Have you travelled between Mumbai and Pune ??
During Weekends ? Especially during Long Weekends ??
The place where my Bike is standing ?? I won't even be able to put my foot there on weekends because of traffic. And the roads you see, would be full with vehicles waiting to cross.
I'm living on One Side of Mumbai Bengaluru Highway in Pune, it...
more... becomes a Herculean Task for me to cross the damn Highway in order to go to main city
click hereThis is the condition of Expressway when there are two highways available between Mumbai and Pune. Let's not even talk about Railways, cheaper options are already full. You might not believe in Last minute bookings, but people of Pune do.
You're seeing at empty seats, try seeing the number of seats filled. Obviously it won't be as hit as Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat, Varanasi Vande Bharat or Gandhinagar Vande Bharat considering the distance involved and options available. But this EC occupancy is the occupancy of a route having 3 Vistadome Coaches (EC Class) running daily with different services.
16 Coacher subsides the demand, 8 Coacher makes it problematic during rush time.