punjab mail take 5:15 mins and intercity take 5:20 hr frm BTI to NDLS.. then y Bhatinda pplz will waste their money on shatabdi if run Via Patiala. It will take 7-8 hours
railway has done justice to BTI by introducing shorter route. its nice timing for BTI people at both end and time will tell how much success!
Patiala alone can not fill shatabdi and hardly any passengers are from Nabha and Barnala and UMB already got 5 shatabdis.
we...
more... must accept fact that PTI is on a Branch line with no natural connectivity to Delhi.Untill PTI-JHL Or PTI-NRW OR PTI-Kaithal-KUN lines are built ,there is little chance of better connectivity with delhi Or Punjab Got a RM
(Last 30 years only 2 trains was added (Dadar express and Intercity and 2 withdraw happened).