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Posted: Apr 07 (10:03)
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4 Public Posts - Sun Apr 07, 2024
Comparison of the two decades old Satabdhi btw Ndls and Bhopal, Four decade old Bengaluru Rajdhani with one year old VB (NDLS - Bhopal I presume), and comparing economics is too premature. The operational cost of VB is double of Satabdhi, which is incorrect. Again, rajdhani express is more revenue generating as it's a long distance train. Benefits from VBs are (1) Around 102 VB services added 1 lakh AC seats for Indian travellers. (2) Instead of travelling overnight, one can return by night or reach by afternoon, this saves hotel stay for biz travellers (3) VB trains on an average occupancy of even at 70 percent will be a good start. (4) We are used to travel with waiting lists, booking 3 months before train travel, etc and VB gives an option to book with confirmation now for next day travel in most sectors (5) Suppose another 150 VB...
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1 Public Posts - Sun Apr 07, 2024