Exactly my thoughts,
Is train ka bas downfall hi ho rha h, infact jab ye 140/120/110 k mps pe chalti thi tab jada fast thi instead of now 150/130 kmph speed.
Even ZBTT me bhi jab sabhi trains speedup hui thi to isko 15 minute slowdown kiya tha even when BPL div was (pre ZBTT) running it on 110 kmph (on 3rd line) jabki ab full 130 mps hai, ZBTT me DHO halt bhi remove kiya tha fir bhi 15 min ka slowdown krdiya, fir DHO reintroduce kiya, BINA add hua...
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ab BHS propose h, isse accha BHS pe hi terminate kro best hai. Kyoki ab WCR/RB ko iske liye suggestion dena bhains k aage been bajane jesa h.

And that VB news, khud Railway ki taraf se call aaya to wo bol rhe h ki Operational cost wala figure incorrect h.

Wese kuch hona jana nhi h but abhi bhi agar chaahe to bhot easily isko revive kr sakte hai.
Iske DHO MRA LAR halt hta dena chaahie or MRA,DHO halt KURJ VB me add krdena chaahie uske TT me scope hai.
Baaki Shatabdi ko VB rake se replace krke chalana chaahie 8 hour ka TT bhot easily mil sakta hai RKMP tak
Shatabdi...
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ko dobara 2010s k TT pe shift kar skte h iske through.

But I know WCR/NCR/NR/RB ko ye idea duur duur tak nhi aayega.

Jha tak mne notice Kiya h.
Gondwana is the one with most end to end passengers while MPSK me bhi end to end hote h lekin wo jinko Gondwana me ticket nhi milta or WCR HQ ki favorite train h officials Delhi k liye MPSK hi prefer krte h.
Mahakoshal me JBP wale GWL/AGC/MTJ k liye prefer krte h Delhi k liye passengers STA MYR CTKD VGLJ MBA etc yha se.
Shridham...
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k AC coaches JBP-RKMP full rhte h fir wha khali hoke dobara bhrte h to GWL/AGC/MTJ/NZM. SL coaches me JBP to MTJ tak passengers rhte h least prefered train from JBP to Delhi.

Dainik Bhaskar is infamous for providing wrong facts related to Railways, and when it comes to Bhopal they are a level above. I do not believe them when it comes to Railways as I have seen them printing some great blunders.

I highly doubt the operational cost figure mentioned in the news.
How in the hell the operational cost of a trainset is...
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more than twice than that of a loco hauled Shatabdi which has more halts more running time and on top of that uses diesel as fuel in its EOG (in case HOG doesn't work), its also Higher than that of Rajdhani Express which runs all the way from Bengaluru to Delhi.
If this is the case then IR along with whole world is fool to invest in trainsets. and VB is not going to run in profit even if the occupancy is 100% on every run.

I tried to ask the authenticity of this data from BPL Div PRI but didn't get through. So I have just submitted a RTI asking for the operating cost and revenue generated by RKMP VBs in last 1 year along with Shatabdi and dedicated Superfast running on the same route to get the official figures. Lets wait for the response and then come to conclusion.

Operational Cost of VB mentioned here is way more, double of Shatabdi Express, which I think is little misdirected as Shatabdi uses Diesel in both EOGs even if it runs on HOG. VB also uses regenerative breaking system, automatic doors, better aerodynamics how can just because it is multiple unit train set it operating cost shot double than that of Shatabdi, whereas as far as Train Sets are considered they are supposed to be more energy efficient thus less costly in operation.

And if the operating cost of VB mentioned here is...
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correct than even if VB is 100% occupied on daily basis then also it will always be a loss making because RKMP-NZM VB any day has more than 60% occupancy and 90-100% occupied on weekend, if that is generating low revenue then hardly it will generate 30-40% more even it runs pack daily.

Also I believe Rajdhani data presented here is end to end not Bhopal-Delhi-Bhopal as it doesn't have that much seat quota to get this much revenue.

So overall this news is not making sense to me, anyways this is printed in Newspaper of Bhopal who are infamous to print bogous fake and misleading Railway news.