Vande Bharat trains or VB trains running at high speeds have been appreciated by the passengers now.
The news is that 3 VB trains including the VB train running between Chennaia and Coimbatore have received superb response from the passengers now. The three trains are VB trains running between Chennai Central and Coimbatore, Chennai Central and Mysore and Kasargod and Trivandrum. The average booking in these trains are more than 100% now.
There are 16 coaches present in the VB train that runs between Chennai Central and Mysore.This includes 16 executive chair car coaches and 14 a/c chair car coaches. They could accommodate about 1128 passengers. The average booking in this train foran executive seat car coaches is 140.57percent and 126.98 percent for average booking in chair car coaches.
The 8 coaches belonging to Chennai Central- Coimbatore VB trains has about 596 seats. This includes 7 a/c chair cars and one executive coach. In this VB train, the average booking for an executive compartment and for arm chai compartments is 108.91 and 109.51 respectively.
It must be taken into account that the average booking in the executive car compartment of Kasaragod- Trivandrum VB trains is 181.63 percent and 181.05 percent in the seat car compartment.
It was confirmed by the officers from SR that the response from passengers for these 3 VB trains have been good. For running VB trains on additional routes, discussions have been held. Discussions also took place about operating VB trains from Chennai to southern districts.