Big misconception being circulated here for past several years that " Zone grants stoppage of any train". ECR ne Falana train ko halt de diya, apni train bacha liya bla bla. No. Zone only sends report containing traffic & commercial figures to RB, as per demand of politician. Only RB has the authority to grant stoppage. And RB dances on the tunes of some powerful politicians. So, it should be very clear that kaun halt dekar train ko barbad/aabad kar raha.
Waise ECR did send proposal to halt 12393/4 Sampurna Kranti (own...
more... train) & 12309/10 Patna Rajdhani (own train) at DNR (own station). Similarly ECR would have definitely sent for ARA & BXR halts for these trains, based on demand of some politician. Let RB decide which one to halt.