Yes technically it should. If SDAH Duronto can manage to stay ahead upto MGS (it should as HR halts at ALD while Duro does not) later in GC_ECR it would be allowed to stay ahead as HR has GAYA and PNME halts extra but u never know King will show its class anytime.

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There is reason that IRI calls it ER king and sometimes IR king.. ;) SD should had been able to OT just because of HR running Behind.

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Well SD did a fab job too. There is some issues in GC_ECR at BBU SSM section as all trains duro and Rajdhani gang took 5 hours to cover it. Infact Duro was 12 mins faster thanks to Gaya and Pnme halts of King.

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SD has the Caliber to Do.. as it used to do even at avg tt of 89kmph. Hope it will shine again.

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Aisa hamesha nahin hota hain bhai. You can't generalize based on one observation atleast in NCR.
See today's rajdhani arrivals till CNB. 12440, 12424 and 12314 have come almost on time and then after that, 12306 onwards all rajdhanis are relatively lot delayed . NCR kabhi isko boss banata hain to kabhi usko.

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