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22304/Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express
गया - हावड़ा वन्दे भारत एक्सप्रेस

KQR/Koderma Junction --> HWH/Howrah Junction

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Bedroll/Linen: NOT Available
Inaugural Run
Sun Sep 15, 2024
Pantry/Catering
???
Updated: Sep 15 (01:57) 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 GAYA/Gaya Junction
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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~   3469 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 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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Useful Great
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
From X (twitter)

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AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3754 blog posts
Re# 6197164-19              
8 coach was enough for Gaya Howrah VB. I think railway have some plans to extend it. That's why 16 coach may be given
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Yesterday (13:37)
MLDTWAG9HC~
MLDTWAG9HC~   1054 blog posts
Re# 6197164-20              
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Yes , it will be extended after Jharkhand elections either to Varanasi or Patna
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Yesterday (13:38)
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Exynos9611~   24410 blog posts
Re# 6197164-21              
20705/06 80% and 100% occupancy only from nashik rd and from awb these both stations are trying to save j vb not to become flop
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Yesterday (17:41)
Ritzraj~
Ritzraj~   1512 blog posts
Re# 6197164-22              
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I said on day 1 that Ju- SBI will be flop since no one from Ju- wants to alight at SBI. To make it popular, there are 2 actions that need to be taken. 1- extend it to Vadodara so that people travelling to-from ADI are benefitted. 2- remove the 30 minute slack from it since the route is fully double (except Luni-MJ) which is manageable.
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Yesterday (21:15)
Dgvj01~
Dgvj01~   2780 blog posts
Re# 6197164-23              
Instead it should be extended to ST ! It will be a sure shot hit then !!
WR only receives NWR trains at SBIB , otherwise they have terminated OKHA and BHUJ ones at ADI !!!
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Yesterday (13:20)   22304/Gaya - Howrah Vande Bharat Express | GAYA/Gaya Junction (10 PFs)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3754 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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Yesterday (15:59)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3754 blog posts
Re# 6198136-4              
Evening Snacks Served.
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Yesterday (16:04)
kirk781^~   4315 blog posts
Re# 6198136-5              
How was the occupancy?
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Yesterday (16:11)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3754 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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Yesterday (16:14)
kirk781^~   4315 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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Yesterday (16:16)
AbhinavKr^~
AbhinavKr^~   3754 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~   619 blog posts
Entry# 6195898            Tags   Past Edits
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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^~   3036 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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Sep 13 (10:28)   22309/Howrah - Bhagalpur Vande Bharat Express | BWN/Barddhaman Junction (8 PFs)
Arnab_K~
Arnab_K~   9344 blog posts
Entry# 6188754            Tags   Past Edits
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I wonder why HWH Division and ER as a whole are hell bent on screwing up one of their NSG-2 stations, and yes, I am talking about Bardhaman Jn.
Neither of the two newly launched VBs is stopping at the second biggest station of HWH Division after departing from HWH!
22309 is stopping at a station like Nonihat which is unlikely to fetch any passengers at all, while subtly skipping BWN.
22303
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is given 16 car trainset whilst it isn't terminating at either BSB,DDU or PNBE! Meanwhile it will directly be competing with one of ER's Shatabdi for patronage upto DHN.
Either or both of this trains should have been given a halt at BWN.
BWN maybe in the Kolkata Suburban Railway but the peculiar way it get's neglected is not seen in other metropolitan systems be it in Chennai or Mumbai!

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