Travelling on Nagpur-Pune Vande to cost 2,140-3,815
Within hours of the booking opening, both Vande Bharat trains scheduled for Monday and Tuesday saw a booking of over 30% by 8 pm on Sunday.
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The Pune to Nagpur Vande Bharat is scheduled to start its regular journey from Monday, while the Nagpur to Pune express will start from Tuesday.
TOI checked the booking status online and found that by 8 pm on Sunday, the Pune to Nagpur Vande Bharat Express saw an overall booking of 39%. Interestingly, the expensive executive chair car, which costs around Rs3,725 per seat, saw a booking of 32 seats (61.54%) out of the total 52 seats.
Similarly, out of the 478 chair car seats, 175 or 36.61% were booked. The seat costs around Rs2,040.
Meanwhile, the fare of the Nagpur to Pune Vande Bharat Express is higher by around Rs100 than its opposite route.
The first regular Vande Bharat from Nagpur to Pune will start on Tuesday, and by Sunday at 8 pm, it saw an overall booking of 34%. Out of 52 executive chair car seats, 29 were booked for a Rs3,815 per seat fare, which is around 55%.
Similarly, out of the 478 chair car seats, which cost around Rs2,140, 152 or 31% were booked. Meanwhile, the higher rates of the express also shocked many, including a few railway officials, who claimed that the fares would be around Rs1,500 and Rs3,000.
The rate of the express is also higher as it imposes around Rs450 to Rs540 as catering charges. However, there are some apprehensions among the citizens as they claim the food charges are very high.
Similarly, the fares for chair car seats are higher than sleeper, third AC, and second AC of other sleeper trains running on the route. The fare of the executive chair seat is higher than the First AC seat of any of the trains.
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