There is always demand for monday morning arrival at KJM/SBC/YPR. But why a one trip special when there is no festival or any other occassion to warrant such a train.
SBC Div had earlier rejected a proposal of TVC Div. to run Onam special when there was huge demand for the reason 'lack of platforms'. But they ran TEN-KJM specials even with platform constraints with morning arrivals @ KJM. .Similarly they didnt run a single Pooja/Dasera special when there was huge waiting lists in all the trains.
SBC Div still havent...
more... given permission for running the TVC -SBC premium, that had a sunday departure from Kerala, which was announced in the budget 2 years back even after announcing the train in TT due to the same reason.
Now, there is no other reason for them to allow a new train all of a sudden other than their belief that it will run empty.