this train's time table should be improved.
as per schedule of 09044, it has only 5 stoppages but still it take the same time as suryanagari which has 15 stops, so where the benefit of 10 less stops gone, that too for a premium train.
so it should take at least 1 hr less than current schedule of 17 hrs.
secondly it should arrive...
more... bvi after 4 30 am for the several passengers to be able to catch local trains for further travel to their destination towards virar because first local train from bvi to virar is available at 4 45 am only and pax cannot afford to travel by road beyond bhayandar to, say, vasai raod or virar as route is too long.
lets view the arrival dep between bvi and bdts on thursdays
Train name from dep to arr
19020 DEHRADUN EXP BVI 3:32 BDTS 4:20
19040 AVADH EXPRESS BVI 3:40 BDTS 4:35
19018 SAU JANATA EXP BVI 4:45 BDTS 5:40
22928 LOK SHAKTI EXP BVI 5:03 BDTS 5:50
22936 PIT BDTS SF EXP BVI 5:34 BDTS 6:15
19708 ARAVALI EXPRESS BVI 5:43 BDTS 6:35
12910 BDTS GARIB RATH BVI 7:23 BDTS 8:10
22452 CDG BDTS SF EXP BVI 8:30 BDTS 9:20
the gap between 19020 and 19040 is 8 min but this gap is 1 hr 5 min between next trains i.e. 19040 and 19018, similarly the gap is 29 min between 22929 and 22936
the gap is 1 hr 40 min between 19708 and 12910 and i think 09044 can be easily fit in this last slot such that it reaches bvi at around 6 am. and if this journey can be completed in 16 hrs. then it should depart jodhpur at 2 pm.
I understand that there are some trains that go to bct or dadar early morning but since there is a separate line for that I think this should not be a big issue