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22303/Howrah - Gaya Vande Bharat Express
हावड़ा - गया वन्दे भारत एक्सप्रेस

HWH/Howrah Junction --> ASN/Asansol Junction

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Bedroll/Linen: NOT Available
Inaugural Run
Sun Sep 15, 2024
Pantry/Catering
✕ Pantry Car
✓ On-board Catering
✕ E-Catering
Updated: Sep 15 (01:55) by jishnuthakur12301^~
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Rating: 4.8/5 (6 votes)
cleanliness - excellent (1)
punctuality - excellent (1)
food - good (1)
ticket avbl - excellent (1)
railfanning - excellent (1)
safety - excellent (1)
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Vande Bharat Rake of 16 Cars
First Departure: Wed Sep 18, 2024 from HWH/Howrah Junction
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Sep 21 (15:29)   22304/Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express | DHN/Dhanbad Junction (9 PFs)
RailfanBhartiya   141 blog posts
Entry# 6197164            Tags   Past Edits
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Vande Bharat Today's Occupancy ~77%
For 59 VBs that are running today the occupancy is as below (check attached image for more details)
VBs - Occupancy
17 100%
20
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75-100%
9 50-75%
9 25-50%
4 0-25%

Further coach composition of the VBs is:
38VB - 08 Coach
18VB - 16 Coach
03VB - 20 Coach
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kirk781^~   4328 blog posts
Re# 6197164-30               Past Edits
More people probably cram into a GN coach than Durg VB. Also, UDZ-AGC VB reminds one of the JP-AF Shatabdi. Not worth it. Though I am surprised to find PNBE-GTNR VB running at full occupancy. Despite not good arrival time at PNBE, it is still getting pax.
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Yesterday (09:03)
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Dgvj01~   2783 blog posts
Re# 6197164-31              
The only viable solution for UDZ to run a VB is to send it to NZM ! Quash all the present routes and start afresh with UDZ-NZM VB . The route can be covered in 8.5 hours easily !!
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Yesterday (09:08)
kirk781^~   4328 blog posts
Re# 6197164-32              
The current VB via Agra can't obviously be extended to NZM since that would take the travel time to 10+ hours very easily. If they take UDZ-Delhi express, it'll still be a ~650+ km journey via slow tracks. If they route it via JP, the distance will jump again by 50+ kms. Plus, they would need to short terminate it at DEC or DEE at best since taking it to NDLS/NZM would take 30 mins extra very easily.
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Yesterday (09:38)
Dgvj01~
Dgvj01~   2783 blog posts
Re# 6197164-33              
First of all , they need to cancel all the routes .
Secondly they need to introduce a new 6 days a week train to NZM .
Starting UDZ at 6:00 , Kota :9:40 , NZM : 14:05
NZM : 15:00 Kota : 19:20/25 , UDZ : 23:05
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Yesterday (22:09)
Ritzraj~
Ritzraj~   1518 blog posts
Re# 6197164-34              
I know its doable, but looking into the lackadaisical attitude of NWR, this looks like a distant dream.
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Sep 23 (10:59)   22304/Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express | GAYA/Gaya Junction (10 PFs)
Piyush_Kumar_Singh^~
Piyush_Kumar_Singh^~   16968 blog posts
Entry# 6199072            Tags   Past Edits
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GAYA(pf-04) - HWH(pf-06)
22304
18-09-24
1-3 VB @pf04) Gaya Jn.
4. VB @KQR
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VB @PNME
8 GMO skip
9 Tea
10 VB overtaking RNC HWH Shatabdi at Asansol Junction
11 Dinner
12 HWH JMP @HWH

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Sep 18 (09:51)   22487/Delhi - Amritsar Vande Bharat Express | MAS/MGR Chennai Central (12 PFs)
mr.train_wala~
mr.train_wala~   3474 blog posts
Entry# 6193537            Tags   Past Edits
VB Rake Swapping Proposals

8 coach VBs that should run with 16 coach rakes
1. 22487/88 ASR DLI Vande Bharat
2. 20631/32 MAQ TVC Vande Bharat
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20665/66 MS TEN Vande Bharat
4. 20643/44 MAS CBE Vande Bharat
5. 20703/04 KCG YPR Vande Bharat
6. 20663/64 MYS MAS Vande Bharat

16 coach VBs that should run with 8 coach rakes
1. 20101/02 NGP SC Vande Bharat (20 coach rake swap to 8)
2. 20829/30 DURG VSKP Vande Bharat
3. 22447/48 NDLS AADR Vande Bharat
4. 22303/04 HWH GAYA Vande Bharat
5. 22223/24 CSMT SNSI Vande Bharat
6. 20171/72 RKMP NZM Vande Bharat

These 2 sets of 6 VB trains should exchange their rakes for optimum usage of VB rakes.

New routes (+ additional frequencies) which could potentially support 16 coach VB trains

01. Indore - Hazrat Nizamuddin via Kota
02. Howrah - Brahmapur
03. New Delhi - Lucknow NE
04. Mumbai Central - Ekta Nagar
05. Secunderabad - Pune
06. Howrah - Varanasi
07. New Delhi - Amritsar
08. New Delhi - Jodhpur via Jaipur
09. Jaipur - Haridwar via Delhi
10. Chennai Central - Secunderabad
11. Jaipur - Lucknow via Agra Cantt
12. Tirupati - Secunderabad
13. Pune - Ahmedabad
14. Mumbai CST - Kolhapur
15. Yesvantpur - Kacheguda

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Sep 22 (13:20)   22304/Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express | GAYA/Gaya Junction (10 PFs)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3812 blog posts
Entry# 6198136            Tags   Past Edits
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Train : Gaya Howrah Vande Bharat Express
Journey : Gaya Jn to Dhanbad Jn
Date : 22 Sep 2024
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Unfortunately, due to some work I won't be able to board. Only my parents will be boarding.

Will try to share pics (inside of coach ) here in this blog.

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Sep 22 (15:59)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3812 blog posts
Re# 6198136-4              
Evening Snacks Served.
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Sep 22 (16:04)
kirk781^~   4328 blog posts
Re# 6198136-5              
How was the occupancy?
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Sep 22 (16:11)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3812 blog posts
Re# 6198136-6              
Our coach was nearly 70% full
For Whole train, occupancy nearly 50%-60% ( as this is 16 coach VB)
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Sep 22 (16:14)
kirk781^~   4328 blog posts
Re# 6198136-7              
Yes I was surprised to know that Gaya got a 16 coacher VB when most other VBs from Bihar are 8 coachers including the PNBE-HWH one.
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Sep 22 (16:16)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3812 blog posts
Re# 6198136-8              
I think Railway has some plans to extend it to either PNBE as reverse HWH - PNBE VB or extend it to either Varanasi for getting more occupancy.
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Sep 20 (13:46)   22304/Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express | GAYA/Gaya Junction (10 PFs)
Rail_0326~
Rail_0326~   620 blog posts
Entry# 6195898            Tags   Past Edits
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Great
Condition improved for today's run. More than 50% booking.
On Sunday, Shatabdi is not running. So it will be good to see the number of bookings.
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Sep 20 (17:05)
F Ahmad^~   3042 blog posts
Re# 6195898-1              
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Agree
So more than 8-9 coaches are filled. It's good
Given if it becomes 8C then it's extension from Gaya would not be required.
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Sep 20 (23:48)
RailfanBhartiya   141 blog posts
Re# 6195898-2              
Nice booking given that if it would have run with 8 coaches it would be 100%+ occupancy people's are preferring it over shatabdi and Dhanbad Gaya route also.
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