The new timings of this train is very beneficial as earlier, both up and down timings from Shimoga to Shimoga were very odd i.e., leaving at 4.00 in the morning and arriving at 11.45 in the night. However, this train should have been extended upto Talaguppa, as this would have fulfilled the long pending demand of the people for a day passenger train from Bangalore to Talaguppa.