Vande Bharat Express: Reduction in the fare of trains running on these routes?
Due to the decrease in the number of passengers in Vande Bharat Express, it is being speculated that soon there may be a reduction in its rate.There are many people who want to travel in Vande Bharat Express but due to its high fare, they are not able to travel in it. Now there is a good news for all those passengers that the Ministry of Railways is preparing to reduce the fare on many routes of Vande Bharat train. The routes in which there is a possibility of reducing the fare of Vande Bharat Express, their occupancy rate is very low. In this, some trains have just been launched and some are old too.According to the Ministry of Railways, currently around 23 Vande Bharat Express are being operated in India. In most of these routes, the occupancy rate of Vande Bharat is very good i.e. 100% or more till almost 200%. At the same time, its occupancy rate has been seen very low in some routes ie less than 30 percent. The main reason for this is said to be short distance and high fare in some routes.
Recently, the occupancy rate of the two Vande Bharat trains that started from bhopal is seen to be very low ie below 30 per cent. Let us inform that the distance from bhopal to indore is about 240 km, this journey takes 3 hours 5 minutes from Vande Bharat and its occupancy rate is only 21 percent. Also, the distance from bhopal to jabalpur is about 330 km, this journey from Vande Bharat takes about 4 hours 35 minutes, its occupancy rate has been seen up to about 29 percent. It is being told that due to less distance and higher fare than other trains, passengers are giving more importance to travel by other trains. In view of these reasons, indian Railways is considering reducing the fare of Vande Bharat Express.
The fare of Vande Bharat may be reduced on these routes-
The distance from bhopal to indore is 240 km. It takes approximately 3 hours 5 minutes.
The distance from bhopal to jabalpur is 330 km. This journey takes approximately 4 hours 35 minutes.
The distance from delhi to dehradun is approximately 302 km. This journey takes approximately 4 hours 45 minutes.
The distance from delhi to AmbAndaura (Himachal Vande Bharat) is 412 km. It takes approximately 5 hours 15 minutes.
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