Editing Vande Bharat (section)

== Train Car ==

[[File:Vande Bharat Seats.jpg|frame|center]]

Most of the train is in a 3-2 configuration facing forward, though halfway through my coach there were some seats facing each other, still in 3-2. I was at the back of the car right next to the lavatory. In a normal Indian train this would be awful. However, there was no odour throughout the ride so they must have been keeping it clean. Another slight advantage of the whole thing was that my row doesn't have a third seat so I only had one neighbour and lots of room on my right.

There was quite a bit of legroom and the seats themselves were quite comfortable. Unlike the leather seats I'm used to on Indian Railways these were fabric seats. Not everyone was convinced they were clean: the lady in front of me had a towel on hers.

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The toilets were right behind me: my side of the aisle had the Western-style and the other side had the Indian-style. I only looked at the Western-style one and it was quite nice. It didn't have the usual smell you associate with Indian Railways train toilets and was equipped with one of the bum blasters that had good water pressure. The toilet itself was the vacuum kind with stainless steel sides. The sink was clean and had water. I think I took a pee later in the ride and it was still clean - which is a big surprise.

[[File:Vande Bharat Western Toilet.jpg|frame|center]]

The janitorial services showed up about 2 h in and mopped the floor of the coach, so I assume they dealt with the toilet as well. That's probably why an Indian train ride can end up with a cleaner toilet at the end than an East Midlands ride.