Railways Doesn't Maintain Separate Profitability Records For Vande Bharat Trains: RTI

Vande Bharat is the country's first semi-high speed trains which was flagged off on February 15, 2019 between New Delhi and Varanasi and today 102 Vande Bharat trains run on 100 routes covering 284 districts in 24 states and Union territories.

The Railway Ministry doesn't maintain any separate revenue generation records of Vande Bharat trains, revealed the ministry's response to an application under RTI Act.

Madhya Pradesh-based Chandra Shekhar Gaur sought to know how much revenue the Railway Ministry has generated from Vande Bharat trains in the past two years and if it made any profit or loss on their operation "Train-wise portability is not maintained," the Railway Ministry said in its response.

Vande Bharat is the country's first semi-high speed trains which was flagged off on February 15, 2019 between New Delhi and Varanasi and today 102 Vande Bharat trains run on 100 routes covering 284 districts in 24 states and Union territories.