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Vande Bharat Costs 237% More Than Shatabdi, RTI Reveals
The Free Press Journal
|February 16, 2024
There is a startling cost difference in the making of the Vande Bharat Express and the Shatabdi Express, according to the reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query.
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Both the premier trains offer luxury travel experiences but the Vande Bharat comes with a hefty price tag that is 237.16 per cent higher than that of the Shatabdi, according to the information received following the RTI query by Surat based activist Sanjay Ezhava.
The reply to the query states that one Vande Bharat coach costs a staggering Rs6.52 crore, compared to just Rs2.75 crore for a Shatabdi coach. This translates to a total construction cost of Rs104.32 crore for just the coaches of a 16-coach Vande Bharat trains compared to Rs44.02 crore for a 22-coach Shatabdi Express.
This story is from the February 16, 2024 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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