Ticketless Passengers Crowd Vande Bharat Express; Netizens Demand, “We Need More Trains”

We have heard passengers complaining about Vande Bharat Express’s unsatisfactory food in the past. We have seen social media posts about unhygienic toilets on these trains. Passengers often take to social media to share their experiences but nothing concerned people before like the recent viral video. Videos surfacing online show ticketless passengers overcrowding a Vande Bharat Express.

Vande Bharat Express Gets Bombarded With Ticketless Passengers

Gems of Engineering (@gemsofbabus_) took to the X platform to share the shocking video of people crowding the semi-high-speed train.

Now Premium Vande Bharat is also facing the same fate as other trains.

We do not need a puppet Railway Minister, we need a new Railways which is at least accountable. pic.twitter.com/1V5NwiavQI

— Gems of Engineering (@gemsofbabus_) June 9, 2024

There have been several incidents of passengers boarding AC coaches of express trains without having a valid ticket. Multiple videos of similar experiences went viral in the past few months. Previously, the issue of people without tickets swarming and occupying AC compartments was reported on AC sleeper coaches of different express trains. Now, premium trains like Vande Bharat Express are facing these obstacles too.

These latest viral videos show a coach completely bombarded with passengers travelling with and without tickets. It was so overcrowded that moving around seemed difficult. Many might find it difficult to identify the train as a Vande Bharat Express seeing the crowd. An overcrowded local train or metro looks quite similar to this crammed Vande Bharat train.

Also read: Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express: Cost, Timings, Route, All About About It

Netizens React To The Viral Videos

Netizens are shocked and worried seeing the present conditions of trains getting overcrowded. In the comments, many are sharing opinions and demanding strict steps to control the major challenge. One of the common suggestions is to implement the metro’s ticketing and verification system at all railway stations.

X users are also pointing out the worrisome problem of insufficient resources according to the population. Also, some complained about cancellations of passenger trains leading to the rush of ticketless travellers on express trains. Few social media users demanded more trains with more coaches at affordable rates. “Either you launch more Vande trains at affordable rates or discontinue them and launch the trains and increase coaches”, commented an X user.

That too with its weird dynamic pricing.. This is what we are getting.

— soma mukhopadhyay (@somamukhopadh12) June 11, 2024

Ticketing & verification system like metro is needed … Without tickets you can’t go & come

— Mission Modi 2024 (@MissionModiIn) June 9, 2024

@RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva what is the point of buying premium tickets if this is the condition. What steps are being taken?

— sprinkled lemon (@rupak__z) June 9, 2024

Problem is with reducing many passenger trains/totally cancelling those trains across many routes, sleeper & general coaches in normal trains where the most common people travel & providing them with no other options. Either they avoid travel/ bombard the reservation coaches.

— Aditya Karthikeya (@Karthikuuu) June 9, 2024

First, Vande Bharat train system must have dedicated special Railway Police.

What is the purpose of buying tickets worth Thousands.

— Vasishta Nagalla (@vasishtanagalla) June 9, 2024

We need more trains; a lot more trains; and affordable trains.

How do we expect people to travel?

— Commander OP Singh (Retd) | The Traveling Monk (@om1973) June 9, 2024

So u telling me everyone has a ticket on that train?

— Paul Notebook (@debanjoy_paul) June 9, 2024

Resources & Population (Users) are out of the equation.
We have one bus with a seating capacity of 50 need to take ~ 250-300 people. Same happening with Train.
Fortunate or un fortunate it is not happening to airways ;)
Not sure if anything can be done to quickly change it.

— Bala (@BuySellPosi) June 9, 2024

Also read: New Delhi-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express Timing Revised; All About It

We are making new trains but we are not solving the usual issue of Indian Railway that is the shortage of cars.

— Avinandan Bhattacharjee (@AviRedDevilB) June 9, 2024

We need more trains. It’s very simple. Either u launch more bande trains at affordable rates kr discontinue them and launch the trains and increase coaches.

— Chetan Chouhan (@chetanc10639996) June 9, 2024

This is the reason I stopped traveling in trains, thanks to good highways i manage most long trips in my car. Will prefer airway only if distance exceeds 800 km

— Avinash Bengaluru (@meavinash6262) June 9, 2024

Also that’s what happens when money is misspent on so called luxurious trains while the other trains didn’t even have clean toilets or were not running on time or had their seats full.

— Shivam Gupta (@iamshvam) June 9, 2024

Implement metro system in every railway station , no card , no tickets , no platform tickets no entry @AshwiniVaishnaw

— vasu gps (@gps_vasu) June 9, 2024

Looking at this message,I am worried of my Vande Bharat upcoming journey. Hell!

— YSIndian (@ys_indian) June 10, 2024

What do you have to say about ticketless passengers crowding Vande Bharat Express?

Cover Image Courtesy: X/ Gems of Engineering (@gemsofbabus_)