Mumbai Monorail authorities didn’t sound too confident on Saturday. They made us all sign an indemnity bond before we boarded the train for its maiden run with people on board.

But from then on, it was sheer joy. Over a 100 media persons who were invited as part of the maiden run, bounded up the stairs, past the automatic entry/exit points (that would normally operate only after swiping the card tickets) and into the bright green and pink rakes that stood waiting for us.