Vande Bharat: Vande Bharat trains are being started one after the other in the country. Passengers get facilities like airplane for less money. Six Vande Bharat trains were launched during PM Modi’s recent visit to Ayodhya, including one from Delhi to Ayodhya. Another new good news has emerged among the Vande Bharat trains being launched on new routes. Giving good news, South Central Railway (SCR) has said that there has been full occupancy in all four Vande Bharat trains running under it in December 2023.
At the same time, SCR may soon get the gift of another Vande Bharat train. This train can run between Secunderabad and Pune. More details about this train may be announced soon. According to media reports, the Secunderabad-Vishakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express, which was started in January 2023 with 16 coaches, is continuously running at full capacity. In December 2023, the occupancy of the Secunderabad–Visakhapatnam train was 134%, while the occupancy of the Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad Express was 143%.
Apart from this, the occupancy of Vande Bharat train going from Secunderabad to Tirupati last month was 114 percent which is more than full. At the same time, the occupancy of Vande Bharat train from Tirupati to Secunderabad has been 105 percent. The occupancy of Kachiguda-Yesvantpur Vande Bharat train was 107 per cent, while the occupancy of Vande Bharat from Yesvantpur to Kachiguda was 110 per cent.
At the same time, in SCR, eight coaches of MGR Chennai Vande Bharat Express from Vijayawada also got a special recognition by connecting Tirupati and recorded an occupancy of 126 percent. SCR General Manager Arun Kumar Jain expressed immense satisfaction over the tremendous success of Vande Bharat Express trains across the region. He stressed that meeting the demands of rail passengers is a top priority for the Railways and efforts will continue to meet the aspirations of passengers, an SCR statement said on Monday.