You might be kinda right, but the deal is, this route is stuck between 2 major Indian railways zones - HWH-GAYA-DDU-PRYJ and HWH-TATA-BSP-NGP. These places are lucky 'cause they got trains from like a century ago and they pass through some pretty big cities along the way. Now, check out this section - HWH-DHN-DTO-RNQ-SGRL, it was basically built for hauling coal, and that's still what it's used for. But then, things got unfair and the railway kinda ditched it big time. Everyone knows the mainlines I mentioned are crazy busy, but instead of finding other routes, the railway went ahead and added more trains. If they had a better plan and looked further ahead, the situation in CIC would be way better. I've already mentioned it in this /blog/post/5984523. If they start trains from HWH, the next stops until Katni could be in the ECR zone - DHN (NSG-2), CRP (NSG-3), BRKA (NSG-4), DTO (NSG-3), GHD (NSG-4), RNQ (NSG-4), CPU (NSG-5), SGRL (NSG-4), BEHR (NSG-4), KTE (NSG-3). DHN to BRKA is 120 km (BRKA can be skipped with a PTRU or RRME stop), BRKA to DTO/GHD is about 200 km, GHD/DTO to RNQ is around 120 km, RNQ to SGRL is 100 km (CPU can be bypassed), and SGRL to KTES is 250 km. There are also other small stations that can bring in money if there are more trains running. It's simple - more trains mean more money, which will lead to further development. If they add like 10-15 more trains, the true potential of CIC will shine through.

Main nahi jaanta ki unhone TORI - DTO - GHD route ko kyun ignore kiya hai. Shayad speed hi ek factor nahi hai. Par ye faisla bilkul bhi sahi nahi hai. Jo hua, woh bilkul galat hua.

Check this out, she's covering 18632 250km in 3h 20m, hitting several stations well before time, and still hitting around an average of 71. If it was a better train, it would easily hit 75+ avg. This route has improved big time, with tons of infra upgrades. Computersize signaling is up in SEB-GHD-TORI, train accident pretection divice is installed, and about 100km of tripling is done. Doubling is done on DHN-BRKA-GHD-CPU-KTES, and electric signaling is lacking in only a few spots. All stations have been redeveloped, with 5 lines for overtakes. Once trains stop running there, how can private services even develop at the station? Most trains to DTO-GHD run at odd hours in the night.

Ye dekho bhai, 18632 train 250km 3h 20m mein cover kar rahi hai aur kai stations pe pahuch rahi hai before schedule par aur 10-15 minutes ke liye rukne ke baad bhi... Uska average speed 71 hai. Agar VB hoti to easily 75+ average deti. Route bahut badiya ban gaya hai. Infra improvements kaafi zyada hain is route pe. SEB-GHD-TORI mein computerized signaling lag chuka hai. Train accident protection device bhi lag chuki hai. Aur 100km ke aas-pass tripling v ho chuki hai. Aur DHN-BRKA-GHD-CPU-KTES tak doubling v ho chuki hai. Electric signaling sirf 50km kahi-kahi kam bachi hui hai. Sabhi stations redevelop hue hain. Har station mein 5 lines hain overtakes ke liye. Ab jahan trains nahi rahengi waha private services kaise station pe develop hongi. Max trains DTO-GHD mein raat ko odd time pe hain.