Western Railway (WR) has inducted four more permanent AC chair car coaches in the Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express. The services with added coaches began on Saturday, May 11.
It is an initiative taken by railways to address passenger demand on one of India’s busiest business routes.
The overall capacity of the train running six days a week will be enhanced by 312 seats per journey with this upgrade.
The additional seating capacity will now be 936 (for up and down journey) per day. In a week, this amounts to 5,616 extra passengers, and in a month, 22,464. In a year, the train will transport an estimated 2,69,568 additional passengers.
Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor has consistently high demand. The Vande Bharat Express runs at 150 per cent capacity utilisation. The permanent addition of coaches is a forward-looking measure to address increasing commuter demand without compromising the high standards of speed, comfort and service this train is renowned for, said a Western Railway spokesperson.
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