As Janshatabdi, halts should be limited to GAYA, KQR, DHN, PEH(should be experimented first) and PRR between PNBE and TATA.
Due to haywire controlling by CKP divison, people now prefer buses till Chandil thereafter continuing by train. Earlier it used to be Kandra instead for it's proximity.
Alternately, road travel via Barabazar has been quite popular recently.