I reckon it'd be cool if they let KR have this train as the morning one from Madgoan or if VB only needs one day for maintenance, they can't run it from CST to MAO on Wednesday, so they can do the maintenance at CST for that day.

Right now, Mandovi is the only morning train from MAO to CST with no fancy trains.

But Mumbai has three trains one after the other.

Mujhe lagta hai ki yeh train KR ko dena achha hoga as Madgoan subah nikalne wali ya fir VB ko sirf ek din ka maintenance chahiye, toh wo CST se MAO tak Wednesday ko chal nahi sakti, uss case mein wo CST mein maintenance kar sakte hain uss din ke liye.

Abhi MAO se CST ke liye sirf Mandovi train hai subah waali bina kisi premium trains ke

Par Mumbai mein 3 ek ke baad ek train hai.

22229/30 कीएसएमटी माडगांव वंदे भारत एक्सप्रेस माडगांव रेलवे स्टेशन से आ रही है और जा रही है। #माडगांव #वंदेभारतएक्सप्रेस #टी18 #कीएसएमटी

Call ahead before picking up your order from Mumbai or Kanjurmarg. Call a few hours in advance before catching the train. Your order will be delivered to the station.

ऑर्डरची पुर्वी फोन करा.

आपला ऑर्डर स्टेशनवर पोहोचेल.

You can watch the video travelogue here. I travelled on the 22229 CSMT MAO Vande Bharat Express from Thane to Madgaon on November 8th, 2023. Here are some things I noticed: - This train leaves CSMT at 05:35, while the 12051 Madgaon Jan Shatabdi leaves at 05:10. When the 22229 train arrived at Thane at 06:00, the 12051 train hadn't arrived yet. Announcements were made about the arrival of the 22229 train on Platform #7 after the Gorakhpur Express departed. The overtaking must have happened at Vidyavihar on the 5th line. - There were around 30 empty seats after the chart was prepared at 04:00. I had booked a window seat but was given an aisle seat in C7, the leading power car. - This train had red seats which I found to be more comfortable than the blue seats in the Dharwad VB. - They served tea/coffee right after leaving Thane. They had already placed a bottle of water and a newspaper on the seat. Nice! - The train maintained speeds of 100-110 until Roha. The vibrations were strong and my tray table wasn't stable enough, causing my tea to spill from the cup. - Breakfast was served before Roha and I chose the only available option for current reservation passengers, which was the vegetarian option. Non-vegetarian option was also available for those who had booked in advance. The vegetarian meal included two vada pavs, three theplas, a guava drink, pickle and ketchup, and a packet of chiwda. I would give it a good rating. - They served a second round of tea/coffee only for those who asked. I couldn't understand how anyone could drink hot coffee after having a cold glass of guava juice. - Once we entered KR (Konkan Railway), the speed increased to 120kmph and remained consistent for most of the journey. There were occasional caution orders, but the train effortlessly went back to cruising at 120kmph. - We overtook trains 22654 and 12618 in this section. - The halt at Khed was not great. - We passed Chiplun at 120kmph. It was amazing! - A few people got off at Ratnagiri, so I took the window seat on the 2-seater side. - One strange thing about this train is that the footrest is unusable for passengers sitting in the aisle. - There was enough flexibility in the schedule, so we stopped at Nivasar to let the Mangaluru Udhna Special train cross, and at Zarap to let the Mandovi train cross. - Most of the passengers got off at Thivim and we had a long 20+ minute halt to let the Goa Sampark Kranti train cross and for the Thivim LTT holiday special's locomotive to be switched. - I glanced inside the cabin through the open door after Ratnagiri and saw some officials doing an inspection. I didn't want to bother them, so I went back to my seat. - They didn't serve lunch. - We arrived at Madgaon on time.