Indian Railway Forum - 1 - Railway Enquiry

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Today (03:53) 12809/Mumbai CSMT - Howrah Mail (Via Nagpur) (PT)

TrainNut

Entry# 6050554 Tags Past Edits

In about one year from now, I will celebrate 50 years of my first ever long distance train journey. I was three years old at the time, and traveling by First Class in Bombay Mail from Raipur to Bombay VT. I still remember the green and yellow livery (with additional yellow lines), and loco changes in Durg (from electric to diesel), another in Nagpur, then in Bhusaval, and yet another in Igatpuri (DC traction, also prepared for the ghats). A visit to Dining Car became one of my favorite things to do in this train as I traveled through the years and the fantastic rumali roti they served back then.

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Apr 17 (10:14) 12810/Howrah - Mumbai CSMT Mail (Via Nagpur) (PT) | TMR/Tumsar Road Junction (5 PFs)

SGRFC^~

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Entry# 6033337 Tags Past Edits

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@6033337-0 @SGRFC^~

It makes zero sense. Better to ask for a new train than to divert a long running, extremely popular train.

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Mar 15 (11:32) 22470/Hazrat Nizamuddin - Khajuraho Vande Bharat Express

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Today khajuraho VB covered NZM to VGLJ in 4 hours, 2 minutes. Faster than Gatimaan and Bhopal VB.

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@5999101-8 @Dr.AtulSinha~

I took VB from Agra to RKMP on March 21 (wanted Shatabdi but it was wait listed in executive class). The VB was late by 3 hours and had to run behind Mumbai Rajdhani all the way. So, 6 hour journey turned to 9 hours and the problem was technical.

It is possible that VB rake limits the option to an alternative loco unlike regular LHB rake. I was also VERY disappointed with dirty lavatories in both, E1 and E2. I would have assumed it to be clean at its first stop...
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Mar 17 (11:33) 22469/Khajuraho - Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express | KURJ/Khajuraho Junction (3 PFs)

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Call it weekend rush but kurj vb is full today haters can cry like always even i hadn't expected this kind of occupancy 😊

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Apr 08 (23:26)

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@6001289-0 @RailfananshKhajuraho^~

Traveled by this train on March 20 (NZM to AGC). E1 and E2 were practically empty.

Two days later, traveled to from Agra to Bhopal... Shatabdi (my preferred choice) had WL1 in Executive class, but easily available in the VB and it was 30-40% occupied (and reached RKMP 3-hours late).

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Apr 08 (23:28)

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@6001289-7 @Jordan~

I could not get tickets on BPL Shatabdi (March 20) in Executive Class to Agra, so booked this VB (E1 and E2 had plenty of seats open). Similar story when I took RKMP VB from Agra... BPL Shatabdi had wait list (exec class) and VB was 30-40% occupied in E1/E2.

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Mar 15 (20:09) 20825/Bilaspur - Nagpur Vande Bharat Express | NGP/Nagpur Junction (8 PFs)

mr.train_wala~

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Entry# 5999698 Tags Past Edits

Indore Nagpur Vande Bharat and Nagpur Bilaspur Vande Bharat should have RSA with each other and both trains should have a lay-over of 45 minutes at Nagpur. This will allow VB-VB connections from BSP/R/INDB to BPL/UJN/INDB.

Both rakes can be allotted to SECR, PM at Bilaspur and SM at Indore

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Apr 08 (23:05)

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@5999698-0 @mr.train_wala~

This has two issues:
1- requires speeding up of IND-NGP segment
2- VB trains, IMO, are already suffering with lack of maintenance (especially cleaning part). Extending the run of a rake will likely make it worse.

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