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I recently travelled in AADR Vande Bharat from CDG - NDLS on 8th Nov and I was surprised that the it has been replaced with Original 1.0 VB rakes (it was launched with VB 2.0 2022 rakes). So I thought that the rakes might have been swapped with SVDK VB. I did some research and found out that both SVDK VB and BSB VB have been running with their original 2019 VB 1.0 rake. Now when I travelled in AADR VB the rakes where manufactured in 2018. How is this possible. Since only 2 VB 1.0 rakes were produced by ICF how is that there are now 3 trains running with VB 2.0 rake.

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I checked every video on YouTube posted between Oct 2023 - Nov 2023 and I get the same answer that BSB and SVDK VB were running with their original allocated VB 1.0 rake. And about my travel experience, it was really not comfortable. The train was wobbling a lot (it was wobbling way worse than an ICF train) and the seats in VB 2.0 are way comfortable. Also what happened to AADR VB's original 2022 rake? My belief is that it might have been used in NDLS - PNBE VB SPL but if that's the case then why was rake replaced way back before Oct 2023.