Not at all useful for End to End passengers. How can one reach CST before 5 AM? With no stops at Dadar, Thane or Kalyan, how it is going to benefit the passengers? With all difficulties, even if one boards the train, see the arrival time at YPR - 0430 hours. Ghost time as far as Bangalore is concerned. One has to wait for atleast 1 hour to get out of rly stn.
Return trip timings is also not convenient. At midnight 0010 hours. One has to reach YPR before 1030 PM to board the train, or you are at the mercy of auto drivers. Again, at 2330 hours at CST, one can not reach Mumbai suburbs.
Why...
more... Bangalore-Mumbai sector is treated like this? The timings should be changed to around 0700 hours at CST with stoppages at Dadar and Kalyan and reach YPR by 0600 hours trailing/ before KSK. Return trip should start by 0800 at YPR and reach CST by 0530 hours.