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[TheUltraElite]

Nah, it's too expensive when compared to other trains.

Expensive sure, but quick travel and decent food with good service indeed. Cheaper than a flight, of course. I think if the routes are optimal they are a good choice. You should try them if get then chance anywhere in the country. Just make sure you plan accordingly, often they will start very early in the morning and end before lunchtime so that the number of meals they serve is reduced to just morning tea and breakfast, skipping the lunch.

I mostly prefer travelling in 3A/3E train.

3A is fine, but 3E, are you serious?

The SL and SU are the best seats for me.
SU is like your own private bed, nobody is ever going to even place their butts on it except you. SL has the window but your will often find people rushing the aisle and brushing against your elbows, or even certain groups of people who will sit on your seat and have a big red smile, "thori der ki liye baithne dijiye"

But 3E with its SM seat is a hellride. I would never ride in that side.

Gareebi nikalti he nahi hai, kya kare.

Yeah I feel you. It is important to be satisfied with things that we get then you will not feel bad.

I simply didn't have the opportunity in my early days due to not availability of train in my local and later I get used to the Bus Journey for longer distances, No I won't recommend domestic flight unless we can't have an option because it's shitty most of the time and you will be pissed instead any experience..

Flights are good for emergency transport and also if you plan long time back for a tour and buy those tickets. They average comes out close to the 2A train ticket fare during the same time.


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[pawanjain]

Nah, it's too expensive when compared to other trains.

Expensive sure, but quick travel and decent food with good service indeed. Cheaper than a flight, of course. I think if the routes are optimal they are a good choice. You should try them if get then chance anywhere in the country. Just make sure you plan accordingly, often they will start very early in the morning and end before lunchtime so that the number of meals they serve is reduced to just morning tea and breakfast, skipping the lunch.

I mostly prefer travelling in 3A/3E train.

3A is fine, but 3E, are you serious?

The SL and SU are the best seats for me.
SU is like your own private bed, nobody is ever going to even place their butts on it except you. SL has the window but your will often find people rushing the aisle and brushing against your elbows, or even certain groups of people who will sit on your seat and have a big red smile, "thori der ki liye baithne dijiye"

But 3E with its SM seat is a hellride. I would never ride in that side.

Yeah, I mean, there's no major difference between 3E and 3A except for that hellride of SM seat.
My all time preference is the Upper berth, I prefer it over SU because the length is more in Upper berth when compared to SU.
It's like my own bed. No disturbance from anyone.

Coming to food in Vande Bharath I have read so many complaints from people saying that the food is pathetic.
Did you seriously liked the food ? If yes, what's your opinion on such huge number of complaints from other people.

[TheUltraElite]

Yeah, I mean, there's no major difference between 3E and 3A except for that hellride of SM seat.

That is the biggest difference. During the day can you even think about getting down from SU to SL and stretch your legs? I cant bear it.

Coming to food in Vande Bharath I have read so many complaints from people saying that the food is pathetic.
Did you seriously liked the food ? If yes, what's your opinion on such huge number of complaints from other people.

I think a lot of this has to do with what the passenger is expecting to have compared to what they actually have.

Personally having taken railway meals since the days I remember traveling in trains, compared to that the VB train lunch/dinner meal is an upgrade. The dal is thick, the rice is good and the veg/non-veg item is decent. They always include chapati-paratha hybrid and one cup of curd and one ice cream which are both from good brands.

However if you board with expectations of a gourmet meal from a Marriott like service, then you will be disappointed.

I remember one of my colleagues said that the food was horrible and that the ice cream was very bad. I was supposed to board the same train a week later and when I did, the ice cream was the best part of it and the food was good like I described.

[pawanjain]

Coming to food in Vande Bharath I have read so many complaints from people saying that the food is pathetic.
Did you seriously liked the food ? If yes, what's your opinion on such huge number of complaints from other people.

I think a lot of this has to do with what the passenger is expecting to have compared to what they actually have.

Personally having taken railway meals since the days I remember traveling in trains, compared to that the VB train lunch/dinner meal is an upgrade. The dal is thick, the rice is good and the veg/non-veg item is decent. They always include chapati-paratha hybrid and one cup of curd and one ice cream which are both from good brands.

However if you board with expectations of a gourmet meal from a Marriott like service, then you will be disappointed.

I remember one of my colleagues said that the food was horrible and that the ice cream was very bad. I was supposed to board the same train a week later and when I did, the ice cream was the best part of it and the food was good like I described.

Makes sense. The comparison is actually a big differentiator here. Food in normal trains is not good to be honest.
May be Vande Bharat would be serving better food when compared to normal trains.
It also depends on the price though. Does the food quality justify the price is what the bigger question should be.

[JSRAW]

We are 6 months in aur yeh 2025 year is turning out to be big panuti and distarous for India.

Terrorist attack, Mahakhumb stampede, railway station stampede, stadium stampede and now plane crash. Fuck benchoo...

[TheUltraElite]

We are 6 months in aur yeh 2025 year is turning out to be big panuti and distarous for India.

Terrorist attack, Mahakhumb stampede, railway station stampede, stadium stampede and now plane crash. Fuck benchoo...

Thank our luck that we are still in one piece, cant believe what it may have been for the last moments of the souls on board and the resident doctors/students in the hostel on which it crashed.

I have my opinion set on technical failure and not terrorist angle, but let us see what the black box ends up giving. Lets not speculate on the cause, it will take time to uncover.

Just for those who want to help, local blood donation camps have been set up and able bodied are requested to donate, so any of you are nearby please do.

[LucyFurr]

I have my opinion set on technical failure and not terrorist angle, but let us see what the black box ends up giving. Lets not speculate on the cause, it will take time to uncover.

Just for those who want to help, local blood donation camps have been set up and able bodied are requested to donate, so any of you are nearby please do.

Experts believe that both engines lost thrust immediately after takeoff could be the reason. And it went fatal due to the full fuel tank, which is around 90 tonnes.

[pawanjain]

We are 6 months in aur yeh 2025 year is turning out to be big panuti and distarous for India.

Terrorist attack, Mahakhumb stampede, railway station stampede, stadium stampede and now plane crash. Fuck benchoo...

Thank our luck that we are still in one piece, cant believe what it may have been for the last moments of the souls on board and the resident doctors/students in the hostel on which it crashed.

I have my opinion set on technical failure and not terrorist angle, but let us see what the black box ends up giving. Lets not speculate on the cause, it will take time to uncover.

Just for those who want to help, local blood donation camps have been set up and able bodied are requested to donate, so any of you are nearby please do.

Even I feel it must be a technical failure. May be some staff/technician didn't do his job correctly which would have resulted in such a drastic crash.
The plane had just landed from Delhi to Ahmedabad and then immediately it was scheduled for London.
Could be that the staff skipped the maintenance check or something but whatever it be, the lives are lost and nothing can revert that.
We are paying so much money for these flights and yet we receive nothing but negligence, irresponsibility and lack of accountability.

[TheUltraElite]

We are paying so much money for these flights and yet we receive nothing but negligence, irresponsibility and lack of accountability.

I would not say that, considering the big time gaps between two airline accidents in our country I think they are doing a fair job. This does not justify the lives lost, but should keep confidence that such incidents are rare and it will take time to uncover the details of what happened.

New media seem to propagate their sensationalized headlines as much as possible, they appeal to the people's destructive mindset.

Right now they are having a field time, since the start of the year, not having to search for news.

[JSRAW]

TRP race took all media houses to gutter level. No one actually care about reporting anymore and main focus is on breaking news every minute and to achieve this they are touching new low everyday.

When this crash happened, Air India released a helpline numbers with a disclaimer and basically saying media walo tum apna chutiyapa na karna inn numbers par.

Aur ek ajeeb sa trend chal rakha hai. Desi reporters desi news ke liye foreign news outlets ko quote karne lage hai.

[TheUltraElite]

Right now the digital paranoia regarding airlines is at a peak level. This should be controlled on a personal level as well to control mental issues that might crop up.

There are more news coverage with airlines right now. But these are mostly bogus news that need not need your attention. It is a method by which news media tries to keep our attention on the problem instead of the solution.

[JSRAW]

Saw couple of news regarding British Airways with same Boeing aircraft so darr ka mahol toh hai but overall, it's pretty safe. Regarding news channels, someone needs to take class of news editors sitting in AC rooms because clearly they are not doing their jobs and anchors are running riots.

Meanwhile one good news in all negativities. Need more PLIs in more sectors. That's why I say, don't mind screw driving (assembly lines) tag because you have to start from somewhere. Toh bas start karo ur value addition time ke sath apne aap aa jayegi. Final destination would be our own products.