this train departs from anvt at around 1545 hrs.. After bsk and sapt kranti, weekly once after ajmer njp express, and twice after njp ndls exp.. After its departure it is brought to a halt and all the rajs sealdah, ranchi, bbs, hwh, pnbe. All the grs on some days rnc, bgp, jyg. Sk and poorva exp they all cross train.. So its tt is increased.. Moreove,r due to its departure after afternoon trains and arrival after the evening trains at it destination has made it less popular..
I have a suggestion.. If the departure time of this train is changed to 0900 hrs from anvt then it can cover its journey in 28 hrs whereas it now takes 32 hrs.....
more... And it ill get advantage as it will be a morning train after avadh assam and thers no other train departing in the morning from ndls/anvt till 1115 hrs so this will help its patronage.. Same way its tt can be changed from smi to depart at 1700 hrs and arrival at anvt at 2000 hrs.. This will solve the delay problem of this train...