The timing is not that bad also. People travelling from south and west india in trains like Chennai howrah mail, mumbai howrah mail, Yasvantpur exp, Jnaneshwari, Azad hind, Porbandar exp, etc can easily prefer this train for their furthur journey to Dumka, Bhagalpur. Similarly in down direction, people from Dumka, Bhgalpur can use this train for travelling upto Hwh and then board trains like chennai mail, Mumbai mail, Ypr exp, Azad hind, jnaneswari, okha/porbandar, ahmedabad exp, etc