दूरी नही मंज़िल भारी, साथ हो जब मेट्रो हमारी - Mushfique Khalid

Travelled by this train from Hubli to YPR last night. The train arrived at PF 3 at 10:20 and departed at 10:32 (12 mins late). There were not many passengers on platform (may be this train is not popular yet). PF 1 was jam packed with passengers waiting for RC exp which was expected to arrive at 10:25 pm.
Train stopped somewhere before Haveri for crossing and reached DVG at 1 am.
I woke up in the morning at 6:08 and the train was reaching PF#4 at YPR.
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journey was much comfortable with less crowd and less number of stoppages compared to RC exp.
The train was not full on Monday night (I would say it was 90% full), you can imagine what would be situation on W and F night. Even general compartment was as comfortable as sleeper class - not much crowd.
Observation: There was no announcement for this train at all at Hubli station. They were only announcing for RC exp. Don't know what could be the reason.
Secondly, no catering available ex Hubli at all. There are not even chaiwalas roaming around in the morning. Good in one way as your sleep won't be disturbed.