Sir,
It is really beyond anybody’s comprehension that how Indian Railways has scheduled to run Vande Bharat Express and Shatabdi Express trains between Chennai and Mysuru almost at the same time.
Whatever may be the operational difficulties or constraints to select different timings, the time schedule of the newly introduced Vande Bharat Express cannot be justified.
Also more shocking is that both the trains will not be running on Wednesdays !
Considering the number of passengers travelling between these two cities, I do not think that both the trains running at the same time will be viable for the Railways. Probably in that case, the Railways may cancel Shatabdi Express at the later date.
Best option would be to start Vande Bharat Express from Mysuru at around 7 am to reach Chennai at around 1 pm and return journey from Chennai to Mysuru scheduled at around 2 pm. This timings will be convenient to passengers from Bengaluru also.
I fail to comprehend based on what statistics the current timing of Vande Bharat Express was selected.
—K. Chandrahas
Mysuru
Many readers have voiced their concern on timings of VandeBharat and Shatabdi running between Mysuru and Chennai. Moreso on the off being same for both the trains. One wonders the rational behind running of these trains by railways. Do DRM of SWR and SR have any say in these timings or they are decided by Union minister of railways in concurrence of PM. Through this it is requested to PM, PMO, Union minister of railways, to stagger the OFF of these two trains, and then change the timings.
Heyb@Prasanna
How is your fight to discourage piped gas and instead encourage usage of LPG cylinders shaping up? It is evident you lost
that round, even after accusing Mr Shenoy getting fee for recommending the piped gas project to Mysore, although , your vehemence of support to LPG cylinders suggested that you too were , shall we say, receiving a wad of INR bills, to support the continued usage of such cylinders.
Next: You need to learn simple English grammar and usage of correct English. For example: It is: rationale’, when you question the reason behind something proposed or executed.
To stagger the OFF? It means what? What did you want to say?
So many posters are posting suggesting changes, without a clue as to why this new express was introduced, and i the profile of its schedules?
For a start, the decision was taken by Narendra Modi, to show case, India too is an advanced country and has fast express trains- a message to the world. That fool, should realise, given the massive influx of Indian students, to Western universities, despite a large number of Indian universities, and the literal swamping of work visa requests to companies in the West, knowing fully well that they will be hired on a salary 60% of what the local professionals earn, and have to toil for years to settle permanently in these countries, suggesting to the developed world that India is a third world swamp, No amount of window -dressing like this, will mask the stench of that swamp.
Second, it is evident that Modi consulted the Tamil Nadu CM, and not Bommai, who would have agreed to what Modi suggested anyway. The schedules of these trains are determined based on the rationale ( not rational!) of how far they help Tamilians travelling from Chennai to Bangalore and vice versa. This new express is not for those living in Mysore, If it helps masses of Tamilians migrate to Mysore, Modi and the Tamil Nadu CM, will think it as a happy side effect!
Correction: Hey @Prasanna
I think the point made about Chennai mysuru Vande Bharat is a valid one. Even the one running between Delhi and Chandigarh leaves Delhi at an unearthly hour 5.50 am. It should be extended to 7 am in which case, it would reach Amb around 12.30 pm and can start back half an hour later. Even if it reaches Chd at 4 pm it can reach Delhi by 7 pm.
@Ajjampur Vijayakumar, thanks for reading my comments and inputs in Voice of Mysore. You have a sharp memory on piped gas system. Till date it is only pipe and no gas. The area where I live, which is close to the piping centre, hardly 1% are having pipe laid to their houses. I am niether a critic of PNG nor LPG. I had put in pros and cons for both the system.
When we are talking of Vandebharat express, where does piped gas come into picture. If simple term like staggering OFF is not understood by you, then what I mean is have OFF for VandeBharat on a day other than Wednesday.
Hey @Prasanna
You seem to have a strange English Vocabulary!
for example:1. “I had put in pros and cons for both the system.” 2. “If simple term like staggering OFF is not understood by you, then what I mean is have OFF for VandeBharat”
In the first, above ,you are looking at 2 systems, hence you should have used: ” both the systems”
In the second above, try thinking about this sentence as an example, where I have used OFF: “When the police approached the alleged suspect he took OFF in a motor bike”. Here, the OFF has a different meaning!
I conclude, you have no grasp of how to use proper English, You are using a corrupted version of a language , as most Indians do-depending on their mother tongue.
That is the simple reason that outsourced customer services to India, by major Western companies, are slowly taken back, when the Western customers struggle to understand the grossly Indianised English!
The reason why I linked your fallacious LPG cylinder argument with this VB Express was, your reasoning in respect of the latter’s schedules was as misconceived as that was in the case of preferring the LPG cylinders.
@Prasana was NOT simply comparing two gas systems, but was also accusing Mr Shenoy as taking money to support the piped gas project for Mysore. That was a malicious observation. One could have accused this @Prasanna the same, as the company which distributes the LPG cylinders was struggling to counter the advantages of using Piped gas to homes.
” mean is have OFF for Vande Bharat on a day other than Wednesday”
Since the term , “OFF ” is a preposition ( hope @Prasanna understands what this means),, he could have simply used: ” the VB Express trains can have an OFF day other than a Wednesday” Note how ” a Wednesday ” is used!
The English medium classes have come back in schools, from primary years onwards, but then the teachers who teach English in those classes, have as much grasp of English as @Prasanna has! With the advent of IT teaching to prepare the students for a cheap IT labour career, a broad based education is lost for ever in Mysore/India.-that is Modi’s tech India!
@Prasana was NOT simply comparing two gas systems, but was also accusing Mr Shenoy as taking money to support the piped gas project for Mysore. That was a malicious observation. One could have accused this @Prasanna the same, as the company which distributes the LPG cylinders was struggling to counter the advantages of using Piped gas to homes.
” mean is have OFF for Vande Bharat on a day other than Wednesday”
Since the term , “OFF ” is a preposition ( hope @Prasanna understands what this means),, he could have simply used: ” the VB Express trains can have an OFF day other than a Wednesday” Note how ” a Wednesday ” is used!
The English medium classes have come back in schools, from primary years onwards, but then the teachers who teach English in those classes, have as much grasp of English as @Prasanna has! With the advent of IT teaching to prepare the students for a cheap IT labour career, a broad based education is lost for ever in Mysore/India.-that is Modi’s tech India!
@Modi!
While I agree with you in the usage of the preposition OFF, I would have preferred the following usage of “OFF”
“” the VB Express trains can have a day OFF other than a Wednesday” . remembering the correct use of a preposition.
Technologists ( I am one in the area of computing), often do not express properly in written words, which makes then to be viewed as simply “techies”.
Coming back to the topic of this VB Express, the BJP railway Minister is not an ignorant moron, neither are his officials. There is a reason behind the VB Express schedules. For Narendra Modi, only Tamil Nadu matters in S. India, as this State vehemently opposes his 3 language formula( as it did in the case of LB Sastry in 1960s). He knows he can brush aside any objections Karnataka has. Hence, Modi favours Tamil Nadu always.
@Prasanna
Please ignore this insanc person. He uses lot of pseudo names and has only negative things to post. He must have all the diseases of the world including STD that is bothering him so much.
Firstly I want to know, did the public traveling between Mysore and Bangalore demanded they need two super fast trains at same time? If someone wanted to come from Chennai one train would have been sufficient.
Secondly now with the BlrMys express way built was there a necessity to for two super fast trains.. logically speaking because of cost it will be used by upper middle class and upper class people only and most of them will own a car. I am sure they will take car instead of going to station and board a train.
Third it took away a 10:30 Am train from Bangalore in which common people used to travel also because of it timings normal trains are getting delayed…
All Blr bound trains that start from Chennai and Chennai bound trains from Blr run full on Fri, weekends and Monday. I have been researching the data for the last 2 months.
The leanest days are Tue, Wed and Thu. So the off day on Wed makes sense.
Here is the critical point. VB is supposed to replace Shatabdi. Ask Railway insiders.
The dynamic fares and Tatkal cares defeats the whole purpose of attracting people. Railways is just greedy making money when there is demand and leaving a lot of money on the table when there is not a lot of demand.
Given the demand for seats during the peak days, removing Shatabdi would be a disaster in the making.
People go in big numbers for IT jobs or work from TN to Bangalore. That is why there is so much demand for VB to start in the morning from Chennai.
The lack of finding times with the least traffic to run the trains at a comfortable time is a huge headache for the Railways. What js the point taking about 160 kmph capable trains when the heavy traffic doesn’t permit the Railways to operate trains as they choose.
The VB Express are for Tamils in Bangalore to travel to Chennai, and Tamil in Chennai to travel to Bangalore .
You mugs should understand this, and stop suggesting train schedules.
This train is to favour Tamils and Modi has done so to please the Tamil Nadu CM. Fools, realise this, and shut up.