One of the superfast trains which get least priority..The punctuality is so bad and Is even degrading by each passing day..this train reaches its first halt SpJ delayed by more than 10 minutes and because of that it never halts more than 2-4 minutes at SPJ which causes a lot of in convenience to the senior citizen but even if its late by 1 -2 hours it never halts less than 20 minutes at gkp.moving ahead this train reaches jhs almost late by 2-4 hours and reaches Bhopal by the same delay..So the question arises that is It really that tough to make a sf run on time ?? Now people will start complaining about congestion..But Is congestion the real culprit or is it being just exaggerated ?? Actually the problem is not congestion but mindset towards punctuality..No body in India gives a shit about punctuality..From passengers to railway employees...
more... everyone is okay with the late running of trains..trains run late not because of congestion but the fact that if a train is running late by less than 15 minutes we consider it to be running before time..and that's what the controllers think too...so between two station a train is delayed by 5 minutes then between the next station it gets delayed again by 5 minutes..so these five minutes end up being 2-3 hours..