TKD WDP-4B "प्रतीक" - रंग ऐसा कि हर किसी को प्यार हो जाए - Anubhav Kashyap

"ट्रेन के लगभग सभी काेच खाली थे"-
Much good was not expected for this train, but such an extreme failure was also not suspected.
In contrast, Mumbai-HWH fully ac Superdeluxe express (17-18 coaches) was fully occupied on its inagural run about 2 decases ago!!
End result is- A premium slot in the super congested and highly profitable MUM-HWH route is getting wasted....
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Mahamana type train instead of Antyoday could have served the purpose of RM, IR, as well as public.
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Antyodaya is all GN coach train with improved & more esthetic LHB coaches and 10-15% extra fare. Long distance unreserved premium super duper fast train is basically not a good concept. A long distance passenger ready to pay more shall first prefer to have a reserved berth rather than other facilities/ aesthetics.
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A train with GN+SL+ACIII+ACII with improved & more esthetic LHB coaches (better upto HWH) and 10-15% extra fare., could have resulted in almost full occupancy.
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On what basis Antyoday was started on the route? Was there any study/ market demand survey/ data in support of this train??