I travelled in this train yesterday from Itarsi to Delhi.
Loco was WAM 4 20649 and there was a dead WAP 7 # 30355 which was to be towed dead till DEE.
This train runs packed till Habibganj/ Bhopal only and gets almost empty here . Not many board this train from Bhopal. It is not yet a popular train.
This train...
more... has lots of slack.
We were held up at pabai yesterday for about 2 hours due to signal failure at ganj basoda and there was lightning & rain coming down fast.
But after ganj basoda this train showed its class and blasted through its way to Delhi.
We reached Palwal @ 4.30 AM today morning. So we covered all lost time and infact were running before time. At Okhla we were diverted to DEE line and also saw SBC Rajdhani with WAP7 rushing towards NZM.
All in all very good train in terms of punctuality but there is no catering available so run for food stalls at every scheduled stop.
Attaching a pic of Train Enquiry data.