Mumbai-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express increases capacity by 312 seats, to ferry 936 more passengers daily

In an initiative to address passenger demand on one of India's busiest business routes, Western Railway has introduced four more permanent AC chair car coaches in the Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express.

- GNS News Agency, May 16

The services with added coaches began on Saturday, May 11. With this upgrade, the overall capacity of the train running six days a week will be enhanced by 312 seats per journey. The additional seating capacity will now be 468, or 936 (for up and down journey) per day, considering the 150 per cent capacity utilisation of the Vande Bharat Express. In a week, this amounts to 5,616 extra passengers, and in a month, 22,464. In a year, the train will transport an estimated 2,69,568 additional passengers.