Chetak Express: - यार तेरा चेतक पे चले ❤️ - Keshav Saxena

Purvanchal isn't necessarily the fastest train. On days it takes the loop via Mau, it easily loses two hours in the journey.

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TATA has already a better alternative in place in the form of the SHM-GKP weekly Piyush, in my opinion if the slacks are ironed out, the train can even be a Superfast.

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For 5 days, its bearable. 4 days via Siwan, and 1 day via Narkatiaganj. Rest 2 days, via Mau, it is about 1h 20m slow so yeah, some time goes for these 2 days. On Friday, there's an alternative as well. ASN GKP which could be taken if the passenger wants to stay at station for 4 hrs, by taking TATA DNR to ASN and then ASN GKP

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Yes, but it takes a circuitous route. Moreover, timings aren't much suited as autos demand way more than the reasonable fare at that time. A person then needs to be present at the station more than 1:30 hrs before the departure for a reasonable pricing of auto. Had the route been via Asansol Patna Patliputra or via Koderma Tilaiya Rajgir Patna, the time would have been more less.

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I once took this train. It had a scheduled arrival at Chhapra nearly three at night. The CPR-MTJ express starts two hrs later than this and has an arrival time before this at GKP [ though it arrived few minutes late that day after Purvanchal].

I have travelled in GD-ASN, with which ASN-GKP has an RSA with. That train was quite clean despite starting and ending at well, in the middle of nowhere.

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