Bro, same here man. I also noticed how the occupancy has shot up suddenly according to the news. But yaar, still only 75-80% of the seats have been booked so far on any day. Maybe it's just the Holi season data, one day must've accidentally got fully booked. Ranchi can't get full like Kolkata and Patna do for other cities. Traveling from Gaya to Varanasi via SSM, probably no one's gonna pay that much fare. Same thing's gonna happen with TATA to BSB for sure. I really think the best option here is the JAN SHATABDI, man.

Bro, thanks for the salute. Your salute has been accepted. But, keep your logic in check. You're saying yourself that Kolkata's Intercity and VB are for the affluent class who prefer premium trains and working/middle class/students opt for the intercity. Now tell me, which train of the intercity type runs from Ranchi via BKSC KQR GAYA? It's pointless for you to understand, how many times have you been on this VB train or will you go in the future. If it was of intercity type, this train would run full, that's the bottom line and it would probably be more feasible for you too. You know the per capita income of Jharkhand, according to that, this train is not worth it. Why are you trying to involve Vande Bharat to prove your point? I know there are only 2 hotspots from Ranchi: Patna and Kolkata. The day when Varanasi's occupancy improves, no one will question it, but for now it's impossible.

Bhailog, thankyou salami ke liye. Teri salami accept kar li gayi hai.

Par bhai, apni logic apne pass rakho. Bol khud rahe ho ki Kolkata ke Intercity aur VB dono hai toh affluent class premium train leta hai aur working/ middle class / students intercity. Batao yeha kaunsa train hai intercity type, Ranchi se via BKSC KQR GAYA.


Tumko samajhna bekar hai, kitne baar gaye ho ya future me jaaoge is VB se. Agar intercity type hota toh yeh train full chalti, baat itni si hai and shayad tumko bhi jyada feasible hota. Jharkhand ki per capita income jante ho na, uss hisab se yeh train worthy nahi hai.


Apna point prove karne liye sab Vande Bharat kyun ghusa rahe, mujhe pata hai Ranchi se sirf 2 hi hotspots hai Patna aur Kolkata, jis din Varanasi wale ka occupancy thik ho jayega koi question nahi karega lekin ki filhal impossible hai.

Weird!

Ajeeb hai yaar!

The Hindu be one of the few media outlets that ain't scared to ask tough questions, man.

One more article, gonna run the Ranchi - Banaras Vande Bharat train via Gaya GMO / DOS DTO. Check it out: [click here] What do you think? The game's still on!

Khelne ka time aaya ki nahi? Shayad abhi toh puri movie baki hai.

The text talks about how the Election is happening in the whole of Jharkhand, not just in Bokaro. People should share their blessings everywhere it's possible. Gomoh is covering only one district directly - Bokaro and people from Dhanbad won't prefer coming to Bokaro by train as they have other options. Through ECR, Lohardaga, Daltonganj, and Garhwa will be covered. Maybe people from Latehar and Tori will come via nearby stations to catch Vande Bharat because there is no other fast option here. After VB, there are only intercity and MEMU trains.

In it it's written AND referenced to DRM RNC ie Jasmit singh bindra.


Election poore jharkhand mein hai, na ki bas bokaro me sabko prasad batna chahiye jaha jaha feasible hai.


Via Gomoh sirf 1 zila directly cover ho raha hai bokaro and dhanbad ke log bokaro aa kar train lena nahi pasand karenge as they have many alternatives and via ECR me Lohardaga, Daltonganj, Garhwa yeh 3 district cover honge and sayad latehar aur tori ke log aa pas ke stations se le lenge yeh vande bharat kyuki yeha par koi fast alternative nahi hai VB ke baad sirf intercity and MEMU hai sirf.

They're trying to run it weekly, but as per news, DRM Ranchi is saying it will run thrice a week but timings will be different.

Tr weekly karne ka prayas chal raha hai par as per news DRM Ranchi yeh tri weekly chalegi lekin timings reverse bata rahen.

No dude, there ain't any issues from Bokaro.

But yo, you gotta have a reality check, man. At first, everything is planned through DOS, DTO, LAD. So, let's compare and analyze, which place needs a better connection for BSB/RNC - DTO or BKSC.


BKSC has 78 trains vs DTO with only 44 trains,

The revenue is pretty much the same, around 25 crores even with 40% fewer trains at DTO. I don't have the exact numbers for BKSC, but according to a blog I saw, it's around 24 crores.

BKSC - /blog/post/5256821 (Some smart person already deleted the blog, but it mentioned approximately 24 crores)

DTO - /blog/post/5716888


BKSC to RNC 30 Trains
DTO to RNC 10 Trains


BKSC to BSB/DDU 11 trains
DTO to BSB/DDU 5 Trains
(You can also count Muri Exp and JSJ as it goes till Chunar, but hardly anyone uses it to go to Varanasi)


BKSC to NDLS 8 trains
DTO to NDLS 6 trains


Even with the Garib Rath diversion, BKSC still has more trains to Delhi even now. Also, both Gomoh and Dhanbad are under 50 km, providing decent connectivity to multiple places. But here, within a 200 km radius, there's not much choice.

I ain't sure why there's a fuss between DTO and BKSC. What I mean is, TATA-BSB is confirmed and it's definitely going through BKSC. No chance it goes via DTO. So, I think we should let RNC-BSB VB go via DTO. Anyway! I'm in Sasaram, and whether it's through DTO or BKSC, the train will stop at SSM. I'm looking forward to Tata BSB starting soon. Howrah VB will definitely skip SSM, so I'm not very hopeful about it.