Diverting 15021 Shalimar-Gorakhpur Express via PRR-BKSC-GMO.
BKSC is an industrial hub with a large Purvanchali population, There is only one daily train for Gorakhpur which is a super crawler. Many passengers prefer to travel via Varaansi by beaking journey at BSB nd taking train for GKP.
SHM-GKP EXP will surely get large number of passengers because there is no train for Aurihar and Mau. Even, my family has to break journey at BSB every time.
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The present route PRR-BJE-GMO has only one station BJE as a halt and as far as booking are concerned, I can confidently say that this train hardly gets pax from BJE which is a census town with large Bengali population compared to BKSC which is a city of approx 7 lac population.
Even pax travelling in this train feel for the diversion since all trains like Purushottam, Neelanchal and Jallianwalabagh Express touch BKSC while coming from BSB.
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The total travel time remains same, no change in TT , just BKSC as a halt.