This Vande Bharat train is yearning for passengers!!!
This Vande Bharat train is yearning for passengers!!!
Vande Bharat Express is the most modern train of India. This semi-automatic train has changed the way people travel. The success of the first Vande Bharat Express running between New delhi and varanasi filled the indian Railways with enthusiasm and now there is a demand to run this train from all over the country. Recently, prime minister Narendra Modi started Vande Bharat Express on 6 routes. Along with this, a target was set to run 4500 Vande Bharat Express in the country by 2047. But, there are some routes where Vande Bharat is yearning for passengers. All these are proving to be a loss deal for indian Railways.
These Vande Bharat trains are not getting passengers
According to indian Railways, 12 Vande Bharat Express are not getting passengers. These include routes like Bhubaneshwar to Visakhapatnam, Tatanagar to Brahmapur, Rewa to Bhopal, Kalaburgi to Bengaluru, udaipur to Agra, Durg to Visakhapatnam, Mangaluru to Madgaon, jodhpur to Sabarmati, Howrah to Gaya, meerut to Lucknow, Baharampur to Tatanagar and nagpur to Secunderabad. Seat occupancy on these routes is not even reaching 50 percent. Almost half the trains are going empty. On some routes, the train is not even 10 percent full. According to railway officials, Vande Bharat is an expensive train. Under political pressure, it has been started on some routes where people do not want to pay so much money.
This train is running full on most routes
The fare of Vande Bharat Express is more than Shatabdi Express. It is the fastest train in the country. This intercity train can run at a speed of 150 km per hour. Due to its modern facilities, it is running full on most routes. It is being run to connect business cities and religious places. Now its sleeper version (Vande Bharat Sleeper) is also going to be launched. It is believed that due to the lack of sleeper, passengers do not want to travel in it on many routes.