Your zone ain't alone. NER atleast has one ICE from Gorakhpur to Lucknow that starts before Five AM, comes via a longer route and then the rake sits idle for four hours. They could reschedule it quite easily but they won't.
The ICE via main line is good. It starts at fifteen minutes to six.The 15069 one sucks. It can start an hour late since it has lots of slack at Lucknow [Aishbagh] .
Ekta's 90% run is NR territory, only Bhiwani to Lahli section of 35 KMs is in NWR territory. Still if NWR is scared, then they should close their shop and merge North+West Rajasthan in NR and South+East Rajasthan in WR.
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