1. This train should run via LKO following ON-LKO-BLM route.
2. This can cut travel time between ON and BLM by at least 30 mins.
3. Loko reversal will take place at LKO rather than BLM.
3. ON-LKO-BLM is double line electrified traction.
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more... So, this train can run fully on electric loco from CNB to JAT once JRC-JAT track is electrified in next 3 months.
5. ON-LKO-BLM route is only 24 km longer, but much faster than single line non-electrified ON-BLM route.
6. Finally, its frequency can be increased to daily.
Alternatively, a NEW CNB-JAT AC EXPRESS should be launched.
CNB+LKO has 60 lakh + population. Thousands of passengers from these cities travel to north Indian cities of UMB, LDH, JRC and JAT for business and Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage. So, proposed CNB-JAT AC EXPRESS would get very good patronage. The stops should be: CNB-LKO-MB-UMB-LDH-JRC-JAT