PNR – Bicol Express Train
February 7, 2012 in blogging, travel
bicol PNR - Naga City Station
If your going to Camarines Sur,Naga City in particular, you have the option to choose to travel via land, air or by Bicol Express Train.
bicol express
Of the three, riding the train had the longest travel time but the most inexpensive. Even if the airplane companies offers discounted fare, the insurance and other charges can sum up to more than Php. 1,000.00 ($25.00) and even up to Php. 2,000.00 ($50.00)*** if it was a peak season. By land, you can bring your own car or vehicle but you can consume at least a full tank.
The train departs at 6:30 P.M. and expected to arrive in it’s destination by 4:30 A.M. in the morning. (Naga – Tutuban or Tutuban-Naga)
If security is your main concern on riding the Bicol Express, you don’t need to worry because two police wearing a police t-shirt are roving and securing the safety of every one.
You have three options to choose on what you would like to sit/stay, there were the reclining chair or what I called a bus type because it just look like you were riding on a bus. The seats were divided by two big reclining chairs. A wifi television will entertain you through the night until you doze in.
- family sleeper
If you are travelling with your family, you can choose the family sleeper wherein you and your family can lie down during the entire journey.
There is also the executive sleeper if you are travelling alone and you wanted some privacy. You can even choose to stay on the upper deck. ( I wonder what it feels like to stay there)
bicol express executive sleeper
These three options were all air conditioned and I tell you, you have to wear something that can make you warm because my body was chilling the entire trip even I was wearing a jacket and a socks. ( I told myself that I should have brought my mittens and a blanket. I used my towel, to serve as a blanket for me)
bicol express
It’s a way new experience if this is your first time to ride the Bicol Express Train . I felt the excitement and thrill as soon as I heard the sound of the horn indicating that our journey will start and a big bump (noise of the rail road).
Wash room/CR
Although, it is not my first time to ride a train because I used to ride the commuter train with my grandmother going to Alabang when I was a little bit young. The memories keep rushing through my head and makes me cry a bit. I’m a little bit nostalgic and sentimental and in the same time ecstatic because it is my first time to ride the Bicol Express Train.
PNR Tutuban Station at 4:30 a.m.
***$40 to Php. 1.00 conversion.
