Sorry if I touched a nerve there, but PRYJ and BSB are two seperate destinations and PNBE has more trains for either of them than any station on the Grand Chord. So your argument here is nullified, secondly the train is starting from Asansol, so Asansol's perogative must be taken into perspective. Baring a insignificant minority almost nobody from ASN would prefer going via the torturous main line via PNBE when the much faster Grand Chord is already present...
Been a whole decade since the Grand Chord has recieved anything worth significance, rather has seen it's train get extended to hither and tither.
I...
more... am not talking about this train in particular but this narrative that has been clearly built against the Grand Chord, particularly the absolutely rail deprived Dhanbad city...