For those who blame N.C.R. ALD for late running of trains by citing the info provided by NTES/139. Here's a bang for you guys. Do read this.
Why trains run late ?
There may be N different reasons of trains running late apart from 'poor controlling' which people believe, just like in this case the train was made to halt at Manauri and Fatehpur for passengers to board it and the same day loco hauling train failed due to colliding with a cattle at Sasni which made the train even more late.
Pay...
more... extra attention to the highlighted lines.