This is India’s impressive NEW high-speed train! - Vande Bharat Express 

Love from Nagaland 🇮🇳🤗India has to undergo significant growth, with initial developments taking place within a few years. It may take at least 10 years to envision India as a first-world country, but progress is evident.

Finally a foreign national atlast focussing on something which makes us Indians feel proud about an Indian manufactured & invented comfort

I'm very impressed with your in-depth knowledge about the trains that you are traveling in. For example, knowing the full name of the Chennai Central station and that these trains were manufactured in the same city, the change of languages from Tamil to Telugu to Kannada as the train travels.

I'm from the UK, stuck with I.E.T.s, and god am I jealous of these sets! look so comfortable. great job on these trains!

very interesting. didn't know india has such modern trains, what an improvement to the older ones! and the landscapes are incredible!

Ha...I flew Air India once and remember laughing at how much food they kept giving us. It was awesome.

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Fun fact :- before the train named vande bharat. It was known as "train 18", for being completely manufactured in 18 months. Now vande bharat is going to have a sleeper set ready. With non-ac(aka the one with open windows) launching in few months. And AC sleeper set in july or august next year.

It is a Semi-High-Speed brother, not a High-Speed, The High-Speed Shinkansen E5 series will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. It is under construction.

While the price of ticket is higher than other trains, Vande Bharat is usually a complete sellout in most of its routes, especially the Chair Class. This is because there's an increasing middle class population in India, who prefer faster more comfortable rides. And either way, its way more cheaper than Airfare and at par with AC Busfares. Although I agree the food in VB needs major improvement, in terms of standardised quality and taste of meals.

Do realise that all meals are complimentary on Vande Bharat irrespective of which class you’re travelling on. I never received such complementary service on European trains.

Indians should be very proud of their Vande Bharat Express. These locally-built rakes are the fastest trains in the country and will significantly reduce journey time with investments to its infrastructure. The modernisation of Indian Railways is just the beginning... 🚆 Despite this, they need to improve its customer service. I don't know why their breakfast service is multi-fold longer than a conventional service in any long-distance in other countries. 😕

India is a country that I'd very much love to visit!

India has improved its infra structure tremendously in the las 10+ years. Please keep the momentum

Oh - wow! Was really surprised to see this next-level train service in India. Really like your takes/commentary (been following you for over a year now). Had no idea Bengaluru was that big? My first rail journeys around India were 40+ years ago~ Incredible to see such progress. Well done, everyone!

Indian trains have improved and how. First time I travelled in an Indian train was when I was a kid, trains were not known for punctuality then so it was late by 5hrs and it was short journey of 170km and it took about 5hrs. That same route I have taken countless time as a kid. My parents were poor, so that train was our life line to visit relatives as time was not important but economics of travel was critical. It took us less than 100R (for 3 tickets) for the journey. Train was packed in general compartment but was happy as I got seat right away as I was kid, so someone got up and gave seat to mum and me. I always loved train. I havent travelled by train for almost 2 decades now, but went recently by train and was pleasantly surprised as train was punctual (well late by 43min) but journey was clean, fast (compared to my memory) and on time. We have great expectation from Indian railway and I hope we get faster trains soon.

A good start for modern trains in India, I hope they get more of these. The crew serving just a banana is hilarious 😂

India looks soo beautiful

As an Indian, I really appreciate your research about Indian Railways and Vande Bharat Express. Hope to see you covering more Indian trains in the future!

I agree with you, the complimentary breakfast should not have taken so long. May be it happened on this train route. I have travelled between Howrah and Puri in Odisha where complimentary breakfast was served within 20 minutes of starting of the train. Serving of food depends largely on the traditions of the area where these trains operate.

That meal service is quite hilarious. Looks like a decent higher-speed train, especially for a first domestically produced train!

11:17 You don't seem quite happy getting only 1 banana 😂😂😂

You can try out the Delhi Meerut RRTS. Its a modern train for regional rapid transport. That showcases how the Indian railways is modernizing quite rapidly.

This video has made me so emotional😌. Hailing from Bengaluru, this is a route that I had travelled innumerable times in my life with all the possible service combinations - except this one (Vande Bharat is in my list though). During my first job in Chennai, we used to travel every weekend home to Bengaluru. I remember a discussion with my friend wishing we had bullet trains that would make this journey in a couple of hours so that we can travel everyday back and forth and the infrastructure/legal problems India has to overcome to have such a train service. Now - 10 years later - we have this. The day is not so far away when we will have the equivalent of Shinkansens.

India should take pride in their own built new train and I think there will be pent up demand for such trains. It is not terribly fast, but better than what is the norm.

Vande Bharath express is never claimed to be a high speed train it is a semi-high speed train with a recorded top speed of 180 kmph but it’s only permissible to 160 kmph and below because of the old tracks that haven’t been upgraded yet.

In a democracy like India where nobody is satisfied and feel jealous of other's success, this is a huge achievement. Even in democracy you can never keep all people happy, but India still tries to do that.

1:06 man kudos for even trying to say that name which most of the people of India outside of Tamilnadu and Kerala would dare trying.

I travelled in the rickety crowded IIIrd Class compartments of M&SM Railway between Vijayawada and Madras during WWII between 1942 and 1945, this train is the very heaven. 93 now.

It looks pretty good. Way better than other types of Indian communal trains I've seen, and it's locally made! In Indonesia, we also make our own trains and light trains. The average train speed is also around 120 km/hour. Unfortunately, we are an island nation that is not yet connected for rail transportation between the main islands.

The orange / saffron colored dessert along the food is called - Kesar bat. .Kesari bat or kesari baat is a sweet Indian food that is common throughout the country. The classic ingredients used for its preparation are semolina, sugar, ghee, water, and milk. The sweet is more commonly known as Jonnadula Halwa in certain parts of northern India

This is officially a Semi-High Speed Train here in India! Kindly change your video title as it's misleading. Glad to have you in our country! Cheers!

In future INDIANS RAILWAY are going to introduce trains like Vande Bharat sleeper version ( for longer distance) Vande Metro ( for connecting two or more cities) And Vande Sadharan ( A non ac version)

In J&K state of india there's currently bridge in under construction called Chenab bridge which is a tallest railway bridge in the world taller as nearly as 360 meters above the river you should visit india in future and take that highest altitude railways journey in the world among mighty Himalayas.

Thank you for visiting India! Wish you pleasant travels and good experiences :)

The sleeper variant is under development and will go into production soon. You can expect it to be after 2025.

Love this. Proud to see a westerner's perspective of indian train journey. Also brings more pride to know that these trains are made @ Chennai. Way much valuable compared to those here in UK. Great food by the way. Typical south indian. Looking forward to travel in one of these.

I travelled from Calcutta Howrah Station to Madras Egmont on a 44 hour journey known as the Coromandel Express. Bangalore is known as the Tech Capital of India.

India is moving to the right direction under the leadership of a super energetic prime minister. Agreed that Lot to be done in this country , Central Government is putting maximum efforts to achieve it.

Brilliant video

Very well researched and I cannot believe we did so well. The trees you see are mostly coconut and a few Areca nut (sometimes referred to as palm) trees

What exactly do you expect from a train, whose ticket costs merely Rs 1800/- for Executive Class? That's USD 22/-. For this amount you can't buy a proper meal in the US, leave aside the train journey. Do not expect Business Class Airline service for the money you spent!

Vande bharat sleeper train design speed is 240km/hr and operational speed is 220km/hr. Next bullet Train 340 /320 km hr 91% rail line is electrified , every year 5000 kilometers rail track is laid , every week one new vande Bharat train is operational ,1300 railway stations are transformed to modern stations.

Vande bharat express top speed 200 Maximum operational speed 180 But now indian tracks are not capable for 200 but in future 10 route upgrading for 200+ speed

I did not expect THAT, but it's great that I found out about it! 😄

Sleeper version vande bharat is also going to come by the end of March 24.Making of the train sets are in progress.

You should review latest launch RRTS trains in india ,its also semi high speed regional train .Its better than vande bharat

This train has quite a lot more capabilities but some of it isn't in use as the current railway infrastructure does not fully support it. Hoping that the current railway infrastructure will be upgraded soon upto the standards. Also, I hope that the maintenance of this train would be done properly so as to maintain the standards of this train

Indian Muslims and communists doesn't like this train. they says government should give this money to poor people.

10:51 - The breakfast service is staggered as they have to include the pax getting onto a Katpadi in the main meal service, at the same time giving pax getting off at Katpadi a tea and cornflakes service. Also gives the impression of getting fed a lot - something we Indians enjoy! 🤣 Also you have a choice of Non-Veg as well (Selected while booking the ticket), which will have western style Omlettes, etc.

Your knowledge regarding contemporary Indian Railways is impeccable.

loved the way you presented.. DO MORE INDIAN TRAINS!!!!!!

Compared to the garbage food you receive on European trains, this is heaven. The only criticism being it's too much food for a 4.5 hr trip.

This has to be one of the best Vande Bharat vlogs rn

The way he holds up the banana cracked me up

Now Foreigners should try Rapid X service in Delhi NCR.

Have you ever travelled on the LNER in England. I did on first class. The seats were excruciatingly uncomfortable, the staff were rude and the food service just abysmal. I have also travelled on trains in Japan and they were just incredible. Hopefully Indian Railways will get better and since government run entities are generally poorly run, it may be an idea to partially privatize it by listing it on the stock exchange. That may be a way of establishing some accountability without which the trains and the service will deteriorate within a few years.

It attracts foreign tourists definitely. Vande bharat exp train kj jayaho.

yes buddy! there are minor defects which can be fixed in the interiors, but this is only start of the trains...if you notice in the train,the staff takes feedback from the passengers cognizant of any minor defects noticed and new improved version of VandheBharath with defects rectified, this is only a start as we didn't have these kinds of world class trains before and I am very sure Europe might have also these problems in the initial version of their trains ...every month 4-5 VandheBharath is rolled out at present and more will come out in the coming months from other factories in India as well.....

Your review was pretty professional. 👍 This kind of feedback is what is needed. Its either India is bad in every way, because of some political disagreements with how India is run. Or India is the best in every way to get more views.

14:49 sheesh thats a BLUE ICF coach!! these coaches started around 1997s-2000s , but now these coaches are repainted into the yellow "Utkrist" coaches , and these coaches are rare nowadays

Correction, this train isn't a high speed train. It's classified as semi high speed train as our tracks can't handle higher speed than 160. Plus yes those guys sleeping on floor are waiting for train as the Gen Class waiting rooms are filled.

All Indian Train engines are capable of going upto 180-200 km/h but still they dont run between 90-130 or even lower because of tracks. Changing the tracks of all India is very costly so India government made a new train for old tracks compatible.

Very well researched and I cannot believe you did so well. ..thanx for coming to india

Firstly, It's #Semi HSR. I travelled yesterday. Vande Bharat version 1.0 for 180kmph. Version 2.0 for 200kmph is in development phase.

Excellent video can't wait to retire so I can travel around India by train keep up the great work

Out of all Vandebharat Express trains running in India, the number one and two in terms of passenger revenues are the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Vandebharat Expresses. If only you book days ahead of your journey, you will get a ticket in these trains

Thanks for the inputs. A couple of major problems face our industry. Durability , finish of a product , maintenance and public behaviour , and organisation. IR and IRCTC are getting there.

This isn't a high-speed train. I would expect you to not use click-baity and misleading titles ;) Fairly decent train though.

Nice video! You should maybe review the IC train from Brussels-Midi to Luxembourg 🇱🇺. That train is a I11(same interior as the AM96) and the I10(which in my opinion is very comfortable).😊Nonstop Eurotrip made a review about that train.😊

i have a suggestion of a train you have to try: Either a ÖBB or GYSEV Raaberbahn Desiro ML, they are both extremly good regional trains (at least in my opinion) [both are almost identical (only seats and paint is diffrent)]

Great video, nice to see you review this train! Please take the Vistadome coach on the Bangalore - Mangalore train route, as it is one of the world's most beautiful routes, granting an unforgettable experience and you will love it! The Sakaleshpur - Subrahmanya Road Ghat section is the highlight of this journey, with its dangerous bridges and tunnels, accompanied by waterfalls enroute. As the route is getting drier, now would be an ideal time.

Your content is so well researched. The quality of your content is also unique.

India has a really great railway. Vande Bharat is such an impressive train that shows India is capable of building true high-speed trains in the future.. Fun fact! INKA, an Indonesian state-owned train manufacturer will unveil its homegrown high-speed train prototype by 2025. The "merah putih" (red&white) high-speed train eventually be operating in 2026, hopefully running under WHOOSH brand. With a maximum speed of 250km/h, slower than the Chinese-built KCIC400AF but suitable for slower journeys for Jakarta-Surabaya WHOOSH high-speed line. We don't know yet how this trainset would look like. But from what we saw online the design is very similar to KCIC400AF that serves Jakarta-Bandung line today. Rumors said INKA will develop 2 type of train, one 25KV electric powered and one with diesel hybrid engine to serve lines with no OCS like in Sulawesi. Yeah we hope they will truly making these trains..

Glad to see the development of India's high speed rail and forgo the past scenerio of people sitting and clinging outside trains' rooftops and sides.

Well i am extremely glad that e this reveiw is completely unbiased. As someone who has travelled on these trains on the same route i also have some issues but over-all it was amazing.😊

Thanks for such a good review !! So in India we eat cereal with hot/ warm milk! Also yea if you can make a shatabdi express video that would a great comparison video!😅

In my opinion you should also try Vande Bharat Sleeper which is probably going to launch in March 2024.

Your pronunciation 🎉 thanks for checking out Indian railways! 👍

0:41 that's good you showed youself. Now I cam feel more connected.

Thank you for visiting my home state of Tamilnadu! BTW your captions in both Hindi and Tamil are very on point! However, I think you are mistaken with regards to Katpadi being the busiest, as it is Chennai Central which is the busiest station of TN.

I really enjoyed the video , i think it looks really good 😊.

I hope you get the opportunity to visit India again...to cover hopefully a completely transformed Indian Railways.

14:54 small corrections bro. If you check the ticket in Vande Bharath express it always been waiting list. People can afford this train.

Please cover 20911 Indore Nagpur Vande Bharat Express as it goes through Ghats and tunnel section with very good views. You will love this route as well. use morning departure from Indore to nagpur as day journey will give you very good mountains view

The new overnighters will be all aluminum trainsets with a more aero and modern trainset look.... and a trainset for the poor people who cant pay for Airconditioning but need faster travel - called Vande Sadharan (ordinary class) with 2 locos at the 2 ends

Vande Bharat train - Very good improvement in Indian Railways. The I R can bring down the fares as I find the occupancy ratio is rather low. By bringing the fares down a little , the occupancy ratio will increase and will be ultimately more profitable to the Railways .

Nice vid! Good job with a proper review. The step-wise service of food-delivery is perhaps designed to help passengers occupied. Also, if everything comes at the table at once, passengers will require a large table. Providing such spacious dining space would only be in the realm of luxury trains. Also, it makes perfect sense to serve tea at arrival. Then a soup before the meal. Then the main course and the rest. I think the delivery is very well thought ought if you subscribe into the idea of not overwhelming the passenger as well as keep everything streamlined, as well as make it an experience. If all that meal is thrown at me at one go, I would be totally overwhelmed not knowing what to open first, in what order to eat or drink the stuff, not to mention the limited space. So, good idea serving in steps, IMPHO.

You should try the local commuter trains once 😅 would be interesting to know how Westerners feel about them

Enormously well-made videos and that good researched. Chapeau!

Awesome coverage from the front line…. Love the train design.

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Ticket price of Chair car is only 50% of ECC which is affordable for many.

Indian Railways is making huge progress... Here in USA, so far, the national rail companies have only gone backwards... at least for now...

Great trip. Finally you try this train.

Current govt is taking railway modernization seriously 🎉 good to see this new gen Vande Bharat, a step in that direction

Konkan Railway plss bro, It takes you to heaven. I mean so beautiful scenery.

It is not expensive (as a citizen of india) for this price this train is great

Try out one of the quaint Mountain Trains of India. They offer fantastic views with an old world feel of trains. Must experience in my opinion for a train connoisseur.

You need to try the Delhi RRTS trains as well