* For Narmada, the distance saved shall be is 129 kms as it goes via UJN
* The concept of passenger cum Express like Narmada is not good today. Narmada is doing 1008 km journey in 24:10 hrs @ 42kmph. Today nobody like to do long journeys in slow trains.
* it runs as a passenger train between JBP-BSP (408km 10:40hrs @ 38kmph) and runs like a slow express on JBP-INDB (600km 13:10 hrs @ 46kmph). Even the JBP-INDB intercity does the 554km journey in just 10 hrs
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more... It would be better to convert it into BSP-JBP Narmada passenger train and introduce a daily Mahanadi superfast train on BSP-R-Durg-G-NGP-BPL-MKC-DWX-INDB route which can easily do the 1220kms in just 18 hrs against 24 hrs taken by Narmada for 1208 kms journey on BSP-JBP-BPL-UJN-INDB route which have much higher traffic potential.