Maitree Express: মৈত্রী এক্সপ্রেস - দুই বাংলার সংস্কৃতি ও ভাতৃত্বের মেলবন্ধন - Joydeep Roy

I very well knew that Pinakini is to Chennai and people don't board to go to Tirupati I asked to study the occupancy pattern for a 3ACC coaches to ascertain demand . Out of 232 seats for today train only 100 seats are to Chennai while 30 or so hot down in middle. It has a avbl of 98 between Vja and Tenali and seatscare filled at intermediate stations Tenali 40 and 58 are carried forward to be 8 by reaching Nellore. We don't how many of them will be to Chennai. You have studied the occupancy pattern of SC VB where there are 200 travellers everyday as per its quota. So to Tirupati Vja can give a max of 200 per day and rest 300 should come from Nsp by stopping at Palakollu, BVRM GDV Tenali and of these only BVRM can give 50-100 and rest all cannot fill...
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200-250 seats. Here people I say railfans are so frenzy about initial occupancy but those will come down as time passes by in 3 months. Being 8 coach yhe train should have double occupanCy of 200 seats Ike in SCTirupati VB from NLR Ong Guntur. Going forward after 2 months when summer goes the occupancy of Ong NLR to Tirupati pr return will gradually come down. That's reason I mentioned kakinada and Rajahmundry which have a population of 5lacs each can provide 100 seats each or from Vskp also a 8 coach initially. First thing us NsP needs a night train to Hyd triweekly with base NSP such that it operates at Friday from SC and Sun from Nsp. I have experience getting tocket in tatkal us way difficult during holidays or weekends in 2 AC by 1005 when 2 are running from SC at night.