After the launch of Vande Bharat, it’s for the first time that railways are monitoring its demand. According to data the highest number of passengers are traveling through Vande Bharat.
In total 85,600 male, 26 transgenders and 57,838 female passengers traveled in Vande Barat trains from September 15 to October 13 mainly on Mumbai route trains going to Shirdi, Goa and Solapur.
As per the industry estimate, there has been a drastic fall of 10-20% in air traffic and a drop in airfares by 20%-30% after the launch of Vande Bharat trains.