Kapasan Filling Station

Our filling station is right near the Kapasan railway station. If you are coming from the village or the post office, you will see us sitting right there. It’s a convenient spot for the tractors and the cars passing through this part of the district. Being so close to the tracks means we hear the trains go by all day and through the night. It is noisy but you get used to it after about a week or so. We mostly just handle the fuel and make sure the pumps are working like they should. Sometimes the machines act up when it gets way too hot outside, and we have to try and fix them ourselves. People stop by to stretch their legs or ask for directions to the tehsil office. We have a small area where they can sit down for a minute. The ground gets oily quite often, so we spend a lot of our time throwing sand and sweeping it up. It’s honest work. We do not have any big fancy lounge or anything like that. Just the pumps and a small office. My brother and I take turns on the night shift. It gets very quiet then, except for the occasional truck passing through. We have seen Kapasan change a bit over the years, but the station stays pretty much the same. We just keep the tanks full and wait for the next customer to roll in. It is a steady life here by the railway line.