patri ke is taraf ya us taraf, zindagi mein hum sab RailFan ek taraf - Ananya D'Souza

Traveled in this train yesterday/today from SUR to YPR. It took 18 hour 30 mins to cover the distance. While there were some people boarding from SUR, hardly 4-5 people boarded in BJP. The number further dipped in BGK and GDG. While there were group of students de-boarded train at BGK, i don't think this is the case every time. Even UBL didn't had much takers for this train as CDG - YPR KSK and Rani Chennamma Exp departs almost at same time. Another thing to be noted was most of the people were travelling from ADI.
So my point is, why run this train on a lengthy route via BJP-GDG-UBL which has 2 loco reversals? SUR - WADI -...
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GTL - DMM - YPR route will save around 200 km and 3 hrs to 4 hours of journey time. While this route has much better demand for Bangalore bound trains, it will also be a reprieve for end-end pax. Before this train was introduced, a special train 09405/96 used to run on YPR-DMM-GTL-WADI-SUR line.