Ticket booking for the first day i.e. January 1 tour started from December 30. And then within 30 hours the housefull first day’s Howrah-NJP Bande India. After ticket booking started on Friday, all the tickets for Howrah-NJP Bandh Bharat Express on January 1 were booked by Saturday afternoon. As time went on, the waiting list got longer. As per IRCTC website at 6 pm January 1 waiting list has reached 26. These figures are for AC Chair Car. On the other hand, the waiting list for the executive chair car has reached 9.
Same figures for New Jalpaiguri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express. According to the IRCTC website, the waiting list to return from NGP has already reached 70 in India. Also, the NJP to Howrah return vande Bharat Express tickets have gone to the waiting list for January 2 and even January 3. Who is the AC chair of this statistic? On the other hand, there is a waiting list for NJP-Howrah Van India tickets from 1st to 5th January for Executive Chair Car.
From the information provided by IRCTC’s website, it is clear that there is a lot of frenzy among Eastern Railway passengers regarding Bande Bharat Express. In that case, even if the price is higher than the Shatabdi Express, rail lovers are reluctant to care. Although Shatabdi Express tickets are also fully booked till January 4.
Incidentally, there are two types of coaches in Bande Bharat Express. One is AC chair car and other is executive chair car. Ticket fare including food is Rs 1565 for AC chair car and Rs 2825 for executive chair car.
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