Next few weeks there might be some increase in occupancy due to Durga Puja, Dussera season and then Diwali after that but looks like this is also another VB which will end up with low occupancy

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It will manage well even after Durga Puja, and Diwali. There are business travellers on this route (most of them from Tata Steel, Tata Motors, and SAIL) good enough to fill an 8C VB, with some vacant seats, but that is not bad either. The HWH BBN Jan Shatabdi used to run with 4 CC coaches during its ICF days, now it has been reduced to 3 CC post-LHB. Since Jan Shatabdi's punctuality has gone out for a toss, the business passengers will shift to the VB eventually. This VB will have 4 to 5 out of 7 fully occupied CC coaches and that should be good to book profits.

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Ran with almost 50% occupancy today. 240 in CURR_AVL in CC till 5 mins before chart preparation and 29 in EC CURR_AVL.
Unfortunately, Couldn't take the screenshot but this will pick up in a couple of days to reach 60-70% load.

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If TT is reversed it will run full.
TT is wrong.

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Still, I will take this VB any day over any other train in this section. Given the state of affairs in SECR and SER, this is much needed for a commute from Kolkata, finishing work at Jamshedpur, and returning the same day. The return could've been delayed by a couple of hours so that passengers could return from Rourkela on the same day as well. It won't compete with BBN Jan Shatabdi as that train is seldom on time.

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Vande Bharat name ka hai 😂😂 usse Kam samai to dusri train le rahi hai

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Train chalne k baad dekhna padega. Baaki train agar hr din 5 hrs late hain and ye on time tab bhi log yahi lenge. SER mein bura haal hai abhi. Ispat is running 3-4 hrs late everyday.

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Practically yahi train fastest hai, baki wali keval on paper fastest hai, but time pe toh kabhi aani hi nahi. SER British Raj mein BNR kehlata tha, aur yaha ke locals mazak mein kehte the, BNR = Be Never Regular. Ye kathani aaj bhi pramanit hai.

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