Whether it's HWH Tirupati or Present Puri Tirupati has the same timings from Khurda Road to Tirupati till recently. The travellers for this train are from southern OD and north coastal dts to BVRM BZA upto Ongole because of overnight timings in both directions. The occupancy levels are same and as the years passed the coaches have increased from 12 to present 18 over a period of 20yrs as in the case of other trains.