点评:Have been, for a while, reading about Vande Bharat as a stellar achievement of Indian Railways and got this maiden opportunity to experience it.
Waited with bated breath & great expectancy at Raipur railway train station well ahead of time for the so-called "futuristic" train, an example of "Make in India" and the new, modern, India.
The high spirits started to sag when the station clock ticked 06:13 and the train was nowhere in sight. My colleague looked at the IRCTC app and said the departure from origin was already three minutes delayed and eventually she arrived seven minutes late. The thrilled was already dampened.
Next came the seats: comfortable but lacked manufacturing finesse. Footrests did not appear strong enough and between my co-passenger and I, we could treat the passengers ahead to a rollicking game of side-see-saw (as could the passengers behind us could treat us to).
Such was the design of the seats.
The tray table on the armrest was a heavy steel structure which could well be a pair of dumbbells at the gym.
Coming to food and service. Food quantity & quality was good. However, could not understand the logic of multiple handling of food tray and tray paper.
Breakfast was served in three courses. And lunch in two courses.
For each course the server replaced the tray, with new tray paper each time. What a waste of time, effort, and above all paper.
An efficient option would be to provide each seat with a small garbage bag to keep all garbage from the journey in. And take the garbage bag after the journey, rather than create such massive waste.
Lastly, despite several unscheduled stops and slowdowns, the train arrived almost ten minutes late at destination.
Readers may draw their conclusions of the Indian Railways' claim to fame.
翻译:一段时间以来,我一直在阅读关于 Vande Bharat 的文章,认为它是印度铁路的一项杰出成就,并获得了首次体验它的机会。
提前很久,我就在 Raipur 火车站屏息期待地等待所谓的“未来派”列车,这是“印度制造”和新、现代印度的典范。
当车站时钟滴答作响到 06:13 而火车却不见踪影时,兴奋的情绪开始消退。我的同事看了 IRCTC 应用程序,说从出发地出发已经晚点了三分钟,最后她晚点了七分钟到达。兴奋的情绪已经消退了。
接下来是座椅:舒适但缺乏制造技巧。脚踏板似乎不够坚固,我和我的同伴可以和前面的乘客玩一场热闹的侧跷跷板游戏(我们后面的乘客也可以让我们玩)。
座椅的设计就是这样。
扶手上的托盘桌是重型钢结构,很可能是健身房里的一对哑铃。
谈到食物和服务。食物的数量和质量都很好。但是,无法理解多次处理食物托盘和托盘纸的逻辑。
早餐分为三道菜。午餐分为两道菜。
服务员每次上菜时都会更换托盘,并换上新的托盘纸。真是浪费时间、精力,尤其是浪费纸张。
一个有效的选择是为每个座位提供一个小垃圾袋,以存放旅途中产生的所有垃圾。旅途结束后带走垃圾袋,而不是制造如此大量的垃圾。
最后,尽管有几次非计划的停车和减速,火车还是晚点了近十分钟到达目的地。
读者可能会得出印度铁路声名鹊起的结论。