Cleanliness is ULTIMATE.
I would say BEST. All dry and neat & clean when the train came to Pf 1 of SC.
My coach was S2 which was near to Loco. My Seat was in RAC. From SC to BZA , its all excellent. Very perfect coach. No extra crowd (bcoz all BZA bound unreserved & daily MST holders take the Satavahana Express).
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BZA , lots of Unreserved and Waiting ticket holders board this train. it becomes very packed near the doors, but here also TC comes to it duty (quite good to see) and pushes all General ticket holders to Unreserved compartments (PRS Waiting Ticket holders are allowed to travel in SL).
That night also the cleanliness is same as it is and water is present at every toilets and basins of SL class.
Next morning , cleaning is done at VSKP. After that , from VZM to KUR , its a HELL journey in SL. Full of beggars , unreserved travellers standing at doors and blocking the way to toilets. Continuous disturbances due to Transgenders extorting money from us and NO TC present. The toilets and basins were soon clogged due to Paan spit and plastic garbage. Its a pain if you don't wake up early next morning and relieve yourself ASAP. This all pathetic scene ended when train reached KUR. Train became empty and a cleaning staff cleaned the basins and toilets (seems like someone complaint on phone regarding cleaning and water clogging). Then the rest of the day journey is good and as the train moves ahead towards Northern Odisha, then coaches becomes to empty. By the time this train reaches KGP , nearly 50-60% seats in SL were empty.

Being one of the prestigious Trains of SCR and ECoR Falaknuma Express maintains good speed and punctuality in overall run from Secunderabad to Howrah via Guntur.The train runs with a reasonably good punctuality in Secunderabad-Guntur Strech and gathers an average delay of 10-20 minutes by arrival to Guntur.From Guntur to Vijayawada it makes a delay of 10-30 minutes as Vijayawada is a very busy junction and signal clearance and platform allotment takes some time.
The most delay is gathered in Vijayawada-Eluru Strech where delay in general will be 25-45 minutes.They delay continues upto Samalkot with out much change.Once Falaknuma reaches Samalkot, it turns aggressive and touches 110kmph which is considered as very high speed in that zone.From Samalkot to Visakhapatnam it Covers...
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all the accumulated delay and even reaches 5-10 minutes early sometimes.From Visakhapatnam to Brahmapur it runs without delay in general and in kurdha-Balasore zone it makes a 15-30 minutes delay and covers 10-20 minutes in last part of journey in Orissa and Bengal and reaches Howrah with an average delay of 10-20 minutes.