Yesterday my brother traveled from Vijayawada to Visakhapatnam by Vande Bharat express. Checked the availability at 1100 to find the position WL33. Then checked SC Vskp current availability is 366 and asked him to book the ticket . At 1430 still they are 300+ which are carried forward to Vja. At 1500 the ticket check confirmed and still they are 300+ seats available and another 50 booke in current till 1830.
Coming to the journey part arrived at Vja station PF6 which is the fixed PF for both up and down trains...
more... train arrived at 1902/1912 RJY at 2102/12 don't know why they stop VB for 10 min though could leave in 4-5 mins as 200 travellers get down on daily basis. Overtook Chennai NJP exp which arrived at 2046/2116 at RJY. The train covered around 110 km in 60 mins some where bewteen RJY and AKP crossed Bayyavaram 9km from AKP at 2246 and started to crawl and reached Anakapalle at 2255. I left my house at 2300 as its 4km away and reached Rly station by 2312 as it's expected at 2320. checked the position it just left AKP at 2310 and a word and told him that the train will reach at 2340 train was running at 100kmph at Thadi and got good signal at shotup to 125kmphnwhile i talking. Finally arrived at 2340 on PF 1 C5 coach position is near to Gate 1.
Now coming to train interiors he asked me why they are only 2 washrooms instead of 4 for 80 seats like in normal trains. The passage floor is messy with sanddust and washrooms are wet all through.The seat is comfortable and high with footrest but the reclining lever is not working for some seats. The reclining angle for night long distance buses is 135deg VB being a day intercity it should be min 120deg but don't know what angle is in VB. The outside walls appear to be dusted brown and showed it's age of 6 months as it's white. Then food the travellers are served with 2 chapatis, a chicken curry, dal, rice, Curd and an icecream. Chapatis are very thick and sagging and cannot be teared with fingers ( ideally pulkas should be served soft and lesser thickness) chicken is half cooked and hard and dal tasted less salt and North Indian style South Indian take cuuries with salt and chili powder with masala added and the taste is missing, Rice is also soft and weel cooked, curd is Vijaya brand and good and icecream Butterscotch which is ok. He saw some travellers bringing packed food from outside on PF while boarding and after having food thought it's right choice. One litre IRCTc water bottle is served, i think it's standard which ideally should be 500 ml for 4 hrs journey as most of them drink half an d waste the remaining. Rs 242 is collected for dinner and its not worth the price.
His final verdict is a plus for speed which covered 350km in 4.5hrs against the normal train time of 5.5-6hrs and a big no for food. To opt out of food for premium trains in food options drop-down select NO Food or Veg/non veg as choice.
please wait...Translate to EnglishYesterday my bro traveled from Vijayawada to Visakhapatnam on the Vande Bharat express. Checked at 11 to see if there were seats available but it showed WL33. So, I checked the current availability, which was 366 seats, and told him to book. At 2:30, there were still over 300 seats available which were carried forward to Vijayawada. At 3, the ticket was confirmed and there were still over 300 seats available, with 50 more booked by 6:30.
Now, let's talk about the journey. The train arrived at Platform 6 at Vijayawada station, which is the fixed platform for both up and down trains. The train arrived at 7:02/7:12 PM and reached Rajahmundry at 9:02/9:12 PM. I don't know why they stopped the Vande Bharat express for 10 minutes even though they could have left in 4-5 minutes since around 200 travelers get down daily. It overtook the Chennai NJP express which arrived at Rajahmundry at 8:46/9:16 PM. The train covered around 110 km in 60 minutes somewhere between Rajahmundry and Anakapalle. It crossed Bayyavaram, which is 9 km away from Anakapalle, at 10:46 PM and started to move slowly, reaching Anakapalle at 10:55 PM. I left my house at 11 PM as it was only 4 km away and reached the railway station by 11:12 PM, as I expected it to arrive at 11:20 PM. Checked the posi...
please wait...Translate to HindiKal meri bhai ne Vijayawada se Visakhapatnam jaane ke liye Vande Bharat express train me safar kiya. 11 baje ki availability check ki toh WL33 position thi. Fir SC Vskp ki current availability dekhi, 366 thi, aur use ticket book karne ko bola. 2:30 baje tak abhi bhi 300+ seats thi, jo Vja ke liye carry forward ki gayi. 3 baje ticket check karne par bhi abhi bhi 300+ seats available thi aur aur 50 logon ne 6:30 tak current me book karwa liye.
Safar ke hisse me aate hain, Vja station ke PF6 par pahuncha jahan up aur down train dono ke liye fixed platform hai. Train 7:02/7:12 baje pahunchi RJY (Rajahmundry) me, aur 9:02/9:12 baje wapas vahi se nikli. Pata nahi kyun VB train ko 10 min roka gaya tha jabki woh 4-5 min me chal sakti thi, kyuki yahaan rozana 200 yatri utarte hai. RJY par pahunchne par Chennai NJP exp train se aage nikal gayi, jise RJY me 8:46/8:16 baje pahunchi. Train ne RJY aur AKP (Anakapalle) ke beech lagbhag 110 km ki doori 60 min me tay ki hai, AKP se 9 km door Bayyavaram ko 10:46 baje paar kiya phir tezi se ghoomne lagi aur 11:55 baje Anakapalle pahunchi. Main apne ghar se 12 baje nikla kyunki woh 4 km door hai aur raily station par 12:12 baje pahuncha, wahan tak 12:20 ki timing thi.
