This train's speed can be increased more.
For its first leg,hwh to mgs,its avg speed is nearly 66km/hr and for diesel side i.e mgs to lalkuan its too much low.
1 week back i travelled in this train and it departed 3hr late at 11.30a.m from hwh but reached bareilly at exact 8.30a.m next day.
Just suppose if some train from howrah to north...
more... india via ald-cnb would have started late by 3hr from hwh,then i dnt think it would have reached its destn. 3hr late only. It would have gone to 5 to 6 hr late. Just see our great grandpa sikkim mahananda exp..:-D