12988 - बारह नौ सौ अठासी , इसके नखरे हैं नवाबी ! - Keshav Saxena

Good suggestion to share the rake between AP EXPRESS & SAMATA EXPRESS , It will definitely remove congestion from New Delhi / Hazrat Nizamuddin station & also AP will cover Night Journey on One Route & SAMATA will cover Day Journey in One Route + SAMATA will be made daily as well.
But there are 2 disadvantages
1 - 22.00(VSKP) – 20805 – 6.15/9.35 (NDLS) – 12808 – 19.10/6.25 (VSKP)(PM) – 12807 – 16.00/20.15(NDLS) – 20806 – 5.05(VSKP)(SM)
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timing will create a lot of hectic to maintain the rake : Platform - Washing line - Platform . To wash & clean the rake we require atleast 5-6 Hours of slag.

2- AC, Sleeper & General coaches in AP/ SAMATA needs to maintained as both have different coach composition . If sharing the rake the compo should be some where like :
ENG- EOG-SLR-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-S6-S7-S8-S9-PC-H1-A1-A2-A3-A4-B1-B2-B3-B4-B5-SLR-EOG = 24 COACHES

Other than that even I am against extension of SAMATA to HISAR JN. Rather i am in favor of getting LHB to SAMATA EXPRESS.

RSA will change the coach composition of AP exp which results in reduction of AC coaches....After change of timings AP exp AC berths demand is not yet tested properly as covid 19 started just before the start of summer.

So if demand for AC berths in AP exp turns out to be decent...this RSA proposal wont work out

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all know how good the Coro / Mail coaches when they start from MAS in terms of cleanliness or even maintenance

And every one knows how good Ap exp maintenance is without RSA itself

Considering these...i feel let those trains be without RSA