why does this train have rake-sharing with 16517/8. what advantage does this rake-sharing have? both are day trains and this will require a total of 4 rakes whether there is rake-sharing or not.
also, why is this such a small train? i feel that because it shares rakes with 16517/8, it puts a restriction on the length of the train because 16517/8 goes through the ghat section between sakleshpur and subramanya road