हाटे-बाजारे एक्सप्रेस : चलती - फिरती मछली बाजार - Piyush Singh

Some ppl have the impression that adding halts increases the travel time of passengers.
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Lets do some modeling here to prove this wrong:
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Assume a train travels non-stop from BCT to Delhi in...
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1000 min. Hence the average time per passenger is 1000 min.
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Now assume the following:
Andheri and Borivali halts are added, hence running time is increased to 1010 min.
40% of passengers board at BCT (1010 min) : 40400 passenger-min
30% of passengers board at ADH (985 min) : 29550 passenger-min
30% of passengers board at BVI (970 min) : 29100 passenger-min
This means a total of 99050 passenger-min for 100% passengers.
This means 990.5 min per passenger, which is 9.5 min less than all passengers boarding from BCT
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This proves that the average travel time per passenger reduces by adding halts at suburban stations, even if running time from starting station increases. I have not considered the time saved by avoiding taxi travels within the city, all the way upto the 1st station.
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This does not apply to stops outside Mumbai city as the passengers from there will not come to board the train at BCT, if the train is made non-stop. Hence this model cannot be extended to stops outside the city.