As far as wasting Tax Payers Money is concerned, I as a taxpayer am happy that people's need are getting fulfilled instead of a Railfans' issue about higher MPS.
You DO realise Vande Bharat Express runs on tracks right ?? You do realise those tracks are same ? We aren't exactly creating Bullet Trains right now are we ??
Going by your definition, train has to either cover a needlessly long route or do speeds tracks are currently not capable of handling.
Now...
more... you'll tell me, introduce trains when tracks become capable. Well, Gee Whiz India is a country of needs not of Luxury. People don't have the Luxury to wait for Infrastructure to catch up in order to finally get a service that has already been justified through it's occupancy.
Only Railfans care about Higher MPS, 160, 150 etc. Only recently I traveled in RKMP Vande Bharat and Bhopal Shatabdi. You know what reaction I saw when train was doing 160 and 150 respectively ? NOTHING ЁЯШВ. They don't care, they only care about Punctuality, Cleanliness and convenience.
A 16 Coacher Premium Train is getting filled by Delhi Cantt of all Stations, who would've thought of that ??
please wait...Translate to HindiTax Payers ke paiso ko zaya ki baat ho rahi hai, par main ek taxpayer ke taur par khush hoon ki logon ki zarooriyaan poori ho rahi hain, bhai Railfans ko zyada speed se chalne ki mushkil hai, unki kya zaroorat hai?
Vande Bharat Express toh track par chalti hai na, wohi track hai bhai. Abhi toh Bullet Train bhi nahi banaye hain na?
Agar aapki definition par jayein toh train ko ya toh ek busy route par chalaya jaye yaa phir speed itni honi chahiye ki tracks usse handle na kar paatein ho.
Ab bologe ki tracks capable ho toh train launch karo. Aisa karo, India ke logon ko luxury ki zaroorat nahi. Infrastructure improve hone se pehle unka service nahi ruk sakti hai, jabki woh kab ka justified ho chuke hain apni occupancy se.
Higher MPS yaani 160, 150 ke baare mein sirf Railfans ko padi hai. Haal hee mein maine RKMP Vande Bharat aur Bhopal Shatabdi mein travel kiya, aur mujhe pata chala ki jab train 160 ya 150 speed se chalti hai toh logon ko koi farak nahi padta ЁЯШВ. Unko sirf punctuality aur cleanliness ki fikr hoti hai.