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Jul 16 2023 (02:39)   12040/New Delhi - Kathgodam Shatabdi Express
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Non-vegetarian breakfast for EC. Morning tea is served before GZB, first course right after GZB and the second course as the train is crossing Garhmukteshwar. Almost all of the breakfast is wrapped up before the train reaches MB close to 9AM.
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Jun 12 2023 (12:30)  
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Based on the yardstick of giving consistent 100% patronage, is it fair to state that the following is how the VBs of IR are currently doing? Open to a constructive discussion if people feel otherwise.

RKMP ❌
MYS ✅
KGQ
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CBE ✅
TPTY ✅
BSP ❌
VSKP ❌
GNC ✅
AII ❌
SNSI ❌ (except Sat one way/Sun return)
SUR ❌
GHY ❌ (too soon to judge though)
HWH NJP ✅
BSB ✅
SVDK ✅
AADR ❌
PURI ✅

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May 23 2023 (20:56)   20634/Thiruvananthapuram Central - Kasaragod Vande Bharat Express
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Revision of timings and speeding up of trains in Kerala
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May 24 2023 (00:41)
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It's interesting how they mention 20634 as TVC-MAQ Vande Bharat Express.
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May 17 2023 (08:43)   22436/New Delhi - Varanasi Vande Bharat Express
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FASTEST TRAINS : INDIA VS USA

I and Railfan SSK were on an RF trip this month, part of which included a ride on Acela, the fastest train of the US

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train had the following schedule for the 735km run with a top speed of 240kmph:

Boston 6:05
New York City 10:03
Washington DC 13:03

Given the similarity in timings (6AM to 1PM vs 6AM to 2PM) and distance (735kms vs 759 kms) for a fun comparative analysis, we recorded data for 22436 NDLS BSB Vande Bharat on a few of its runs and tried to see in real time on the day of our trip how does the fastest train of India "race" against the fastest train of the US

The most notable observation was :
Vande Bharat with an MPS of 130kmph covers the distance of 427 kms from NDLS to outer Kanpur (Panki Dham) on the 6 to 10 slot.
On nearly the exact same slot, Acela is able to reach from Boston to outer New York City (Harlem) while the distance here is 372 kms and the train touches 240 kmph on parts of this route

Now again, US isn't all that great when it comes to railways anyway, but I guess what this serves to prove is that just the "top speed" of trains don't play as much of a role in faster connectivity. Semi-high speed trains that are capable of hitting MPS for the majority of their routes can do just the same. Or maybe better.

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May 17 2023 (23:17)
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Car and oil centric capitalist ventures abetted redirection of funding that railways deserved towards making world class road infrastructure essentially killed the long distance trains. On the other hand, land zoning policies killed local public transit within cities with the exception of early English settlements like Boston and New York City.

As it stands, it's a pitiful situation and a textbook case study on how not to be sustainable.
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Mar 04 2023 (13:19)   KAN/Khana Junction (5 PFs)
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Route list for upgradation of MPS to 130 kmph

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1) KAN-NJP
2) NJP-GHY
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Totally agree, it feels like an ignorant person has just sketched it up who not only knows very little about IR, but is also not diligent enough to get the spellings right. Haridwar DDN and DHN Ranchi at 130 kmph? Seriously? And it says AJJ MYS, UNA NDLS which are 40% 130 already and LKO BSB with zero idea of via where. Bullshit, I say.
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