Its not the fault of the locos.. Blame the politicians for excessive halts..

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How can it be slack time..?? For the past one month or so it is reaching HWH more than 1 Hr late.Where it should reach reach at 11.50,most of the cases it reaches after 1 & sometimes even Janashatabdi & Gitanjali overtaking it & reaching HWH before

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I think you're right..Its not the fault of Loco's..Becasue same Loco used for Gitanjali Exp.its doing wonders..Nasik Rd to Jalgaon 234 km 2 Hr 31 mts..!!!! Akola to Badnera 79 km in 1 Hr,Wardha to Nagpur 78 km in 54 mts.Nagpur to Gondia 130 km in 100 mts,Gondia to Raj Nandgaon 105 km in 79 mts , Raipur to Bilaspur 110 km in 77 mts,Bilaspur to Raigarh 133 km in 109 mts,Tatanagar to Kharagpur 134 mts in 100 mts.

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even bza-vskp run also very slow tats y people many times prefer hwh-mas mail due to its timings and punctuality,due to politicians stoppages r increased nd travelling time also increased ,the politicians hv done this to tamilnadu exp(5 stoppages to 10 stoppages)but avg speed now also some what 67-68 kmhr many times t.n exp reaches half an hour early at chennai central,gitanjali exp(8 stops to 23 halts) and 65kmhr avg speed,but coromandel frm 3 stops to 10 stops and avg speed just 61-61kmhr

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Coro is good btw MS to VSKP and vice-versa.

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