling betel leaf and cigarette at a bus stand. Magazines and seasonal
fruits are also sold here. It is a useful place indeed.
