Paschim destroyed, Himalayan Queen terminated permanently and Shan E Punjab has been reduced to a regular express after introduction of stoppages like Sonipat, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Rajpura, Khanna, Phagwara.
It was premium category when it was introduced with only 5 stoppages Panipat, Ambala Cantt, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Beas, those days it's NDLS departure used to be 6.55 AM and ASR arrival 13.55 PM. 7 Hrs from NDLS on 110 MPS, now 7.35 Hours on 130 MPS.

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I travelled on 8th Nov. I'll be honest VB 2.0 is way comfortable. The train was shaking a lot. It wasn't a comfortable journey at all. VB 2.0 is way comfortable in my opinion. Anyways would this change from VB 2.0 to VB 1.0 permanent? I hope Amb Andaura gets its original VB back. Any dates when would the original VB 2.0 would return?

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Rakes will be under rotation from Delhi with other VBs. So sometimes you will get old and sometimes new rake and may be spare rake.

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IMO, it should be given to short route VB train..
As the rake is very uncomfortable ! not suitable for an 8 hour journey !

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From what I have seen NDLS-BSB VB is running with VB 1.0 rake. NDLS -SVDK VB is also running with VB 1.0 rake (as of nov and now NDLS - AADR is also running with VB 1.0 rake. How is this possible because we had only 2 rakes of VB 1.0 rake in total? Also a quick question, AADR VB has coaches from 2018 (when I travelled on 8th Nov) whereas BSB VB and SVDK VB has coaches from 2019 (I have cross checked it twice now). How is this possible since only 2 rakes have been manufactured for 1.0 version.

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