When purchasing or booking tickets for a premium train, you likely expect to reach your destination faster and see your train overtake other trains along the route.

However, you might be in for a significant surprise when, sitting in a long-distance, 22-coach premium train, you find your train being overtaken by a smaller, 8-coach trainset.

This trainset would have departed from the same station nearly 1.5 hours after your train, yet is scheduled to arrive at the next station almost 1 hour before your train.

And yes, I'm talking about the Rajdhani Express being overtaken by the Vande Bharat.

The TVC Rajdhani departs TVC almost 1.5 hours before the Mangaluru Vande Bharat, but yet the Rajdhani gets overtaken by the Vande Bharat somewhere in the route and the Rajdhani reaches Kozhikode 1 hour AFTER the Vande Bharat.

Isn't this funny? So what's the conclusion, you don't always get more after you pay more. Sometimes politics also gets to you!

P.S - I've no problem with Vande Bharat trains being operated, but what I'm against is Vande Bharat being inaugurated on routes where there isn't much demand. You'll also see me appreciating a lot of Vande Bharat trains, when they're running well.

But at the same time, it's sad to see the deteriorating conditions of older premium trains. More than 2 hours difference between the Rajdhani and the Vande Bharat in just 400 kilometers of run is laughable and kind of infuriating. Perhaps, the Rajdhani should get a speed-up.

Jab aap koi premium train ka ticket kharide ya book kare, to aap sochte honge ki aap apne destination pe jaldi pahunchenge aur aapki train route mein aur trains ko overtake karegi.

Lekin, aapko ek bada surprise mil sakta hai jab aap ek long-distance, 22-coacher premium train mein baith kar dekhenge ki aapki train ko ek chhote, 8-coacher trainset ne overtake kar diya hai.

Yeh trainset aapki train ke baad nearly 1.5 hours mein same station se chala tha, par phir bhi next station pe aapki train se almost 1 hour pehle pahunchne wala hai.

Aur haan, main baat kar raha hun Rajdhani Express ki jisko Vande Bharat ne overtake kiya hai.

TVC Rajdhani TVC se Mangaluru Vande Bharat se almost 1.5 hour pehle chalta hai, par phir bhi Rajdhani ko Vande Bharat ne route mein kahi overtake kar diya aur Rajdhani, Vande Bharat se 1 hour baad Kozhikode pahunchta hai.

Yeh funny nahi hai? Toh conclusion kya hai, aap zyada paise dene pe zyada nahi paate. Kabhi-kabhi politics bhi aapko pareshan kar deta hai!

P.S - Mujhe Vande Bharat trains chalane mein koi problem nahi hai, par mujhe is baat ka bura lagta hai ki Vande Bharat ko un routes mein launch kiya ja raha hai jaha demand jyada nahi hai. Aap mujhe bahut saare Vande Bharat trains ko appreciate karte hue bhi dekhenge, jab woh hit honge aur acha run karenge.

Par iske sath hi, old premium trains ki deteriorating conditions dekh kar dukh hota hai. Rajdhani aur Vande Bharat ke beech sirf 400 kilometers ki run mein 2 hours se zyada ka difference laughable aur kind of infuriating hai. Shayad, Rajdhani ko speed-up milna chahiye.

One RTI revealed that around 50 lakhs were "wasted" for the inauguration of Jaipur Vande Bharat train and we don't even know about the others. Imagine, if every single Vande Bharat train was inaugurated like this, it would cost a lot of money. For instance, 20 trains would cost 10 crores, 100 trains would cost 50 crores and 400 trains would cost 200 crores. It's really disrespectful to the tax payer's hard earned money.