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• We can easily calculate time duration. For example, to calculate time duration
between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. is not easy whereas it is easy to find out that the

duration between 0930 hours and 1430 hours is 5 hours.

Reading Timetables—Bus and Railway

We all need to plan our work according to timetable whether it is studies or vacations or
any other thing. Even modes of public transport follow a certain timetable. Thus, we need
to know how to read a timetable.

Example 8: Mr Kaushal staying in Panipat planned a holiday to Shimla. He decided to
travel by bus. Look at the timetable and answer the questions that follow.

Departure Departure Arrival
Terminal Time Terminal Arrival Time Type of Bus
Panipat 15:50 Shimla 22:05 Semi deluxe

Panipat 16:40 Shimla 23:15 Semi deluxe

Panipat 22:00 Shimla 04:10 Semi deluxe

Panipat 09:05 Shimla 16:30 Ordinary

Panipat 11:05 Shimla 10:00 Ordinary

Panipat 16:22 Shimla 23:15 Ordinary

(a) If Mr Kaushal and his family want to reach Shimla early in the morning,
at what time should they leave from Panipat?

(b) If they take the ordinary bus from Panipat at 11:05, at what time will they
reach Shimla?

Solution: (a) To reach Shimla early in the morning, Mr Kaushal and his family should
leave Panipat at 22:00 by the semi deluxe bus.
(b) If they take the ordinary bus from Panipat at 11:05, they will reach Shimla

at 10:00 the next morning.
Example 9: Mr Kaushal and his family plan to return to Delhi by train. There is no direct
train from Shimla. So, they have to take a bus till Kalka and then board the

train from there.
There are two Shatabdi trains from Kalka to Delhi. Their timings are as follows.

Train Departure Arrival at Arrival at Arrival at Arrival at
Number from Kalka Chandigarh Ambala Kurukshetra New Delhi

12006 0615 h 0645 h 0733 h 0810 h 1025 h

12012 1745 h 1815 h 1905 h 1938 h 2155 h

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