My recent travel on Vande Bharat Train woke me to the idea of how IRCTC could shake the money tree with Vande Bharat Sleeper trains.

Let me write what are the advantages of Vande Bharat:

1. Vande Bharat is a high speed train designed to run at approx 130-160kmph. Although the speed can touch 130 kmph it generally runs at around 90kmph. The average speed of mail express trains are around 50-60kmph.
2. The increase in speed from 60kmph to 90kmph is 30kmph. This is an increase in 50%.
3. Since the Engine of the train doesnt need to be SHUNTED and moved from one end of the train to another it saves a lot of “Turn Around Time”
4. This also means that Railways can:

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