Last week i have travelled through this train, on 25 th ,
Though the train was late at KR Puram , and lost time 1 hr due to some signalling problem at AJJ, it reached on time BZA, RJY , and was forcely stopped at Anakapalle(no stop though) due to 30 mins in advance to reach DVD .Scheduled time 8 AM
It has a pantry car , food is good, and coaches are also newly painted and well maintained
Advantages...
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It is the fastest train in the YPR-KPD-GDR-BZA-VSKP section Speed is awesome,
I was shocked seeing its consistent speed between BZA-EE-NDD-RJY-SLO-DVD
It has 6 general compartments, if there is no reservation for you , try to board at YPR to get a general seat.
Food is good as there is pantry.
Disadvantages:
It has got no official stop at RU though it halts for technical reasons crew change,
It would be better to make it official stop at RU, as TPTY is near and a lot of pilgrimages badly require super fast train from TPTY to VSKP.
VSKP should have been made as stop instead of DVD, There is no more much time saving factor.
Running it on Fridays from YPR, and having it reach Banglore on Sunday would help a lot of Employees to reach office on time.
Overall the journey is very good.